STUDENT TRANSPORTATION CARD (ISTANBUL CARD)
Istanbul Card is a contactless smartcard designed to be used on the vehicles of Istanbul. You can use this card on every public transportation. We recommend you get one of these cards to ease your travels and pay less.
You can apply online, or you can visit one of the Istanbul Card Application Centre. You need your residence card/passport, a student certificate, and a passport photo. After you get your Istanbul Card, you can top up and pay as you go or you can top up a discounted monthly travel card, which gives you 200 travels in a month for 50TRY.
Please visit the following links to see the application centers for Istanbul Card and bus routes.
https://www.istanbulkart.istanbul/basvuru-merkezleri
ANNOUNCEMENT: HES Code Requirement for Transportation Cards
For the students who got their Istanbul Karts,