In İzmir a full ticket is 35 lira; teachers will pay 23.50 and students 17.50 TL

The İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Council amended the İzmirim Kart Regulation, widening the scope of those who benefit from discounted public transport. The arrangement, accepted unanimously at the second session of the November ordinary meeting convened under Council Member Burçin Kevser Sevil, will enter into force on 15 November 2026.

Under the current tariff the full boarding fee is 35 lira; students covered by the arrangement will pay 17.50 lira and teachers 23.50 lira. Paid teachers working in official schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and teachers at private teaching courses under Law No. 5580 have also been included in the Teacher İzmirim Kart. Faculty members, lecturers and research assistants actually working at universities will be able to benefit from this card provided they meet the necessary conditions. Students over 26 in formal higher education, meanwhile, will be subject to the Young İzmirim Kart tariff with the '26 Yaş Üstü Öğrenci İzmirim Kartı'.

At the same meeting the council also unanimously approved the guarantee arrangement for a total of 3 billion 608 million lira in credit that the İZSU General Directorate will use for infrastructure investments in Aliağa and Dikili. A credit of 1 billion 385 million lira was envisaged for the wastewater infrastructure of the Aliağa Yenişakran, Hacıömerli and Kalabak neighborhoods, 816 million 852 thousand lira for the completion construction of the Aliağa Yenişakran Wastewater Treatment Plant, and 1 billion 406 million lira for investments linked to the Dikili Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sülüklü Stream; Mayor Cemil Tugay was authorized to carry out the necessary procedures.

At the meeting a cooperation protocol between the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and the TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center for the 'İzmir İli Oşinografik Araştırma ve Atık Su Arıtma Tesislerinin Etkilerinin İzlenmesi Projesi', which will run for 33 months between 2 January 2027 and 30 September 2029, was also accepted unanimously. The provisions on improving the construction conditions for 759 buildings, which were determined in the demand-based review to require priority processing, were approved on the condition that article four be removed.