The Bandırma Ferry Terminal ) or Bandırma Pier () is a

ferry terminal A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferry, ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for e ...

Bandırma Bandırma ()Greek: Panormos(Πανορμος)is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 755 km2, and its population is 167,363 (2024). Bandırma is located in the south of the Marmara Sea, in the ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, located within the Port of Bandırma on the

Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's E ...

. It is used by

İDO İDO Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. (, meaning ''Istanbul Sea Buses'') was founded in 1987 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Originally established with a fleet of 10 seabuses built by the Kvaerner Fjellstrand shipyard of Norway, the İ ...

, which operates ferry service from Bandırma to Yenikapı in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

. The terminal opened in 1998, when İDO began operating ferry service to Bandırma. Connections to intercity train service to

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

are available via Bandırma station, located adjacent to the terminal. The terminal is located in the Ayyıldız neighborhood, just southeast of the city center, on the east side of the Port of Bandırma.

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite web, url=http://www.ido.com.tr/tr/kurumsal/ido-hakkinda/gecmisten-gunumuze-ido, title=Geçmişten Günümüze İDO, website=ido.com.tr, language=Turkish, access-date=11 December 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924003925/http://www.ido.com.tr/tr/kurumsal/ido-hakkinda/gecmisten-gunumuze-ido, archive-date=24 September 2017, url-status=dead {{cite web, url=http://www.ido.com.tr/tr/tarifeler/2017-sonbahar-tarifesi, title=2017 Sonbahar Tarifesi, website=ido.com.tr, language=Turkish, access-date=11 December 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215050841/http://www.ido.com.tr/tr/tarifeler/2017-sonbahar-tarifesi, archive-date=15 December 2017, url-status=dead Ferry terminals in Turkey Transport in Balıkesir Province 1998 establishments in Turkey Bandırma Buildings and structures in Balıkesir Province