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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 station, you can get another bus from there to Silopi
and get a taxi from Silopi or you can 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
US dollars) or 15 liras per person if you share taxi with other passengers.
Taxi will take 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.
You also can take taxi from Diyarbakir to the border and it cost around
150 dollars.
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 station, you can get another bus from there to Silopi
and get a taxi from Silopi or you can 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
US dollars) or 15 liras per person if you share taxi with other passengers.
Taxi will take 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.
You also can take taxi from Diyarbakir to the border and it cost around
150 dollars.
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 by land from Turkey and think that you may need someone to take you there, I will be happy just to take you to Northern Iraq or take you there and work with you over there. I also can help you to get filming or journalist permission in northern Iraq. Please don't hesitate to contact me for more information. Memet Aksakal memet@memetaksakal.com Mobil phone +90 533 334 77 96 |
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
| If you need a car or taxi from Diyarbakir to Iraq border, I can arrange it for you. You will be picked up from the airport and taken directly to the Iraq border in Silopi. Please don't hesitate to write to me for more information. Memet Aksakal memet@diyarmedia.com |
| Tour guide in Diyarbakir If you are planning to come to Diyarbakir as a tourist and think that you may need someone local to show you around in Diyarbakir and/or other cities in the southeastern Turkey, Please write to diyarbakirguide@yahoo.com |
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