5th World Youth Congress Turkiye 2010 will take place in The Davutpafla Campus of Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. Davutpasa Campus is located on European side of the Istanbul.
The campus is capable for all the congress activities with its' rich facilities. There is even a go-kart track in the campus!
How to get to the Congress Area
From Atatürk Airport:
Once you arrive at the airport you’ll see signs (Capital M’s) leading to the metro station of Atatürk Airport. Since it is the terminus station of the line M1 any train will do. Get off at the station “Davutpaşa-Y.T.Ü.”. You will see signs leading you to the campus and to the congress area, which will take another 15-minute walk.
Note: For the M1 line remember that first train leaves both terminus stations at 06:00 on weekdays, 06:10 during the weekend. The last train departs at 00:15 all seven days of the week. For departures or arrivals between 00:15 and 06:00 the best option might be to take a taxi.
From Sabiha Gökçen Airport:
Exiting the main building you’ll see the bus station where green buses will be waiting to depart. Take the bus “E3” that goes to “4. Levent Metro”. Get off at the terminus, which will be the metro station called “4. Levent”, the terminus station of the line M2. Take the metro until Taksim, when in Taksim change to the funicular line to go to the station “Kabataş”. At Kabataş you’ll take the tramway line T1 until the other end of the line, “Zeytinburnu.” At Zeytinburnu change to the metro line M1, take the train to the direction “Aksaray” and get off at the station “Davutpaşa-Y.T.Ü.”, which is only two stops away. You will see signs leading you to the campus and to the congress area, which will take another 15-minute walk.
Note: For the E3 bus line the first bus leaves the airport at 06:00 on weekdays, 06:30 on Saturday and 07:00 on Sunday. The first bus to go to the airport from 4. Levent is at 07:40 on weekdays, 08:00 on Saturday and 08:20 on Sunday. Metro line M2 has the same first and last train schedule as the line M1. Between the first and last bus it might be best to wait at the airport, since it is far from the congress area with few other transportation alternatives.
From Sirkeci Train Station:
Exiting the train station you’ll see the tramway stop “Sirkeci” of line T1. Take the tram to go until “Zeytinburnu”, the terminus station. Once at Zeytinburnu change to the metro line M1, take the train to the direction “Aksaray” and get off at the station “Davutpaşa-Y.T.Ü.”, which is only two stops away. You will see signs leading you to the campus and to the congress area, which will take another 15-minute walk.
From Haydarpaşa Train Station:
Take the ferry (between 07:00 and 21:30) that goes from the train station to Karaköy. At Karaköy you’ll see the tramway stop “Karaköy” of line T1. Take the tram to go until “Zeytinburnu”, the terminus station. Once at Zeytinburnu change to the metro line M1, take the train to the direction “Aksaray” and get off at the station “Davutpaşa-Y.T.Ü.”, which is only two stops away. You will see signs leading you to the campus and to the congress area, which will take another 15-minute walk.
From Esenler Bus Station:
At the bus station you’ll see signs (Capital M’s) leading to the metro station “Otogar”. Take the train on the line M1 that goes to the direction of “Atatürk Havalimanı” and get off at “Davutpaşa-Y.T.Ü.”. You will see signs leading you to the campus and to the congress area, which will take another 15-minute walk.
Note: Those who will arrive by bus should prefer buses that stop at the bus station Esenler rather than the bus station Harem for easier transportation.
