Cycling

Turkey's Environment and Urban Planning Ministry has issued a bylaw to ensure safe cycling in intra-city traffic by regulating the construction of bicycle roads and stations. 

The regulation on the design and construction of bicycle roads, stations and parking lots entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on Nov. 3. 

Izmir's women bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations zmir's women like to boast that they bring grace and style to everything they do, including public demonstrations. That is probably why "Chic Women's Bicycle Tour," participated by some five hundred women, may well be the most ornamented demonstration in the country.

Hundreds of women have taken to the streets on bicycles in multiple events in western and southern Turkey to raise awareness of sustainable transportation methods, as Sept. 20 marked "The World Cities without Cars Day."

The number of cyclists in Sofia has gone up by around 140% over the past three years, according to data of the VeloEvolution Association.

The number of people using a bike as a primary means of getting to and from school or work has increased substantially, according to the cyclists network, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency.

It doesn’t matter of you are riding a trail bike. Just make sure to steer clear of this angry ram! You have been warned!

A 76-year-old man has cycled more than 1,000 kilometers from the Aegean province of ?zmir to see his grandson who is serving in the military in the Black Sea province of Ordu.

Nureddin Gönülal, 76, cycled 1,054 kilometers from ?zmir's Ödemi? district to Ordu's Ünye district, where his grandson Saadettin Sevin, 21, is doing his military service.

A car was blocking a bicycle lane. So what better thing to do than simply pick the car up, move it aside, get on your bike again and go on your merry way.

The 8th World Naked Bike Ride is taking place in Thessaloniki on June 5. Last year, over 2,000 naked cyclists participated in the event that aims to deliver an environmental message concerning pollution as well as a message focused on the human body.

One in four Greeks has a bicycle but only 3 percent use it as one of their main modes of transport and just 32 percent of owners have used their bikes over the last 12 months, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Greek branch of WWF.

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has won the seventh stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, his third stage victory this week.

The 29-year-old racer for the Etixx - Quick-Step team won the 166 kilometers-long lap from Selçuk to ?zmir in 3 hours, 59  minutes and 49 seconds, beating more than 160 other cyclists from 21 teams on May 2.