Turkish Airlines provides an important network of internal flights from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Trabzan, Dalaman, and Antalya to all of the major Turkish cities. There are also services between Istanbul and Izmir, with overnight accommodation and ferry routes along Turkey's northern Black Sea coast. A frequent car ferry crosses the Dardenelles at Gallipoli, from Canakkale to Eceabat and Gelibolu to Lapseki. Au a, Karak y and Bakirk y. Turkish Maritime Lines offers discounts of 15 per cent on single and 25 per cent on return passages for international routes and 50 per cent for domestic routes to holders of ISTC cards.
Fares are comparatively low.
Fares are more expensive for express and mail trains, even though express trains are relatively slow, and some routes are indirect. Steam engines, such as the Anatolia Express , which traverses eastern Turkey, are retained for tourist trains on some routes. Tickets can be purchased at TCDD offices at railway stations and TCDD -appointed agents. TCDD offer discounts of 20 per cent to holders of ISTC cards. Traffic drives on the right.