Speed Limits in Turkey 2026: the Full Table
The statutory limits as published by Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü, by vehicle class and road type — and below them, which of those limits are actually measured by EDS average-speed corridors.
What is the speed limit in Turkey?
Short answer: For a car the limit is 50 km/h inside a built-up area, 90 km/h on an undivided road outside one, 110 km/h on a divided road and 120 km/h on a motorway, with 130–140 km/h signposted on some sections. Trucks, coaches and motorcycles have different limits — the full table is below. A posted sign always wins over the general figure.
Limits by vehicle class
The figures come from the table published by Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü. Where a roadside sign shows a lower limit for a stretch, the sign is what binds.
| Vehicle class | Built-up area | Outside built-up area | Divided road | Motorway |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car | 50 | 90 | 110 | 120 · 130–140 |
| Minibus | 50 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
| Bus or coach | 50 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
| Panel van | 50 | 85 | 100 | 110 |
| Light truck | 50 | 80 | 85 | 95 |
| Truck | 50 | 80 | 85 | 90 |
| Tractor unit | 50 | 80 | 85 | 90 |
| Motorcycle | 50 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
| Quad bike (ATV) | 50 | 70 | 80 | 80 |
| Moped and motorised bicycle | 30 | 45 | 45 | Not permitted |
| Vehicle carrying dangerous goods | 30 | 50 | 60 | 70 |
| Vehicle under a special load permit | 30 | 50 | 50 | 60 |
| Farm tractor | 20 | 30 | 40 | Not permitted |
| Vehicle towing a breakdown | 20 | 20 | 30 | 40 |
| Works machinery | 20 | 20 | 20 | Not permitted |
The motorway limit for cars is 120 km/h across most of the network; some build-operate-transfer sections such as the Northern Marmara Motorway are signposted at 130–140 km/h. Without a sign, the table figure applies.
Which of these limits does EDS actually measure?
Knowing the limit is half of it; knowing which limit is measured as an average is the other half. Every one of the 400 corridors in the YolRadar dataset records the limit it measures against. The distribution:
- 110 km/h 265 66%
- 82 km/h 64 16%
- 70 km/h 58 14%
- 130 km/h 10 3%
- 80 km/h 2 <1%
- 50 km/h 1 <1%
What a corridor measures is not your speed at a point but your average between entry and exit. Slowing for the camera does not change that average; you have to stay under the limit for the whole stretch.
How the excess is counted, and what happened to the tolerance
The fine follows the gap between the speed measured and the limit in force on that stretch. The long-assumed 10% tolerance did not survive law 7574, published on 27 February 2026; the bands now key directly off the excess.
- The limit in force is the one on the sign. Where there is no sign, the general figure from the table applies.
- Inside and outside built-up areas are two separate schedules, so the same excess can cost different amounts.
- In an EDS corridor the measured value is your average across the corridor, not your speed at a point.
- Paying within 30 days of service takes 25% off. The appeal window is 15 days and runs independently.
What exceeding the limit costs
The fine depends on how far over you were and whether you were inside a built-up area. The full 2026 bands, and a calculator you can put your own figures into, are on their own page.
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