From a quick jaunt across town on a dolmus (pronounced ‘dole-mouche’) shared taxi to a 30-plus hour cross-country marathon trip, Turkey's modern and efficient bus system will get you where you need to go.
Afterwards, if you're not in a rush and funds are running low, avoid the taxi experience and hire a dolmus, which is a shared taxi or minibus.
What if you're in a dolmus and you pay in new lira and get the change in the old money?
The dolmus bus service stops at the wave of a hand and gets you around very cheaply.