Diyarbakır to Istanbul bus

Buses from Diyarbakır to Istanbul start at €51.88 and take 14h 32m at their fastest.

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Skyline of Kartal district, Istanbul, Turkey.

The Buses from Diyarbakır to Istanbul starts at €51.88 and takes 14h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,026 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 32mDoor to door
  • 13h 48mMoving
  • €51.88 to €95.33From
  • 06:26 to 21:08First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 27.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€51.88 to €95.33 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €95.33Mon14
  2. about €77.73Tue15
  3. about €85.43Wed16
  4. about €88.18Thu17
  5. about €79.38Fri18
  6. about €83.23Sat19
  7. about €79.38Sun20
  8. about €55.18Mon21
  9. about €51.88Tue22
  10. about €58.48Wed23
  11. about €70.58Thu24
  12. about €63.43Fri25
  13. about €67.83Sat26
  14. about €62.33Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€44.73
  1. FlixBus FB211008:4014h 45m23:25Diyarbakir OtogarIstanbul Esenler Otogar

Door to door 15h 29mCO2 27.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€44.7314h 2m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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A hotel room

A room in Istanbul for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Diyarbakır to Istanbul

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €54.0890 days
  2. €43.6360 days
  3. €38.6845 days
  4. €35.9330 days
  5. €49.6821 days
  6. €62.3314 days
  7. €79.387 days
  8. €85.433 days
  9. €95.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €35.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €95.33, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €62.33Sun
  2. €55.18Mon
  3. €51.88Tue
  4. €58.48Wed
  5. €70.58Thu
  6. €63.43Fri
  7. €67.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Diyarbakır

Coach
  • Diyarbakir Otogar
  • Diyarbakır Batı İlçe Otogarı

Istanbul

Coach
  • Istanbul Esenler Otogar
  • İGS
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,026 km against 1,026 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Diyarbakır at 06:26 and the last at 21:08, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 54m1h 44m3h 10m€105.75260.0 kg24
Coach14h 32m13h 48m44m€51.8827.7 kg12

Questions about Diyarbakır to Istanbul

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul take?

The Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul takes 14h 32m door to door, of which 13h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 1,026 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul cost?

The Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul starts at €51.88 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €51.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul?

1 operators run the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul: FlixBus. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul use?

The Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul leaves from Diyarbakir Otogar and arrives at Istanbul Esenler Otogar. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Diyarbakır to Istanbul?

Travelling from Diyarbakır to Istanbul by Flight costs €105.75 and takes 4h 54m door to door, against 14h 32m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul?

Fares for the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €35.93. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul produce?

The Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul produces about 27.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1026 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul?

Operators on the Coach from Diyarbakır to Istanbul publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Diyarbakır to Istanbul on 13 September 2026: 1026 km of route against 1026 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €51.88, and 14h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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