LOGISTICAL INFORMATION

VENUE OF THE TRAINING WORKSHOP

The summer school training will be held at the Middle East Technical University Campus (METU) located in Ankara, Turkey. It is situated outside the main city of Ankara at a distance of 15 minutes bus ride to the city center. It is easily connected to the airport by regular bus services.

The courses will be undertaken in the METU Conference center, which is fully equipped with the modern communication, lecturing facilities.

DIRECTION to METU

Transportation between the Ankara Esenboga Airport and METU Campus: Information available HERE.

The METU Ankara Campus is 7 km from the city center, 45 km from the Esenboga Airport and 4 km from the inter city bus terminal. Bus trip by the white-green coloured HAVAS buses from the Airport to city center (HAVAS terminal) cost about USD 2 and takes about 40 minutes. Taxis are available in the HAVAS terminal to take you to the METU campus. It is not more than 10 minutes. The cost should be around 7 USD. Taxis are also available at the airport, and cost about USD 20. Frequent bus services, and taxies are available for transportation between the METU campus and different locations of the city center.

CONTACT US

Temel Oguz
Middle East Technical University,
Institute of Marine Sciences
P.O. Box. 28, Erdemli 33731, Icel
TURKEY
Tel: 90 324 521 2150 (office), 90 324 521 2143 (home)
Fax : 90 324 521 2327
oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr

More information on METU Campus is found at http://www.metu.edu.tr

USEFUL LINKS

Transportation in Ankara : http://www.ankara.bel.tr/AbbSayfalariEn/Ulasim_Rehberi/Ulasim_rehberi.aspx
METU map: http://www.metu.edu.tr/about/locationmap.php#
Links about Turkey : http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/ASI/Turkey.htm

ACCOMMODATION

The lecturers will stay in the special guesthouse for visiting senior scientists in the METU campus. Other participants will stay in student guesthouses for a single person with bath and shower, a mini refrigerator, and internet connection. There might be some limited number of rooms for coupled students. The student guesthouse also has a computer room equipped with some PCs for the internet access. The guesthouses are within a walking distance (in 1 km range) to the METU Conference Center and the food court and other social activities (in-door and out-door sport centers, swimming pool, etc.) within the campus.


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