AŞTİ

{{Short description|Largest bus terminal in Ankara, Turkey}}

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| native_name = Ankara Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali

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| image_caption = AŞTİ Bus Station in Ankara

| address = Yenimahalle, Ankara

| coordinates = {{coord|39.918278|N|32.810694|E|display=inline,title}}

| line = Intercity coaches

| other = 15px Ankaray, city buses

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| opened = 1995

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AŞTİ (Ankara Intercity Coach Terminal, {{langx|tr|Ankara Şehirlerarası Otobüs Terminali}}) is the intercity bus terminal of Ankara, Turkey.

Geography

AŞTİ is situated to the west of Mevlana Boulevard, the former Ankara ring road at {{coord|39|55|05|N|32|48|44|E}} .[http://www.haritamap.com/yer/asti-cankaya AŞTİ map] Its address is Beştepeler Mahallesı, Mevlana Bulvarı, No:82 Söğütözü, Çankaya.[http://www.asti.com.tr/iletisim AŞTİ page]

The terminal

The terminal was put into service in 1997. Its closed area is {{convert|128520|m2}} . It is a two-storey terminal where the lower floor is reserved for incoming traffic and the upper floor is reserved for outgoing traffic. Daily traffic is about 2500 busses.[https://www.neredennereye.com/otogar/ankara/ Online ticket page]

Main roads from Ankara

Ankara is situated more or less at the center of Turkey. There are five main roads from Ankara.

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! Boulevards and highways

! Direction

! Examples of target cities

Ondokuz Mayıs Boulevard-{{jct|country=TUR|D|200 }} (east side)East and Northeast TurkeySamsun, Sivas, Erzurum, Trabzon
İrfan Baştuğ Boulevard-{{jct|country=TUR|D|140 }}North TurkeyÇankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard –{{jct|country=TUR|D|750 }} (north side )Northwest TurkeyIstanbul, Zonguldak, Bolu
İsmet İnönü Boulevard- {{jct|country=TUR|D|200 }} (west side)West TurkeyEskişehir, İzmir, Bursa, Antalya
Mevlana Boulevard -{{jct|country=TUR|D|750 }}- (south side)South TurkeyKonya, Kayseri, Mersin, Adana, Gaziantep

See also

References