This is the road between two towns on the Aegean coast: Eski Foca (Old Foca) and Yeni Foca (New Foca). Although this may be considered as a short road, if you have time riding north from Izmir, it will be a one-hour well spent going west to Eski Foca and catching the main road again through Yeni Foc...
Beautiful environment, great views and fantastic climate, Finike - Kale section particularly twisty. I hope to add many more Turkish routes, but this should whet your appetite!
This route is through Asiatic Turkey. Starting at Trabzon on the Black Sea, leaving the less than desirable port of Trabzon, head out on the D885 for Erzurum on the D885 toward Gumushane, the route follows main roads, otherwise it gets a bit too much like the Dakar Rally. You travel through stunni...
This is the road from the city called Denizli to another city, Mugla. Coming down from famous town of Pamukkale, if you head down South to Bodrum, this will be the road you should follow. This is a well-paved two-lane road that has everything. Starts with straights and as it goes up and down to the ...
Instead of taking the TEM, take this route to get to Kartalkaya (not in winter). Put the bike in Enduro mode and continue to the top where the ski lifts end. Excellent smells and and nice turns through the forest. You will love it.
Exhilarating, a lot of twisties over the Shipka pass (altitude about 1,100 meters), pity it is a short road! On the top you may want to go to the mausoleum for a great view over the other side of the mountain, or even take the secondary road with poor asphalt, for a great view. As of 2011: Southern ...
We rode much of Turkey for 2-3 months, broken up by trips to Syria Jordan Israel and north African countries. We LOVED Turkey so much, out of 37 countries of one bike trip, it ranked 1 or 2 in terms of We Could Live Here countries. Great friendly people, spectacular scenery, fabulous riding, excelle...