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HOW TO GET ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY
Çukurova University, is a state university that has been established in Adana which is an East
Mediterranean Region city of Turkey. It is possibe to reach Adana by highway, railway, and airway
from main residential areas. There are scheduled flights of Turkish Airlines between Ankara-Adana
and İstanbul-Adana. Besides this, in the last years, scheduled and unscheduled daily direct flights or
flights that have a connection has been started from some countries like Germany to Adana.
In order to get to Çukurova University Campus at Balcalı from city centre, you can use scheduled buses
or minibuses.
ARRIVAL TO ADANA by CAR
Mainly, you can get to Adana by highway. Adana is in the middle of highways that come from,
Osmaniye-Gaziantep from east, İskenderun-Hatay from south, Mersin from west and Ulukışla-Niğde
from north. Gülek mountain gate, which is in Pozantı township that is located in Taurus mountains, is
one of the important and main passways that connects cities in south to Central Anatolia and capital
Ankara. Highways between Adana-Gaziantep, Adana-Mersin and Adana-İskenderun provide a speedy
and safe transportation.
7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOLOGY
HOW TO REACH TO ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS at BALCALI
Balcalı is the main campus of Çukurova University. Balcalı locates on approximately 10 km north of
city centre. It is satisfactory to mount to private or puplic bus or minibuses that work in main
boulevards of town centre to come to Balcalı campus. You can reach to campus by taking minibuses
(Dolmuş) (white colored-balcalı line), buses (orange colored) or city buses (red colored) from bus stops
in town centre. It takes approximately 20-30 minutes to reach to Balcalı campus from town centre. If
you want to use red lines you must have travel card (BelKart) which you can use in orange line also but
not in minibuses.
Arrival by air: If you arrive by airlines, you may take a taxi to Balcalı campus (~20€ - 15 km) or take
a bus to the university campus (1 way = 0.75 € ) (red line - Bus number 160 (Gürselpasha – Balcali))
(see map below).
7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOLOGY
By Railway: If you arrived by train, you may take a taxi to Balcalı campus (~15€ - 10 km) or take a
bus to the university campus. There are several bus lines to the Balcalı campus; red line; Bus number
116 - 121– 122 – 123 – 130 – 160, orange line (Balcali Direction) (1 way = 0.75 € ), (see map below)..
7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOLOGY
By Coach: If you arrived by International / national coach companies, you may take a taxi to Balcalı
campus (~25€ - 20 km) or you can take free service to city center and take a bus to the university
campus. There are several bus lines to the Balcalı campus; red line; Bus number 116 - 121– 122 – 123
– 130 – 160, orange line (Balcali Direction) (1 way = 0.75 € ), (see map below)..
7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOLOGY
By car: You can reach to Balcalı campus from town centre with your own car by following traffic
posts that shows Çukurova University. By following Sabancı Central Mosque - HiltonSa direction from
E-5 road (Turhan Cemal Beriker boulevard) and then after passing Girne bridge 80 meters, turn from
the first cross road to Mithat Özsan boulevard and follow this boulevard for approximately 3 km, you
can reach to campus entrance.
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As an alternative way, you can use Baraj Street (Baraj Yolu) that lies on the north of Adana
from town centre. You must turn to right from cross of Baraj Street and Turgut Özal Boulevard. Then
you must move along the buildings of State Regional Irragiton and Dams Affairs. You will reach to
Mithat Özsan Boulevard after going 1 km through Seyhan dam.
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CAMPUS IMAGE
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CAMPUS MAP
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CAMPUS IMAGE
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Conference Venue - Mithat ÖZHAN hall
Conference Venue – Akij KANSU hall
Geological Engineering Department
Turkuaz Cafe
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University Hospital (Balcalı)
Post office
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