Watched until the end even though I live here in Istanbul. 😅 Totally simple and coherent explanation, good production and nice visuals. This is a helpful guide, I hope many more people see this and get around the city without feeling lost.
@@IstanbulHackshello so take metro to Yenikapi and then I will see the ferry pick up to take me to Asian side? Will this ferry pick up be walking distance as soon as I get off metro?thanks
This is a very professional, informative, well done video. I'm visiting Istanbul for the first time in February and I feel much more confident using the public transportation system. Your explanations were paced perfectly and loved the detailed walk through of the various transportation methods. Thanks! Liked and Subscribed.
When folks explain without frills or running around the mulberry bush, then it's like listening to a storyteller! keep up the good work! hoping to be there in May.Deserve to be subscribed.
Thank you! Planning a trip to Istanbul and this is very helpful. I hope at some point they have a metro line connecting the new airport to the tourist centres!
You can go via metro to the city center, we made a new video about it. Check it out: 🇹🇷 Istanbul Airport to the City Center - ua-cam.com/video/9vL9r-OSqnQ/v-deo.html
Though I have been to Istanbul twice and figured out the transportation. Your video is the best I have seen on how to use the transit system. I look forward to seeing more of your vlogs. Best of Luck to you
I've already been to Istanbul and, yes the public transportation is great. Your explanation is absolutely amazing and the same for the other your contents 👍
Oh, i adore you Sir, this would help me & my cousin a lot bec. both of us will be traveling definitely up to Istanbul too. Thank you so much...well appreciated. ❤🙏
I am in Istanbul right now in May. This will help immensely by saving us from walking and thereby see more of your majestic city. Greetings from Spain and the USA.
love your take on the Dolmuş! Very Accurate!!! Fun fact - Dolmuş means literally “it’s full” because they wait to have all seats occupied by passengers and only then will depart.
Thank you! great video about transportation in Istanbul. Next month, June 2024, it will be my fourth trip to Istanbul, and now finally after i watch this video. I can say that I can move around. In my previous years. it has been difficult because not many people speak English, so very limited what I can ask. Hope you make a video about the new M11 when they open completely. Thanks again.
Thanks for very informative vlog explained very nicely. I have seen the locals using Istanbul card on exit from Marmaray on some special terminals - what is this for?
Thanx a lot for sharing this information. Quick question, so in the Journey part you paid 3 times to get from Kabatas to Sultamahmet or just once? Thank you in advance
Hi, im your new subscriber here. Really like this vlog cos your sharing and explanation so details and carefully. Awesome, man 👍👍👍 Im trying to check places and transportation about Istanbul coz i have a Transit flight and layover in Istanbul airport for 12hrs. Im planning to go out and look around the beautiful city cos i have never been to Istanbul before. Do you think i have enough time to go out and look around?
Amazing video!!! You saved me a looot of trouble for my first time visit coming up in May :D The one thing I don't understand is - does the Istanbul card cover the public ferry from Europe to Asia or is it a separate thing?
Nicely done video. Just wonder if they charge for each time we changes line? eg, from IST airport to Gayrettepe is one payment, then from Gayrettepe to Taksim is another payment? from Taksim to Kabatas is another and so on?
A very soft voice. I cant listen to you for hours. Great information especially as I will be staying at Galata and my station should be Shishane, and not Galata because its a walk down
Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)
Hello friend. Also we have some problems we are living in Istanbul the according to Metrobus section European side is Beylikdüzü - Avcılar - Zincirlikuyu and the Asia side is 15 Temmuz şehitler köprüsü - Uzunçayır - Söğütlüçeşme because of Zincirlikuyu is the station with European line.
Great information provided. I noticed there are escalators everywhere but do you have a video for travelers on wheelchairs that require elevators? Thank you.
Turkey like many countries eg Japan etc should have one common transportation card/kart , which could be used in all the cities of Turkiye because a card of one city cannot be used in another city and a tourist loses leftover money from the previous city card he/she has visited. I hope concerned authorities look into the matter. This could save a lot of time, money of the tourist and the hassles for obtaining a card of a new city...🌹☺️
It’s a great idea and I believe they are in talks to do this, I’m not sure when it will happen though
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In addition to city cards, most cities in Turkey allow the use of contactless credit cards on transportation lines, usually with a small commission fee.
Planning a trip to istanbul with cruise ship. i want to go taksim square and then by walk all the istiklal street to galata tower and then walking back to the ship. what is the best option ?
We are visiting Istanbul soon and I've been researching how to get from the airport to Sultanahmet. To say I'm confused, is an understatement. We would like to get the Havaist 12 (?) to Taksim and then I'm not sure after this. Would we get the F1 to Kabatas ( is that a bus?) and then the T1 from Kabatas (a tram?) to Sultanahmet? Apologies, I'm quite old!
Sabiha 😊 Gökçen ayrılık çeşmesi aktarma metro 😊 sirkeci 😊 sultan Ahmet 😊 sirkeci yürüme 😊 10 dakika eğer yürümek istemez isen sirkeci sultan Ahmet tramvay 😊😊😊
![Turkish High-Speed Train Journey [business class] from Istanbul to Ankara](/img/n.gif)
Watched until the end even though I live here in Istanbul. 😅 Totally simple and coherent explanation, good production and nice visuals. This is a helpful guide, I hope many more people see this and get around the city without feeling lost.
Thank you for the videos. I go to turkey often and I’m always lost. Your videos will save me lots of time. 🇹🇷
Thanks a lot, I'll be in Istambul early April and your video helps me a lot.
Greatings from Mexico 👍
Thank you. Very useful, organized, easy to understand. Great video, useful to all visitors of Istanbul.
Outstanding video! Thank you for providing detailed and clear info. This deserves a lot more views! Cheers
I’m glad it was helpful, thank you very much 😊
@@IstanbulHackshello so take metro to Yenikapi and then I will see the ferry pick up to take me to Asian side? Will this ferry pick up be walking distance as soon as I get off metro?thanks
Excellent video! Great production value.
This is a very professional, informative, well done video. I'm visiting Istanbul for the first time in February and I feel much more confident using the public transportation system. Your explanations were paced perfectly and loved the detailed walk through of the various transportation methods. Thanks! Liked and Subscribed.
When folks explain without frills or running around the mulberry bush, then it's like listening to a storyteller! keep up the good work! hoping to be there in May.Deserve to be subscribed.
This is very well done and I am linking this/embedding to the relevant page on our site. Nice job, arkadashim!
Thank you! Planning a trip to Istanbul and this is very helpful. I hope at some point they have a metro line connecting the new airport to the tourist centres!
You can go via metro to the city center, we made a new video about it. Check it out: 🇹🇷 Istanbul Airport to the City Center - ua-cam.com/video/9vL9r-OSqnQ/v-deo.html
teşekkür ederim!
Same🎉 😊
2 tane metro hattı var Asya Avrupa şehirin tüm noktaları ulaşır aktarma ile 😊
Cool... Straight forward and direct to not worry about shared taxis ... i gonna go watch more of your videos before my trip.
Come on guys!!! This channel deserver much more subscribers.
Thank you for your time!!
Great coverage of the Public Transport System of our city. Impressively informative and fun too.
Dr. Özgür Soy
Chairman of Metro Istanbul
@@ozgursoy1682 Teşekkür ederim Özgür bey. I’m glad you liked the video :)
Great visuals and motion graphics man! Got me even more excited about my next visit to Istanbul!
Very well put together. I appreciate it as an Istanbulite!
By far the most helpful video for traveling in Istanbul. Excellent!
Thank you for providing such clear and helpful information. Very much looking forward to visiting Istanbul soon! 🙂
This is an extremes helpful video. Thanks for preparing this quality content. well done.
You are the best ever!!! thank you for this very helpful video, I am planning to visit Istanbul soon.
I like your video , I’ll travel to instanbul on february .
Thank you 🙏 Very helpful. I feel better about my upcoming trip already…
Thank you a lot, you're gonna make my trip to istanbul much easier with this video🌹
you are amazing, watched this momnets before leaving my hotel to start my istanbul escapades, thank you very much
Well well explained. I live in Istanbul and didn't find such a good and detailed explanation of the whole metro system :)
Thank you, I am visiting Istanbul this week, it will be my fourth visit to your beautiful country.
Great vid with simple explanation. Many thanx and greetings from Cape Town
Thank you.
Leaving for Istanbul next week and this will be a great help.
Though I have been to Istanbul twice and figured out the transportation. Your video is the best I have seen on how to use the transit system. I look forward to seeing more of your vlogs. Best of Luck to you
Bro u genius... amazing informative video... every tourist visiting turkey needs to see this... lots of love always, mate ❤
Thanks for the great post. A real help for a first time visitor!
Going to Istanbul on Monday so appreciate up to date info.
I've already been to Istanbul and, yes the public transportation is great. Your explanation is absolutely amazing and the same for the other your contents 👍
Thank you! I rarely comment, but I had to-this was a very clear explanation and makes it much easier to navigate the city!
@@asmaenoua442 Thanks for the comment :)
Thanks for giving us tips how to use the local transportation. Seems quite easy to use. Appreciate❤
Amazing video brother!
Oh, i adore you Sir, this would help me & my cousin a lot bec. both of us will be traveling definitely up to Istanbul too. Thank you so much...well appreciated. ❤🙏
Thank you so much for your excellent explanation. A very useful video, especially for someone who will visit Istanbul for the first time like myself ❤
Thank you for this very useful video. So clear!
I am in Istanbul right now in May. This will help immensely by saving us from walking and thereby see more of your majestic city. Greetings from Spain and the USA.
love your take on the Dolmuş! Very Accurate!!!
Fun fact - Dolmuş means literally “it’s full” because they wait to have all seats occupied by passengers and only then will depart.
@@denizsogutlu2070 haha thanks, it’s terrifying for most people 😁
It's really a simple and understandable video that help me a lot!!!
wow! Very well explained.. Subscribing from Dubai..
Great video, just what I was looking for, Taksim to Sirkeci and Blue Mosque. Thank You from Auckland NZ
It’s great walking route, all the way down from Taksim to Sirkeci than Blue Mosque, approximately an hour , passes from Galata Tower as well
Amazing presentation by this guy on intricate web of rail lines and bus ways.❤
I loved how easy the tram lines are to use.
Thank you, I am visiting Istanbul tomorrow. I will use the public transportation❤
Very useful for tourist like me, excellent video👍👍👍
You explained the transportation system very clearly. Thank you.
This is great and so helpful! Thank you
simply amazing!!!!
Superb. Thank you!!!!
Did find your channel helpful. Thanks mate
very useful istanbul transpotion videos .now istanbul airport gayrettepe line is open
Excellent video, thanks!
Amazing video, so easy to understand❤
Useful information. thank you.
great intel! very helpful! Cant wait!
Thank you! great video about transportation in Istanbul. Next month, June 2024, it will be my fourth trip to Istanbul, and now finally after i watch this video. I can say that I can move around. In my previous years. it has been difficult because not many people speak English, so very limited what I can ask. Hope you make a video about the new M11 when they open completely. Thanks again.
Here you go :) Istanbul Airport to the City Center -
ua-cam.com/video/9vL9r-OSqnQ/v-deo.html
So helpful! Thank you!
Love love love this video!!!
Thank you so much. So helpful 🎉
Looking forward to my trip Fall 2024
Thank you very much for this useful information.
Love it so much will help for next visits.Love Istanbul please share more on how to buy the tickets for tram,metro etc
Here: How to buy an Istanbul Kart -
ua-cam.com/video/fvIs1rvlL6I/v-deo.html 😊
Great job
Thank you so much for this video. It’s very helpful
Thank you from Thailand ❤
the metrobus system is crazy, a bus every few seconds
Thanks for very informative vlog explained very nicely. I have seen the locals using Istanbul card on exit from Marmaray on some special terminals - what is this for?
To get a partial refund, it’s only available on registered cards
Overall good video ..... keep it up, there should be more videos to further understand
Thank you man , great video
Thanx a lot for sharing this information. Quick question, so in the Journey part you paid 3 times to get from Kabatas to Sultamahmet or just once? Thank you in advance
3 (from Şişli). Each time you enter the metro or switch lines you will tap your card and pay
Great
Thank you
Hi, im your new subscriber here. Really like this vlog cos your sharing and explanation so details and carefully. Awesome, man 👍👍👍
Im trying to check places and transportation about Istanbul coz i have a Transit flight and layover in Istanbul airport for 12hrs. Im planning to go out and look around the beautiful city cos i have never been to Istanbul before.
Do you think i have enough time to go out and look around?
Thank you so much. Very detail,, kind information.
Thank you! Very ,Very good!
Very informative video
Amazing video!!! You saved me a looot of trouble for my first time visit coming up in May :D
The one thing I don't understand is - does the Istanbul card cover the public ferry from Europe to Asia or is it a separate thing?
Yes, it covers all public transportation :)
Nicely done video. Just wonder if they charge for each time we changes line? eg, from IST airport to Gayrettepe is one payment, then from Gayrettepe to Taksim is another payment? from Taksim to Kabatas is another and so on?
@@samlouis7824 Yes
@@IstanbulHacksthanks for your prompt reply.
A very soft voice. I cant listen to you for hours. Great information especially as I will be staying at Galata and my station should be Shishane, and not Galata because its a walk down
Heres something you may find interesting. :)
The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'......
.....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :)
In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully.
Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages,
but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :)
Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's.
The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to',
just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like
Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc.
Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like
Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on.
Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia).
The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old.
Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye'
we got various spellings like;
Turq-uía (in Spanish),
Turch-ia (in Italian),
Turq-uie (in French)
Turk-ei (in German)
Turk-ey (in English)
Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey....
...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'...
....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc.
In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German,
but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years.
Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas.
Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : )
So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : )
Best wishes. ;)
Foriegners will always call it Turkey no matter what the original name is
Hello friend. Also we have some problems we are living in Istanbul the according to Metrobus section European side is Beylikdüzü - Avcılar - Zincirlikuyu and the Asia side is 15 Temmuz şehitler köprüsü - Uzunçayır - Söğütlüçeşme because of Zincirlikuyu is the station with European line.
Great information provided. I noticed there are escalators everywhere but do you have a video for travelers on wheelchairs that require elevators? Thank you.
Hi, 99% of stations have elevators and wheelchair access
DANKESCHÖN
This is a great video
Hi...is there any app for metros in turkey so we can chose the stations and chek which metro to catch? Thanks in advance
Turkey like many countries eg Japan etc should have one common transportation card/kart , which could be used in all the cities of Turkiye because a card of one city cannot be used in another city and a tourist loses leftover money from the previous city card he/she has visited. I hope concerned authorities look into the matter. This could save a lot of time, money of the tourist and the hassles for obtaining a card of a new city...🌹☺️
It’s a great idea and I believe they are in talks to do this, I’m not sure when it will happen though
In addition to city cards, most cities in Turkey allow the use of contactless credit cards on transportation lines, usually with a small commission fee.
great channel
Thank you for sharing this video but it's made me more nervous lol 😊
Haha don’t be nervous, it’s easy to get around
Really useful video! Can you use a contactless card on the public transport?
They are starting to introduce it, it’s not available everywhere
Planning a trip to istanbul with cruise ship. i want to go taksim square and then by walk all the istiklal street to galata tower and then walking back to the ship. what is the best option ?
Do you tag on and off all transport modes, or just when you board initially.
@@davidk3513 only when you board initially
We are visiting Istanbul soon and I've been researching how to get from the airport to Sultanahmet. To say I'm confused, is an understatement. We would like to get the Havaist 12 (?) to Taksim and then I'm not sure after this. Would we get the F1 to Kabatas ( is that a bus?) and then the T1 from Kabatas (a tram?) to Sultanahmet? Apologies, I'm quite old!
@@thewhippetsmum F1 is a metro, T1 is a tram. It’s probably easier if you just take a taxi
Sabiha 😊 Gökçen ayrılık çeşmesi aktarma metro 😊 sirkeci 😊 sultan Ahmet 😊 sirkeci yürüme 😊 10 dakika eğer yürümek istemez isen sirkeci sultan Ahmet tramvay 😊😊😊
How long does the journey take to get from the airport to the Sultanahmet area?
Is there any app as an alternative to Istanbul card ?
Fantastic
You are my savior !
Thanks for watching :)
Do most rooftop restaurants have elevators or its stairs? Any you’d recommend?
It really depends on if the building is new or not
Thank you
Crazy 🤯