The comfort of traveling with your own car is something else.
To be able to take the route you want, to stop whenever you want, to immortalize the square you want, to have a holiday without paying even for a place to stay if necessary…
Turkey It is necessary to prepare the necessary documents for the transition to Greece, which is one of the two countries that connects Turkey to Europe by road.. It is possible to enter Greece with vehicles that have complete documents and do not carry limited foodstuffs.
From Turkey to Greece directly by road through the Pazarkule or Ipsala border gates, or from the islands on the Aegean coast ( Chios, Lesbos, Samos, Rhodes, Kos, Crete, Meis) can be reached by ferry. The Pazarkule border gate, which is not used very often, can be reached from the city center of Edirne.
Necessary documents
European Union (EU) member Greece It asks Turkey to meet certain criteria for tourists who will enter their country with their motor vehicles.
First of all, a valid passport and a valid Schengen visa according to your passport type (green, gray and diplomatic passports are visa exempt),
* International driving license (T Obtained from the Turing and Automobile Authority of Turkey)
The cost of an international driver’s license with a validity of 1 year is 373.33 TL. For an international driver’s license application, 2 photographs and the original driver’s license are required and will be delivered immediately after the application.. (If the Turkish ID number is not written on the driver’s license, the original or photocopy of the ID is required) Those who want to extend it for one year pay 200 TL.
* Green Card, Yeşil Insurance, International Traffic Insurance
International Traffic Insurance, known as Green Card or Green Insurance, is one of the mandatory documents.. A compulsory insurance that covers the damage that your vehicle will cause to the other party in a possible accident abroad.
You can get it from Turing with your vehicle license and traffic policy, or from all other insurance companies and agencies.
Fees: 15 days (63.30 Euros) 1 month (79.13 Euros) 3 months (142.42 Euros) 5 months (205.73 Euros) 6 months (237.38 Euros) 1 year (316.50 Euro)
In addition to these two mandatory documents, you can also have personal health insurance due to health problems that may occur during your trip.. International driver’s licenses are needed, since Turkish driver’s licenses are not yet in EU standards.. However, common complaints are that Turkish customs officers try to create a perception that this practice is mandatory in order to save money for the Turing Institution rather than Greece demanding this document.. This problem came to an end with the distribution of new types of driver’s licenses as of January 1, 2016.. Click for How to get a new driver’s license.
The first question asked by the Turkish customs officer before leaving Ipsala on our trip to Greece is “Do you have an international driver’s license?” it happened. Since the Greek customs officer extended our international license along with our passports without asking us any questions, we could not have detailed information about how strict Greece was in this matter.
However, some drivers crossing the border said that this situation was turned into a policy by Greece, and when crossing from Bulgaria to Turkey. Republic of Turkey’s driver’s licenses are valid.
We have experienced that the most important document at border crossing is green insurance, and that the indispensable document required from us every time we cross the borders of Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia is green insurance.
