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=== South towards [[Karaman]], [[Silifke]] (on the coast of Mediterranean Sea) ===
Catch the bus towards ''Karaman Yolu'' (i.e. “Road to Karaman”, bus #26 goes there, and in April, 2008 costed YTL 1.10/person, one-way, which is about half a Euro). You can catch it from the stop in the city centre, in front of the Governer’s Office (''Valilik'' or ''Vilayet''), which is not very far from the Mevlana Museum/Rumi tomb or Alaaddin Park. This bus will take you fairly out of city, about 10-15 km, on the motorway D715. Just push the stop button as soon as it quits the higway by turning left into a much narrower road. After getting off the bus, cross the motorway back to the other side (it’s not very hard) and start thumbing. You won’t wait long (~15-20 minutes), but as the cars will be passing by quite fast, always watch your back to see if they had stopped tens of metres ahead. Be aware that this spot is almost in the middle of nowhere and there are hardly any buildings around (let alone a shop), so you may consider taking some extra water before you board the bus: It’s the steppes after all, and it’s literally baking under the sun during summer. Also another thing to consider is that you will pass through only three towns of considerable size ([[Iceri Cumra]] (pronounced ''ee-cheh-ree choom-raa''), [[Karaman]], and [[Mut]] respectively) all along the way down to Silifke, and for some hundred(s) of kilometres (between Iceri Cumra and Karaman) not a single village along the way, so don’t accept lifts to other than these or directly Silifke itself. Getting a lift right into Karaman city centre will make you stray from the motorway about a few kilometres away, so also take this into consideration.
=== Southwest to [[Seydişehir]], [[Antalya]], [[Alanya]] ===
From city center (''Alaadin'', this stop: 37°52′24.16″N 32°29′39.28″E) take bus 12 or 13 with direction ''Hatip''. Get off just before the street ''Hatip Caddesi'' crosses with the ring road (D696) - signal for stop when you see ''Türkiye Petrolleri'' red gas station (37°48′49.73″N 32°26′00.16″E). From the bus stop, walk straight for the remaining portion and turn right following the Antalya / Seydişehir signs to the D696 highway (past another, blue, gas station).
The only thing is, here a massive military zone starts for further 2-3 km, enclosed by a wire fence and on that corner two armed soldiers were on duty and we stood right next to them on the other side of the fence. They didn't have a problem with our hitchhiking and wished us a nice trip, only asked us to move so we wouldn't be in their zone surveillance camera (on the fence). The cars were passing fast and it wasn't that great, but after 45 min (for boy+girl couple) we had a ride direct to Alanya.
If you weren't lucky here and/or the soldiers' presence bothered you, I guess you could take one of the passing minibuses to go past the military zone, but I'm not sure where exactly they'd bring you.
== Public transportation ==
September 2018: the public transportation card (called ''Elkart'') costed 1.50 TL for empty card, so you may get one as a nice souvenir (unlike 6-7 TL in İstanbul or İzmir). One full fare is 2.10 TL and you can beep with the same card twice for 2 passengers (not sure for more people, or how it is for transfers).
[[Konya]] municipal transport website:
[http://atus.konya.bel.tr/]
Didn't find English version in the website, but it was quite self-explanatory to view map of stops, maps of bus lines, which lines every stop serves, and timetables.
== Sleeping ==