Travel Guide — Driving to Turkey

To drive your car in Turkey for up to 6 months you'll need an international driving license; the vehicle's registration documents and valid insurance. If you're planning to continue into Georgia, Iran or Syria you'll also need a "Carnet to Passage".
Upon arrival details of the vehicle will be logged in your passport and you won't be able to leave the country without it.

The Turkish Touring and Automobile Club are the official body in charge of registering foreign drivers:

1. Sanayi Sitesi Yani
4.Levent
Istanbul
Tel 090 (212) 282 81 40

There are two main routes from the UK to Turkey. The northern route passes through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania or Serbia and Bulgaria before reaching the Turkish border at Edirne. The southerly route is through France and Italy, catching a car ferry from Brindisi or Bari to Greece and continuing by road; or alternatively catching a ferry from Italy to the Turkish port of Cesme near Izmir.