Bogazkale Transportation

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Bogazkale is a fairly short, easy drive from Ankara. From Kizilay itself, in the heart of Ankara, we arrived at Bogazkale in our minivan in just about 2 hours, 45 minutes. The roads are good, especially east of Kirikkale, with a multi-lane divided highway althe way until the turn off to Bogazkale itself, and even then the road is still good.

From Ankara, follow the signs for Samsun, this will take you on the D200-E88 towards Samsun and Corum. Do not head to Yozgat and stay onthe road to Samsun until a luittle passed Sungurlu. Then, there will be a turn off to the right (an overpass and new turn-offs are being built as of Feb.2009), clearl marked with signs for both Bogazkale and Hattusa itself. Take this and it will lead right to Bogazkale.

It is a pleasant, easy road trip through nice countryside. There are a number of towns and plenty of services all along the route. One familiar with Turkey will not be surprised to know that there are gasoline/petrol stations everywhere, sometimes one after another, so one will never be far from one anywhere on the drive. Many of these, as is often the case, also offer food, including et mangal (grilled meat), tea, etc. This is especially true of the area from Nakara through Kirikkale, but even to the east, services are plenty.

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Hattusas is situated near modern Bogazkale (formerly Bogazköy) some 150 km east of Ankara in the Province of Çorum, at the northern reaches of the ancient landscape of Cappadocia. A city approximately two by one kilometers in area, situated on the slopes of a high rocky massif (950-1250 m above NN level).

It is only a two and a half hours drive from Ankara and you get a magnificent view of the Anatolian hills. Take the highway 200-E88 out of Ankara and look for signs for Samsun, then turn for Corum driving past Delice and Sungurlu and look for Bogazkoy.

The dolmush from Bogazkale to Sungurlu leaves from the village square when it is full. It costs 1 500 000 TL.

If you are going to Amasya you should ask the driver to be dropped at Mavi Ocak, a restaurant by the road outside Sungurlu. Some buses to Amasya stops here for lunchbreak. I had tea and sat down and waited almost an hour until the next bus came. To Amasya I paid 10 000 000 TL and it took about three hours.

If you from Sungurlu are going to continue to Ankara you should go to the otogar. The Bogazkale dolmush doesn't stop at the otogar, but in the centrum, not too close to the buscompanies offices.