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Distance from Istanbul to Cankaya

N Istanbul → Cankaya
Road distance
2,528.9 km
Istanbul to Cankaya is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 2,528.9 km in roughly 39 hrs 11 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
7,375.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
0.34×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
138
Info Travel board
Travel time
39 hrs 11 min
Return: 78 hrs 22 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
2351 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
64.5 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 19 planned rest stops
43 hrs 56 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R5,089.22
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R5,109.25
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R5,083.76
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R5,327.75
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R6,714.95
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R6,741.37
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R6,707.74
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R7,029.67
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R8,835.46
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R8,870.23
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R8,825.97
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R9,249.57
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
4° N
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
184° S
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-26.3182, 28.4307
End coords Destination point
39.8853, 32.8555
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Istanbul → Cankaya
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Car
2,528.9 km
39 hrs 11 min
Road route
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Two-wheeler
2,528.9 km
~38 hrs 54 min
65 km/h avg
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2,528.9 km 39 hrs 11 min
Start Istanbul
Finish Cankaya
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  1. Head on درب المباركية
    36.9 km
  2. Turn left onto خط الهدباء
    15.6 km
  3. Turn right
    59.5 km
  4. Turn left onto دباية العاذرية
    3.0 km
  5. Turn left
    11.6 km
  6. Turn left
    4.3 km
  7. Turn right onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    25.2 km
  8. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    0.0 km
  9. Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    1.0 km
  10. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  11. Continue
    0.8 km
  12. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  13. Continue
    0.3 km
  14. Keep slight right at the fork
    2.6 km
  15. Continue straight onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
    104.3 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 6
    0.9 km
  17. Merge slight left onto طريق جاسم محمد الخرافي
    5.5 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 80
    0.7 km
  19. Merge slight left onto الجهراء السريع
    1.0 km
  20. Continue straight onto طريق الشيخ جابر الاحمد الجابر الصباح
    36.8 km
  21. Continue straight onto طريق الشيخ جابر الاحمد الصباح
    19.1 km
  22. Continue straight onto طريق الشيخ جابر الاحمد الصباح
    25.3 km
  23. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.0 km
  24. Turn right onto شارع عبدالرحمن الصفران
    4.2 km
  25. Turn left
    2.0 km
  26. Turn right
    1.4 km
  27. Turn left
    3.2 km
  28. At the end of the road, turn right onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    1.3 km
  29. Continue make a U-turn onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    234.9 km
  30. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 8: الى الناصرية
    0.4 km
  31. Take the exit ramp straight towards 8: الى الناصرية
    0.0 km
  32. Turn slight left towards 1: الى الطريق السريع الدولي
    0.6 km
  33. Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى بغداد
    288.1 km
  34. Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    154.7 km
  35. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.8 km
  36. Merge slight left
    260.2 km
  37. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  38. Continue
    4.2 km
  39. Turn right
    0.1 km
  40. Turn right
    1.1 km
  41. Continue straight
    6.6 km
  42. Turn right onto حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  43. Continue left onto حلب - الرمادي
    3.0 km
  44. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  45. Continue
    1.0 km
  46. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  47. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    72.3 km
  48. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  49. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    6.0 km
  50. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  51. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  52. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  53. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    1.3 km
  54. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  55. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    39.8 km
  56. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  57. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.4 km
  58. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  59. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.3 km
  60. Turn left
    0.1 km
  61. Turn right
    0.2 km
  62. Turn right
    0.1 km
  63. Turn left onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  65. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  67. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.9 km
  68. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa
    0.1 km
  69. Continue onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa
    6.5 km
  70. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    26.7 km
  71. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    68.9 km
  72. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    21.4 km
  73. Continue left onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.9 km
  74. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرقة
    179.6 km
  75. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرمادي
    4.5 km
  76. Continue straight
    2.4 km
  77. Continue straight
    15.8 km
  78. Continue straight
    4.0 km
  79. Merge slight left onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    12.7 km
  80. Turn slight right onto طريق باب الهوى
    0.1 km
  81. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق باب الهوى
    0.0 km
  82. Continue onto طريق باب الهوى
    16.3 km
  83. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  84. Continue
    3.5 km
  85. Take the exit ramp slight right
    4.6 km
  86. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  87. Continue
    1.3 km
  88. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bab Hawa-Aleppo
    0.0 km
  89. Continue onto Bab Hawa-Aleppo
    0.7 km
  90. Continue straight
    5.8 km
  91. Keep slight right at the fork onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu
    8.3 km
  92. Continue straight onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı yolu
    31.8 km
  93. Continue onto Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı
    1.5 km
  94. Turn left onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi
    1.6 km
  95. Take the exit ramp straight onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi
    9.0 km
  96. Turn right onto E5 Karayolu Caddesi
    15.6 km
  97. Continue straight onto Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi
    1.7 km
  98. Continue slight right onto Antakya-İskenderun Yolu
    4.0 km
  99. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Belen 1 Kavşağı
    0.2 km
  100. Keep slight right at the fork onto Belen 1 Kavşağı
    0.1 km
  101. Continue straight onto Belen Kavşağı
    1.3 km
  102. Continue straight onto Ceyhan-İskenderun Otoyolu
    76.7 km
  103. Merge slight left onto Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu
    58.9 km
  104. Continue straight onto Fehmi Özeltürkay Tüneli
    0.3 km
  105. Continue straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    17.9 km
  106. Go straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    0.5 km
  107. Merge slight left onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    12.4 km
  108. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı towards O-21
    2.2 km
  109. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    65.2 km
  110. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    1.9 km
  111. Continue straight onto Çakıt-1 Viyadüğü
    0.9 km
  112. Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
    2.6 km
  113. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    3.8 km
  114. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-6 Tüneli
    0.9 km
  115. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-14 Viyadüğü
    0.1 km
  116. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    2.3 km
  117. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü
    0.1 km
  118. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-5 Tüneli
    0.6 km
  119. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-9 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  120. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    2.8 km
  121. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-2 Tüneli
    0.6 km
  122. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-2 Viyadüğü
    0.3 km
  123. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    102.2 km
  124. Continue straight onto Ankara -Tarsus Otoyolu
    28.1 km
  125. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    219.7 km
  126. Take the exit ramp straight onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı
    0.4 km
  127. Keep slight right at the fork onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı
    0.8 km
  128. Merge slight left onto Ankara Çevre Yolu
    4.3 km
  129. Take the exit ramp slight right towards D750: Şehir Merkezi
    1.5 km
  130. Keep slight left at the fork towards Şehir Merkezi
    0.9 km
  131. Merge slight left onto Mevlana Bulvarı
    3.0 km
  132. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.2 km
  133. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.4 km
  134. Go straight onto Turan Güneş Bulvarı
    6.9 km
  135. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Simon Bolivar Caddesi
    0.0 km
  136. Continue onto Simon Bolivar Caddesi
    1.2 km
  137. Turn sharp right onto Çankaya Caddesi
    0.0 km
  138. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Halfway point
1,264.4 km
Gauteng to Ankara
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
19 hrs 35 min • 19 hrs 35 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Gauteng to Ankara
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
182.1 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
420.6 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
136.6 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
291.7%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Cankaya
04:19 – 19:15
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:47
Total daylightUsable driving light
14 hrs 56 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
8 hrs 4 min
SunriseDawn break
04:19
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R10,570.94
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R50.58
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R505.79
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R11,127.30
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (150)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
20
Lane merges Yield required
9
Complex forks Path selection
7
Highway exits Deceleration zones
33
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Istanbul -26.31816, 28.43065
Midpoint
1,264.4 km
Total: 2,528.9 km
Midpoint 1,264.4 km
2,528.9 km 39 hrs 11 min
Destination Cankaya 39.88533, 32.85550

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Gauteng to Ankara
One-way road span 2,528.9 km
Return-cycle span 5,057.9 km
Traversal time 39 hrs 11 min
Maneuver count 138
Maneuver density 5.5 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 1,264.4 km

Coordinate frame

Start -26.31816, 28.43065
Midpoint 34.41244, 41.43385
End 39.88533, 32.85550
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Questions 9
How far is Istanbul from Cankaya? +
Istanbul is about 2,528.9 km from Cankaya by road.
How long does it take from Istanbul to Cankaya? +
The drive usually takes about 39 hrs 11 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Istanbul to Cankaya in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from Istanbul to Cankaya? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from Istanbul to Cankaya? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R5,089.22 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R5,109.25 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R5,083.76 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R5,327.75 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Istanbul to Cankaya? +
No tollgates are currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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Abdali
From Istanbul To Cankaya
طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
From Istanbul To Cankaya
8: الى الناصرية
From Istanbul To Cankaya
Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa
From Istanbul To Cankaya
Bab Hawa-Aleppo
From Istanbul To Cankaya
Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu
From Istanbul To Cankaya
Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı
From Istanbul To Cankaya
Çevre Yolu Caddesi
From Istanbul To Cankaya
E5 Karayolu Caddesi
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Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi
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