History Oozes From TransAnatolia's Route

This year's race route of TransAnatolia, which will start from Hatay on August 20, features panoramic views where nature offers privilege, centuries-old artifacts dominated by history, and Anatolian cities that wrote the book of tolerance.

Organized with the permission of the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) and with the support of the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), TransAnatolia, in its 12th year, started from Hatay on August 2.500 with a new race route of 20 km and finished in Eskişehir on August 27. It will end in .

The ceremonial start of TransAnatolia, which will be held on Saturday, August 20 at Hatay Expo, will be the first target of the competitors on August 21, the Karatepe Aslantaş National Park, which is Turkey's second and largest park, established on an area of ​​4 thousand 145 hectares, and has settlement and castle ruins from the Young Hittite period. It will be a park. On this route, you will pass through the peaks of the Amanos Mountains.

Then, by overcoming the 2.300-meter peaks, Kayseri, the third largest city and industrial center of Central Anatolia, will be reached. In the continuation of the race, starting from Kayseri, BC. It will reach Sivas Sarkisla, which has a deep-rooted history and history, where traces of the Hittite Civilization can be found in the 3000s, and then return to Kayseri via Yozgat. You will also be passing through the house of the folk poet great master Aşık Veysel in Sivrialan, which has been turned into a museum. The next day, the target will be the Aladaglar, a mountain range also known as Turkey's Alps.

After passing the peaks of approximately 3.000 meters and staying in the area where the thermal facilities are located in Çiftehan, you will pass through the Bolkar Mountains, the highest point of which is 3.524 meters, which Karacaoğlan mentioned in his poems. On the next day's route, there is Salt Lake, which provides 40% of Turkey's salt needs. Competitors, who will cover 80 percent of the stage in roadless environments, will reach the camping area in Haymana. On the last day of the race, you will reach Eskişehir by passing through forests in a different geography between Haymana and Eskişehir and the race will come to an end.

In TransAnatolia, which has been promoting Turkey's unique geography with its cultural and natural beauties to the whole world by combining automobile sports and tourism since 2010, races will be held in motorcycle, 4×4 Automobile, Truck, Quad and SSV categories and in off-road stages.