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Collect at Antalya, Dalaman, Milas-Bodrum or either Istanbul airport. A car driven in from another town carries its delivery charge inside the price.
Four searches, five airports. What changes for a driver from one to the next, with counts (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026) and drive times we routed on 23 October 2026.
The airport sits north-east of the city and joins it by the D400. Kaleiçi, the old town, is 15.5 km away, about 20 min.
The D400 takes you both ways from the airport: Kemer about 55 min, Side about 1 h, Alanya about 1 h 45 min.
767 of 943 airport cars had no delivery charge, the best ratio of the five airports. Lara and Konyaaltı are listed as pickup districts too, but all 63 cars there carried one.
Dalaman Airport is in Muğla province; its operator lists Dalaman, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz and Marmaris as the places nearby.
Routes leave on the D555 and pick up the D400: Göcek about 30 min, Fethiye about 1 h, Marmaris about 1 h 30 min.
Only 73 of 567 cars at the airport came without a delivery charge, so compare whole-hire totals there rather than day rates.
Milas-Bodrum Airport, operated by TAV Airports, is 19.3 km from Milas and 37.0 km by road from Bodrum castle (about 40 min), on the D330.
Turgutreis about 50 min, Yalıkavak about 55 min; north on the D525, Didim about 1 h 30 min and Kuşadası about 2 h.
428 of 453 airport cars were brought in from elsewhere for a charge, the largest share at any Turkish airport we read.
Two airports: Istanbul Airport (IST), run by iGA with one terminal under a single roof, and Sabiha Gökçen (SAW).
From IST our routes to Kadıköy and to Sabiha Gökçen cross the Bosphorus by motorway; from SAW the routes to Sultanahmet and Taksim go through the Eurasia Tunnel. City traffic is left out of every time.
IST had 83 of 104 cars with no delivery charge; SAW, 30 of 365.
Cars handed over at each airport (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). One delivery charge pays for bringing the car in and fetching it back, and it is part of the car’s quoted price.
| Arrival airport | Cars offered there | Nothing added for delivery | Delivery charge on the others, whole week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antalya Airport (AYT) | 943 | 767 | 176 cars, lowest €20, middle €460 |
| Dalaman Airport (DLM) | 567 | 73 | 494 cars, lowest €120, middle €300 |
| Milas-Bodrum Airport (BJV) | 453 | 25 | 428 cars, lowest €140, middle €400 |
| Istanbul Airport (IST) | 104 | 83 | 21 cars, lowest €795, middle €1,180 |
| Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) | 365 | 30 | 335 cars, lowest €375, middle €675 |
In Turkey a company’s car can be listed in several cities and driven to whichever airport you pick. We priced a Fiat Egea on 23 October 2026 (Turkish quote, pickup 16 November, one week): €105 for the week at Antalya Airport with nothing added, €905 at Sabiha Gökçen, where €400 was charged for bringing it in and the same again for taking it away.
Even at one airport the handover style shifts from car to car. Quotes that named one said meet and greet, personal handover or shuttle bus; others named none. Your voucher settles it and carries the company’s number.
Pricing 18 airport cars on 23 October 2026 with a 03:00 collection and 03:00 return (16 to 23 November), we found every one still bookable; 3 cost more than at 13:00. Search with your landing time.
Antalya Airport runs round the clock all year, with a free shuttle between its two international terminals (Fraport TAV Antalya). Dalaman, in Muğla province, opened its second terminal on 5 July 2018 (YDA Dalaman). TAV Airports operates Milas-Bodrum, and iGA runs Istanbul Airport under a single roof.
Antalya Airport on the map · Dalaman Airport on the map · Milas-Bodrum Airport on the map · Istanbul Airport on the map · Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the map
Antalya, Dalaman, Milas-Bodrum, Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen, or an address. A return in another Turkish city can be set in the same search.
A car parked in another town is driven to you, and that charge is folded into its total, so two identical models can be priced far apart.
Online you pay only the advance, set by the booking rules at 15 to 20% of the rental cost; on the cars quoted 23 October 2026, with collection on 16 November, it left out the delivery charge. The voucher email names the company and its number. The balance and any delivery charge are paid to the company at pickup, by the methods that car lists.
Antalya, Dalaman, Bodrum and Istanbul (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). One company’s offer can turn up in several cities, so the rows share cars and are never summed.
| Searched city | Cars | Deposit of zero | Wanted a credit card | Cash deposit allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antalya | 1,551 | 831 | 27 | 703 |
| Dalaman | 1,210 | 575 | 24 | 621 |
| Bodrum | 1,157 | 538 | 17 | 605 |
| Istanbul | 1,096 | 542 | 17 | 541 |
27 of 1,551 Antalya cars wanted one at pickup. The listing flags it before you pay, and only an embossed physical card that the lead driver holds will do.
831 Antalya cars asked for none. Taking the top cover level can wipe it out on others, and the low-deposit filter also lets through cars with a small one.
703 Antalya cars allowed it, 45% of the search; the middle figure among the 19 places we set it against was 26%, and only 4 beat Antalya (the 16 November week, Antalya data read 23 October 2026). HGS tolls you run up are later deducted from that deposit (clause 12).
On 23 October 2026, 2 of the 7 cars we opened one by one (pickup 16 November) wanted cash only on the day; the rest took cash or a card. Each listing names its methods.
The 8 most-listed models among 767 Antalya Airport cars with no delivery charge (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). Middle is the median: half the cars cost that or less, half that or more.
| Model at AYT | Listings | Day rate, low | Day rate, middle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiat Egea | 131 | €15 | €25 |
| Renault Clio | 53 | €17 | €27 |
| Renault Taliant | 43 | €17 | €28 |
| Fiat Fiorino | 35 | €15 | €23 |
| Fiat Doblo | 32 | €18 | €29 |
| Hyundai Bayon | 23 | €24 | €34 |
| Fiat Egea Cross | 21 | €19 | €29 |
| Renault Megane | 20 | €23 | €41 |
Pickup at an airport, return somewhere else in Turkey. Airport cars only (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026).
Times are for empty roads with no breaks, rounded up from routes we mapped on 23 October 2026. Allow extra time on the coast in summer; the Istanbul figures ignore city traffic entirely.
From KGM (the state highways authority), the Eurasia Tunnel’s operator and the national police, read 23 October 2026, with the rental terms beside them.
UK Foreign Office travel advice for Turkey (updated 19 October 2026), Turkish law and the rental terms.
Highway Traffic Law 2918 and its regulation (article given), plus the rental terms and British government travel advice for Turkey.
Only the original national licence is accepted, with every detail also printed in Latin letters and still valid on your final rental day. Photocopies and phone licences are turned away (clause 14).
A licence that is not valid outside its own country? The terms strongly recommend carrying an International Driving Permit, shown when asked. Turkish rules let visitors drive on a foreign licence for up to six months after entry, subject to international agreements (Highway Traffic Regulation, art. 88).
Britain’s travel advice for Turkey: carry a 1968 International Driving Permit or a UK licence notarised in Turkish. The 1949 permit no longer counts, and permits are sold only inside the UK.
A credit card must belong to the main driver and be real and embossed. A company may accept a debit card instead if it is likewise embossed and in that name; the booking and voucher then say so (clause 15).
Every car sets its own, and even two similar models may not match (clause 13). Across 7 cars opened on 23 October 2026, the lowest accepted age was 21 to 23 and licences needed 2 to 3 years.
The booking phone, with country code, must stay reachable, starting the day ahead of collection and lasting the whole hire; ring, Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram all count (clause 10).
1,322 of 1,529 Antalya cars offered the top tier (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). On the three cars we opened on 23 October 2026 that had both a deposit and this tier, the deposit dropped to zero at that level.
What clause 9 says, and what our searches found.
It bans driving a rental car across Turkey’s borders, and no exception is written into it.
They are scarcer here than anywhere else we compared: 280 of 1,529 cars in the Antalya search (18%), against a middle figure of 28% across 18 destinations (the 16 November week, Antalya data read 23 October 2026). The class filter shows what is left on your dates.
77 Antalya Airport cars without a delivery charge had seven or more seats, lowest €29, middle €65 a day (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). Use the seat filter to list only those.
Book two cars: in all four city searches the largest had 9 seats (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026).
Infant seats, child seats and boosters can be added where the car offers them. Turkish law requires child restraints and belts in every seat (law, art. 78; regulation, art. 150).
Written into the contract as an extra where offered; the car states the fee.
Some cars do: 27 of 1,551 Antalya cars, 24 of 1,210 in Dalaman, 17 of 1,157 in Bodrum and 17 of 1,096 in Istanbul wanted one at pickup (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). The listing shows it before you pay, and the lead driver then brings an embossed card of their own.
Yes: 831 of the 1,551 Antalya cars (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). On some others the deposit disappears once you choose Full Coverage Plus, and each listing shows the deposit tier by tier.
It has been driven in from another town, and that delivery charge is in its price. 428 of 453 cars at Milas-Bodrum, 335 of 365 at Sabiha Gökçen and 494 of 567 at Dalaman carried one, against 176 of 943 at Antalya (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026). Rank by total.
It is not allowed: the Turkey terms (clause 9) keep the car inside the country. On 23 October 2026 there was no cross-border package, and one-way searches from Istanbul to Sofia or Thessaloniki, Trabzon to Batumi and Bodrum to Kos found nothing.
Strongly advised by the terms when your licence works only in its country of issue. For a UK licence, government travel advice says to carry a 1968 permit or a licence notarised in Turkish, and says the 1949 permit is no longer accepted.
Motorways, the Bosphorus bridges and the Eurasia Tunnel bill through HGS, with no cash booth in the tunnel. The company pays what you ran up and takes it, plus an administrative charge, from your deposit (clause 12). Ask at pickup how your car handles it.
It varies by car, even between similar models. Looking at 7 Turkish cars on 23 October 2026, minimum ages ran 21 to 23, with 2 to 3 years of licence wanted.
Yes, on the routes we tried, with the charge inside the total. Antalya Airport to Dalaman cost lowest €60, middle €150; Dalaman Airport to Bodrum, lowest €120, middle €350 (Turkey, 16 to 23 November 2026; listings dated 23 October 2026).
Inside towns 50 km/h; outside them, 90 on two-way roads and 110 on divided ones; on motorways 130 on state-run motorways and 140 on toll-concession motorways, always as signed.
Antalya is preset; switch to Dalaman, Bodrum or Istanbul and add your dates.
