Where to buy tickets and reservations?
Buying tickets and reservations is the most frustrating experience one can have in Turkey due to the lack of a proper computerized ticketing system. The simplest way is to buy the ticket / reservation from the point of departure. However, reservation can be a problem for connecting trains since TCDD clerks do this over the phone with the departure station of the connecting trains. Clerks usually don’t speak English but are most of the time friendly and welcoming to the foreigners. They will always try their best to help and find solutions. Very often, another passenger will step up to help with the translation.
