Citizens are returning to Istanbul after spending the nine-day Eid al-Adha holiday in their home towns.
On the morning of the last day of the holiday, the Grand Istanbul Bus Terminal was crowded. The activity at the arriving passenger platform was also experienced at the departing passenger platform. Citizens who had spent their holidays here took advantage of the quietness of Istanbul during the holiday and came to the bus station to return to their hometowns.
“It was so busy I had to go to the hotel.”
Yadigar Shanci said he had no traffic problems coming to Istanbul from Ağlı Dogübayazit, saying, “I was planning to come to Istanbul from Dogübayazit but I couldn’t find a car, all the cars were full. It was very crowded so I had to go to the hotel but the next day the hotel added an extra shuttle service. “The car was very crowded but there was nothing. The roads were also congested and the entrance to Istanbul was very quiet,” he said.
“If the roads hadn’t been calm, I wouldn’t have been able to get on the bus.”
Muzhgan Noman, who is traveling to Bulgaria, emphasized that he was able to catch the bus because the roads were calm, saying, “I come from Bursa, now I’m going to Plovdiv. I got citizenship, my daughter will get it too. We will go back. “We came by bus from Bursa, we will visit them and have some food too. The roads were very quiet. If it hadn’t been quiet today, I wouldn’t have been able to catch the bus. “
Deniz Yıldırım said that she came to Istanbul for vacation to enjoy it, saying, “I came to Istanbul for vacation. Now I am back to school in Sofia. I am studying there. I decided to enjoy Istanbul while it is empty. Now, as you know, today is the last day of vacation. It is time to go back to school. “, exams. Istanbul was empty and very beautiful.” (Kübra Sonkaya – Ozenç Kiriş / Istanbul DHA)
