Post in Maraşal Fevzi Çakmak, Çanakkale Province, Republic of Türkiye

Hey everyone, I'm looking for a stay at your town as much as an information of the ways to get to Istanbul by train or bus. I don't know exactly what day I'll be coming to Canakkale but it's around August 12th - 16th. I will be participating in a Transcontinental race (Ultra distance cycling race) that will start in Belgium and will go thru Europe with finishing point at Canakkale. In case I will finish the race (that is 50% chance according to statistics :D ) it would be cool to hang out with someone local too keeping in mind that I'll have enough time as my flight back to UK is on 17th of August. Ah.. one more thing: anyone knows where to get a bicycle box for the flight? Thanks a lot guys and girls :) Yours sincerely Minde

P.S. if there are any cycling enthusiast this is a link to the race organizers http://www.transcontinental.cc/