By train
There are two daily trains from Istanbulâs Sirkeci Station one departing at 8:30AM and the other at 3:50PM which call at Ãorlu station, which is situated about 5 km west of city transportation to the city centre is possible by minibuses which depart from right in front of the station; they can be found waiting passengers at every train's arrival time. Corresponding trains from Edirne in the west to Istanbul also call at the station.
A twice-daily service from TekirdaÄ started recently as well. While the train ride itself is a bargain 2 TL ppâless than half of what you'd pay to minibus, with the stations at both ends of the line being quite away from respective city centres means that it's not as convenient as intertown minibuses, and when the fares for connecting minibuses to/from the city centres added, it's not particularly cheap, either.
By bus
Buses from Istanbul. They depart at about any time except late at night, costing 12 TL. Ä°stanbul Seyahat tel 444 59 59, dialed without a prefix anywhere in Turkey, except cell phones from which +90 212 444 59 59 should be dialed is one of the bus companies connecting Corlu with Istanbul.
There are minibuses run by Elbirlik Koop., leaving on fixed hours about every 15 minutes between 6:30AM and 9PM daily from nearby coastal city of TekirdaÄ, which cost 6 TL pp and take around 30 minutes.
There are also minibus taxis dolmuÅ taksi which start from near the army base in the centre of town. These offer an express service to the surrounding towns, the coastal villages, TekirdaÄ, Edirne, and even Istanbul, for not much more than the bus. The downside is that the times tend not to be fixedâthe taxi leaves when it is full.
The buses go to the main otogar in Istanbul, although you can specify a through ticket, which will mean for a small surcharge you can be dropped on the Asian side, usually in Uskudar or Kadikoy. Small service buses also offer free transfers to main routes from either the bus station or the bus company's office. In terms of time, it takes around 2 hours to the main Istanbul bus station when it is busy, another half hour to either cross Istanbul to the Asian side or to get to Ataturk airport, and perhaps another hour to transfer from there to the new airport, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport IATA: SAW (http://www.sabihagokcen.a...), on the Asian side.
Ãorlu's tiny bus station/otogar especially when considering the size of the city it serves lies at the western edge of the city centre, with very frequent more than once every minute during daytime minibuses to downtown departing from or calling at the bus stop on the street next to it. A leisurely stroll takes only about 20 minutes to central square from otogar, though, so that's an option too if you don't have a heavy backpack.
Since the city terminal cannot handle all the bus traffic most buses stop at Orion Mall crossroad. If you need to arrive this eastern part of the city, you need not to go to the terminal otogar.
By car
Corlu is conveniently located on highways D100 and O-3/E80 motorway/toll-road which link Istanbul with Europe. There are also secondary roads from other directions.
It takes just over an hour to get to Istanbul which is 100 km away, although this can be doubled during busy times.