Otoyol 52 ( en, Motorway 52), abbreviated as O-52, Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu ( en, Adana-Şanlıurfa Motorway), is a

toll Toll may refer to: Transportation * Toll (fee) a fee charged for the use of a road or waterway ** Road pricing, the modern practice of charging for road use ** Road toll (historic), the historic practice of charging for road use ** Shadow toll, ...

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

in the regions of

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

and Southeastern Anatolia in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

, connecting the cities

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...

and

Şanlıurfa Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa () and in ancient times as Edessa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain about 80 km east of the Euphrates River. Its climate features ...

. The motorway is part of

European route E90 European route E 90 is an A-Class West–East European route, extending from Lisbon in Portugal in the west to the Turkish– Iraqi border in the east. It is connected to the M5 of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network Itinerary ...

and Asian Highway 84. The O-52 starts from the eastern terminus of The O-51, runs eastward through

Osmaniye Osmaniye () is a city on the eastern edge of the Çukurova plain in southern Turkey and the capital of Osmaniye province. Backed by the foothills of the Nur Mountains, Osmaniye lay on one of the old Silk Roads and was always a place of strategic ...

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...

and terminates east of

. The O-52 is currently the second longest Motorway in Turkey being only 5 km shorter than the O-4.

Exit list

''Light blue indicates toll section of motorway.''

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* Turkish General Directorate of Highways
''Turkey road map.''
52 Transport in Adana Province Transport in Gaziantep Province Transport in Kahramanmaraş Province Transport in Osmaniye Province Transport in Şanlıurfa Province Toll roads in Turkey {{Turkey-road-stub

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