Hitchhiking

A 29-year-old man from the Marmara province of Sakarya, who left his university education halfway through due to his dream of making a world tour hit the road with $5 in his pocket, has traveled to more than 50 countries in five years.

Russian songs resonate throughout the streets in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir as 24-year-old Ivan Reznichenko plays his guitar to earn his daily bread.

He was paying a visit to a friend in Turkey's southwestern resort town of Bodrum when Russian troops entered into Ukrainian territories on Feb. 24.

A nature-loving couple from the Black Sea province of Artvin has been hitchhiking with their cat "Azman."

Lawyer Alexandru Bogdan asserted that Gheorghe Dinca admitted on Sunday to his murder deeds in both 15-year-old Alexandra Macesanu case, and in the case of the 18-year-old girl Luiza Melencu who has disappeared in April 2019. "Deeds were admitted. It is about the facts already known. There are no other data. (...) It is about the two girls. He admitted to his deeds, obviously.

Several Greek island municipalities are in the process of drafting plans to promote sustainable transport and tackle the effects of a surge in the population from summer visitors.

A French tourist who set up a tent in an urban transformation area in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa after hitchhiking from nearby Mardin has stirred panic among locals who suspected him of being a spy.

Two Bulgarian tourists will be tried in Greece for picking up hitchhikers who turned out to be refugees.

The two Bulgarian nationals have been charged with smuggling migrants and may be handed prison sentences, according to reports of Sega daily.

The case caused Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry to issue a warning against picking up hitchhikers in Greece.

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has advised motorists visiting Greece to avoid taking hitchhikers in their vehicles in view of increased migrant influx into Bulgaria's southern neighbor.

Voluntourism

Hitchhiking is still a widespread practice in Romania, where few rely totally on public transport. It is usually easy to flag down a ride, though drivers often expect a payment.