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Going to Northern Iraq from Turkey over land
If you are planning to go to northern Iraq from Turkey by land, You need to go to
Diyarbakir first.
There are several flights from Istanbul and Ankara to Diyarbakir everyday. You can
check those airlines websites for flights information.
Turkish airlines
Onurair
Pegassus Airlines
Everyday a bus leave at 9:00 am from Diyarbakir to Cizre. Once you arrived in Cizre bus
get a taxi from Cizre to the border. Taxi rate is the same from Cizre and from Silopi to the
border. Taxi is only choice to go to the border from Silopi. Taxi cost 60 liras (around 45
Everyday a bus leave at 9:00 am from Diyarbakir to Cizre. Once you arrived in Cizre bus
US dollars) or 15 liras per person if you share taxi with other passengers. Taxi will take
station, you can get another bus from there to Silopi and get a taxi from Silopi or you can
you to the Iraqi side of the border and from there you can get a taxi to Erbil or wherever
you want to go.
Taxi driver will help you for the passport check and other paper work and you can pay
him once you arrived in Iraq side where taxi station is. It is not possible to cross the
border by foot. There is only a bridge to cross to go other side but the passengers are
not allowed to walk to cross the bridge. You only can go by car.
Diyarbakir-Cizre takes around 4 hours by bus and Cizre-Silopi takes around 30 minutes.
Silopi border takes around 10 minutes.
From Diyarbakir to Silopi Northern Iraq border takes around 4 hours by Taxi.
If you want to go to Erbil or Sulemani from the border, you either can get a taxi or share a
taxi with other passengers from Iraqi side of the border.
From the border to Erbil it takes around 4 hours and taxi cost 100 dollars us.
After Duhok in Mafraq-Shekhe there is a cross road, one road goes to the right and one
goes straight. Both of those two roads goes to Erbil.
One road is around 20 minutes or so shorter than other road. The longer road (goes
from Berderesh) is safer than the shorter one (goes from Bashiqa) because the shorter
road get out of Kurdish government controlled area near Musul and go through some
Arab villages. It is ok driving from that road during the day but definitely not safe in the
night. If you don't want to go from that road make sure that you tell driver that you want
to go from Berderesh not from Bashiqa, the road goes from Arab villages goes from
Bashiqa.
From Erbil to Sulemani, there are also two roads and one goes over Dukan and other
one over Kirkuk. The road goes over Kirkuk is around half an hour shorter but the road
goes over Dukan is safer.
If you are planning to go to northern Iraq from Turkey by land, You need to go to
Diyarbakir first.
There are several flights from Istanbul and Ankara to Diyarbakir everyday. You can
check those airlines websites for flights information.
Turkish airlines
Onurair
Pegassus Airlines
Everyday a bus leave at 9:00 am from Diyarbakir to Cizre. Once you arrived in Cizre bus
get a taxi from Cizre to the border. Taxi rate is the same from Cizre and from Silopi to the
border. Taxi is only choice to go to the border from Silopi. Taxi cost 60 liras (around 45
Everyday a bus leave at 9:00 am from Diyarbakir to Cizre. Once you arrived in Cizre bus
US dollars) or 15 liras per person if you share taxi with other passengers. Taxi will take
station, you can get another bus from there to Silopi and get a taxi from Silopi or you can
you to the Iraqi side of the border and from there you can get a taxi to Erbil or wherever
you want to go.
Taxi driver will help you for the passport check and other paper work and you can pay
him once you arrived in Iraq side where taxi station is. It is not possible to cross the
border by foot. There is only a bridge to cross to go other side but the passengers are
not allowed to walk to cross the bridge. You only can go by car.
Diyarbakir-Cizre takes around 4 hours by bus and Cizre-Silopi takes around 30 minutes.
Silopi border takes around 10 minutes.
From Diyarbakir to Silopi Northern Iraq border takes around 4 hours by Taxi.
If you want to go to Erbil or Sulemani from the border, you either can get a taxi or share a
taxi with other passengers from Iraqi side of the border.
From the border to Erbil it takes around 4 hours and taxi cost 100 dollars us.
After Duhok in Mafraq-Shekhe there is a cross road, one road goes to the right and one
goes straight. Both of those two roads goes to Erbil.
One road is around 20 minutes or so shorter than other road. The longer road (goes
from Berderesh) is safer than the shorter one (goes from Bashiqa) because the shorter
road get out of Kurdish government controlled area near Musul and go through some
Arab villages. It is ok driving from that road during the day but definitely not safe in the
night. If you don't want to go from that road make sure that you tell driver that you want
to go from Berderesh not from Bashiqa, the road goes from Arab villages goes from
Bashiqa.
From Erbil to Sulemani, there are also two roads and one goes over Dukan and other
one over Kirkuk. The road goes over Kirkuk is around half an hour shorter but the road
goes over Dukan is safer.
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Useful links in Northern Iraq
The other Iraq
A tourism website and information
about northern iraq
The other Iraq
A tourism website and information
about northern iraq
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