D.300 is a major east–west

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spanning through central

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.Vatan Newspape: ''Türkiye Turizm Atlası'', Boyut Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2009 The route begins in

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, Izmir and runs east to Kapıköy,

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, on the Turkey-Iran border. The route connects several provincial capitals, including Izmir,

Uşak Uşak (; el, Ουσάκειον, Ousakeion) is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 500,000 (2016 census) and is the capital of Uşak Province. Uşak city is situated at a distance of from İ ...

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Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

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Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...

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and

. The route is the second longest state highway in Turkey, after the D.400. The D300 is a four-lane highway for most of the route, except for two short sections toward the western end, and even becomes a

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within Izmir.

Main intersections

Itinerary

References and notes

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Transport in İzmir Province Transport in Manisa Province Transport in Uşak Province Transport in Afyonkarahisar Province Transport in Konya Province Transport in Aksaray Province Transport in Nevşehir Province Transport in Kayseri Province Transport in Sivas Province Transport in Malatya Province Transport in Elazığ Province Transport in Bingöl Province Transport in Muş Province Transport in Bitlis Province Transport in Van Province {{Turkey-road-stub

Main intersections

Itinerary

See also

References and notes