Turkey

Check out my route through Turkey in the Day-by-Day Table below. You'll find comments, daily distances in kilometers, and altitudes when appropriate.

Turkey

Date To Distance Total Comments
11/12 Kirklareli 43 3492 Happy to be in Turkey.
12/12 Saray 78 3570
13/12 Ihsaniye 68 3638
14/12 Istanbul 75 3713
15-21/12 Istanbul -  
22/12 Istanbul 10 3723
23/12 Istanbul 10 3733
24-26/12 Istanbul 30 3763 Christmas party.
27/12 Istanbul -  
28/12 Yalova 10 3773 Boat trip across the Sea of Marmara. I stop on Heybeli Island.
29/12 Iznik 63 3836 Altitude profile: 0 - 340 - 90 m.
30/12 Yenisehir 24 3860 Altitude profile: 90 - 600 - 238 m.
31/12 Bilecik 44 3904 Altitude profile: 238 - 700 - 500 m.
1/1 1999 Sogut 30 3934 Altitude profile: 500 - 350 - 700 - 600 m.
2/1 Eskisehir 51 3986 Altitude profile: 600 - 1100 - 700 - 1000 - 788 m.
3-4/1 Eskisehir -  
5/1 Cifteler 69 4054
6/1 Emirdag 44 4099
7/1 Yunak 69 4168 Altitude profile: 920 - 1300 - 1000 m.
8/1 Suluklu 58 4226
9/1 Cihanbeyli 61 4288
10/1 Eskil 75 4363
11/1 Aksaray 73 4436
12/1 Ihlara 45 4481 Altitude profile: 980 - 1400 - 1200 m.
13/1 Ihlara 23 4504
14/1 Guzelyurt 24 4528 Altitude profile: 1200 - 1100 - 1505 - 1400 m.
15/1 Derinkuyu 64 4592 Altitude profile: 1400-1770-1550- 1630-1100 m.
16/1 Goreme 36 4629 Altitude profile: 1100 - 1300 - 1200 - 1000 m.
17-19/1 Goreme -  
20/1 Goreme 28 4657 Daytrip to Nevsehir. The capital in the province. Altitude profile: 1000 - 1194 - 1000 m.
21/1 Goreme -  
22/1 Goreme 30 4687 Daytrip to Zelve and Urgup.
Altitude profile: 1000 - 900 - 1100 - 1000 - 1200 - 1000 m.
23-24/1 Goreme -  
25/10 Overnight bus to Istanbul -  
26/1- 10/2 1999 Istanbul (and daytrip to Bulgaria) -  
11/2 Overnight bus to Goreme -  
12-20/2 Goreme 1 4688
21/2 Mustafapasa 16 4704 Altitude profile: 1000 - 1200 - 1000 - 1100 m.
22/2 Yesilhisar 51 4755 Altitude profile: 1100 - 1500 m.
23/2 Dortyol 16 4771 Extreme eastern vind. Impossible to cross over the Develi Plain. We stay at the gas station at the turn off for Develi.
24/2 Develi 6 4777 The wind continues. We fight against the wind for one and a half hours. We give up and hitch to Develi (29 km).
25/2 Develi -  
26/2 Guzelce 63 4840 Altitude profile: 1175 - 1500 - 1400 - 1500 - 1440 m.
27/2 Pinarbasi 57 4897 Altitude profile: 1440 - 1700 - 1520 m.
28/2 20 km before Ziyaret Pass 41 4938 Beautiful day but cold at night (maybe -12 C). We camp in the snow behind a deserted petrol station. Altitude profile: 1175 - 1500 - 1400 - 1500 - 1800 m.
1/3 1999 Gurun 65 5003 Altitude profile: 1800 - 1930 - 1500 - 1800 - 1300 m.
2/3 Gurun 14 5017 Daytrip to a beautiful Canyon nearby.
3/3 Kangal 76 5093 Altitude profile: 1300 - 1750 - 1500 m.
4/3 Divrigi 90 5183 Altitude profile: 1500 - 1450 - 1950 - 1250 m.
5-6/3 Divrigi 4 5187
7/3 Demirdag 13 5200
8/3 Ilic 74 5274 Altitude profile: 1350 - 1600 - 1400 - 1850 - 1150 m.
9/3 Kemah 69 5343 Altitude profile: 1150 - 1800 - 1600 - 1750 - 1100 m.
10/3 Erzincan 52 5395 Alt: 1200 m.
11-12/3 Erzincan -  
13/3 Soguksu 55 5450 Alt: 1300 m.
14/3 Tercan 50 5500 Alt: 1475 m.
15/3 Askale 40 5541 Altitude profile: 1475 - 1900 - 1625 m.
16/3 Erzurum 56 5597 Alt: 1853 m.
17/3 Erzurum -  
18/3 Erzurum -  
19/3 Erzurum 18 5614 Day trip to the Palandoken Ski resort (Altitude 2450 m. The highest cycling so far.).
20-23/3 Erzurum -  
24/3 Horasan 90 5704 Altitude profile: 1853 - 2000 - 1540 m.
25/3 Eleskirt 69 5773 Altitude profile: 1540 - 2315 - 1820 m.
26/3 Agri 33 5806 Alt: 1632 m.
27/3 Agri -  
28/3 Diyadin 70 5876 Alt: 1850 m.
29/3 Dogubeyazit 45 5921 Altitude profile: 1850 - 2010 - 1589 m.
30/3 Dogubeyazit -  
31/3 Dogubeyazit 14 5935 Day trip to Isak Pasa Saray (Alt: 2220 m).
1/4 1999 Gurbulak (Iran border) 37 5972 Alt: 1750 m.
112 days Turkey total 2480 5972

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