Istanbul is a huge city with several way of transportation and can be used easily. If you come to Istanbul and face with Istanbul public transportation for the first time, it is normal to have a confusion at the beginning. But there is nothing that you should be worry about! There are some apps to help you when you use public transportation. Google Maps, Moovit and Mobiett are some examples of them. These apps shows you transportation options when you write starting point and endpoint. They show you the route step by step and do not give a chance to get lost.

When you want to use Istanbul public transportation, there is only one single card that you can use at all kind of public transportation. The name of the card is Istanbulkart and you can easily provide it. There are specific automatons everywhere in the city which is yellow and small. These automatons also enables you to charge your card.

Current price for Istanbul kart is 7 TRY. You can provide the Istanbul Kart from the automations that we mentioned before. The point you should know that is these automations do not give you change. If you want to buy Istanbul Kart from the machine, it gives you the change as charge in the card. For example, when you put 20 TRY in the automation, you will have an Istanbul Kart with the charge of 13 TRY. Normally, one-way trip cost 3,50 but it may increase or decrease depend on your rotation.

With the latest updates of Covid-19 at public transportation Istanbul, you should match your HES Code with your Istanbulkart. To have this code, you should fill a form which has created by Health
Ministry. The link of the form is https://register.health.gov.tr . After you fill this form, you will get a code to use everywhere in Istanbul. This code represents that if you are risky or not in case of Covid.

After you have your HES code, the next step you should do is match your Istanbulkart with your HES code. When you write “istanbulkart hes code” on Google, it will direct you to related webpage. On the website of https://kisisellestirme.istanbulkart.istanbul , you can follow the steps and match your card easily.

The last thing you should pay attention is the timeline of working hours. In the morning between 7:30 and 9:00 and for the evenings, between 17:00 and 20:00 are the busiest times of public transportation. We highly recommend you to use rail system of Metrobus if you do not want to deal with traffic.