Ok pour aller à Istanbul (3 voitures se sont arrêtées). Pour aller vers Ankara, les locaux nous ont conseillé de marcher sur l’autoroute, que les voitures auraient assez de place pour s’y arrêter. Quelqu’un s’est arrêté pour nous avant que nous essayons cette technique. Aussi, je pense que ça a pris du temps car un camion bloqué la visibilité

Very rural spot, and not a lot of traffic. A few busses might stop here, and there is also a village nearby. We got lucky with a truck shipping gas to Erzurum

Not a lot of traffic but we got a ride eventually in a nice old Turkish car. Got offered lots of smokes

Pretty long wait, but a very nice woman picked us up and drove us to Artvin, she even bought us local fast food!

Very good spot. Many trucks are taking a break here. Got a ride to the to the Iraqi border.

Good spot for hitchhiking eastward

Ask drivers at the gas station

On a essayé plus dans le centre d’Edirme mais aucun arrêt. Un bus dépose ici (nous on a marché 1h depuis le centre). On a attendu 3 minutes avant qu’un homme nous dépose 1 heure plus loin

I chose a less busy route, it’s good that I met grandfather. The views are beautiful. I think it's faster to go by road D350

You’ll be fine I’m not sure why the other reviews say it is hard. Turkish people like hitchhikers and it would be easy to go to edirne. Me and 2 other guys waited for a ride to Istanbul and got it rather quickly after dark at 8 pm. Not a bad place to wait a long time, borders are always good and there is a 24 hour gas station to sleep if it gets cold. If you have 2 people put one in the car lane and one in the truck lane. If you are by yourself I think it’s probably similar just go with your gut

Not a lot of cars. Visibility is ok and there is ample room to stop. Almost everyone will be going to Trabzon.

Not a lot of cars but there is enough room to be seen and for cars to make a stop. There is a supermarket here as well

Not a lot of stops and most don’t go all the way to gürlevik.

Not a lot of traffic and most cars don’t go to Istanbul. Gas Station personnel was nice and gave me tea and advice. Look for cars with 34 on the numberplate as this is the city code for Istanbul. Stand near the highway so you’re not limited to the gas station traffic.

Perfect spot towards Bursa. With a sign we easily found a truck driving us in the late evening. Two males.

Great spot to find drivers to Bursa and further. Found two guys who were willing to directly drive us to our place for the night and invited us for dinner as well.

Bad spot to hitchhike towards south. Try to find someone going to the ferry in Eskihisar

Not the busiest service station. The one's closer to Istanbul are probably way busier. It had maybe 10 cars and 4 trucks on a tuesday afternoon. But it still works.

It got me out of Istanbul very quickly but it's not the best spot. I couldn't figure out a better one though so maybe this is the one you should use. Sign necessary.

Just keep walking after rhe border and find a spot with good visibility. Not that much traffic on a weekday afternoon but eventually someone will pick you up. I got very lucky with a ride all the way to Samsun. Had a sign saying "Trabzon".

reading the previous comments you can understand that it is very difficult to find transportation here. I was lucky and after an hour a kind gentleman from Turkey picked me up directly to Sofia. If it wasn't him I would probably have been standing in this place for hours.

good place, easily accessible by public transport. A truck driver from Turkey picked me up after 30 minutes to the border, after the border a couple from the Czech Republic.

Turkey Hill Gas Station. Not lots of people stopping by, mostly locals. End up having a short to go further on I-81 to Middlesex to a truck stop. Driver was a Pastor, tried to convince me to read the book of Jon and gave me his phone unmber a tthe end in any case

We waited at the entrance of the petrol station for two hours with a sign that said: Szeged Románia felé. One car stopped, but we had too much luggage (two people, two backpacks, two instruments) and then two turkish truckers took us to the border of Turkey in two days.

Direction: Turkey. Easy to get a ride, but lots of short ones.

Let me cross on foot Kurdistan to Turkey. Iraqi/Kurdistan officers stopped a random car for me to get in to go over bridge (walking forbidden), told them taxi is too expensive.

We asked around the parking lot and like 6th car driver was from Turkey driving truck with fish to Rotterdam so we waited with him until his pauze ended and then enjoyed great ride, singing and eat some turkish meals with him while driving to Neatherlans.

Definitely not a great spot, during summer a lot of packed cars from Germany driving to Turkey, almost no locals (Serbians, Bulgarians). On the other hand, we found a car going directly to Sofia.

Hitchhiked without a sign. Had memorized the city names of "Generalovo" and "Kapitan Andreevo". Driver asked me where I was going to. Said the two names and he asked to get in. I said I was going to Turkey and he drove me to the parking spot next to the border. Not a lot of cars, but slow traffic and a big area for parking.

Horrible spot. You have to stay next to a bus stop and only traffic from a certain part if town goes there because the main road, which is only a few feet away but highway with nowhere to stand and fast cars is going through a short tunnel kind of. Stood there for 4 hours without result and made me use buses for 3 weeks afterwards because I thought Turkey doesnt work. Was wrong if course and later it was so easy but it traumatized me. Get a dolmus to go further south or try before the tunnel that splits the road.

Good spot! Find a ride to Budapest in 20 min. We were just standing with a sign and a nice guy from turkey stoped.

The direction Buenos Aires! 14 We were two Backpacker from Germany and Turkey (male) waited here almost 2 and half hour . After we failed we decided to split and we went under the bridge which Cars slow down and they come over bridge so after moving under the bridge finding ride was better as a solo!

I second that it is very difficult to get greek people to stop for you. we ended up asking people at customs and finally getting a ride to thessaloniki (by an albanian). not sure what my advice is, it will be difficult, also seems pretty impossible to hitchhike from the highways as there is literally almost no traffic the whole way. might actually be best to stand directly on the highway. from thessaloniki to turkey we ended getting a bus

Most traffic is going to Burgas. Got stuck here all sunday afternoon + monday morning. Cars are full, I asked to truck drivers but all declined until one drive me tl little before Svilengrad. For Turkey better to wait longer to get a direct ride from Sofia/Plovdiv.

Got a ride to the last petrol station before the split Burgas-Turkey.

good spot, many truckers are making stops here, even at night i was hitchhiking in winter and got a ride with a trucker from Turkey

About 100 minutes by bus from the city but worth it! You can walk to the rest stop and through the toll station (Not recommended) or Jump the fence Right After the station (recommended). I used a sign with the greek and turkish spelling of Turkey.

Cars coming fast, not much place to stop, but this whole region in Turkey is very good for hitchhiking and we were picked up immediately anyway while we were walking.

April 2022. After a whole year travelling across Turkey and learning how to become a nomad while waiting for Iranian border to re-open as well as escaping pandemic, after a whole winter in Georgia. Finally i came again to Doğubeyazıt and got a relaxing ride by a truck. I was so excited and speechless that i even fell asleep on the way to Gürbülak. You have to leave the car and walk through the border, that's quicker. I found the same truck on the other side and they hosted me in Marand. Let the safest, most welcoming and freeminded population guide you across Persia!

It was heavy rain and not so a good spot but I was lucky. The car from Turkey stopped here and I got the ride to Sarajevo.