Minecraft Server Hosting in Istanbul
Istanbul is the southeastern edge of our European map, and it covers a part of the world that usually gets sent to Germany. Turkey has a large Minecraft community, and the distance from there to central Europe is enough that a local server is a different experience rather than a small upgrade.
Who sits close to Istanbul
Turkey first, then Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and the southern Balkans, with the Middle East and the Gulf closer to here than to any of our other European locations. Central Europe is better served from Germany.
Who picks Istanbul
Turkish communities
A Turkish server in Turkey. For players in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir nothing else on our map comes close.
Servers in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the Gulf all sit nearer to this location than to our central European ones.
What you can order in Istanbul
The surcharge for Istanbul is set per plan and already included below.
| Plan | Per month on a 24-month term | Month to month |
|---|---|---|
| Mini4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB NVMe | €13.74 | €15.24 |
| Starter8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | €16.79 | €18.99 |
| Standard12 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe | €27.59 | €30.99 |
| Premium24 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | €51.99 | €57.99 |
Istanbul carries 4 of our 7 sizes, up to 24 GB. Above that, Istanbul is not the place for it and one of the regions with a flat surcharge is.
Storage in Istanbul
Every Istanbul size comes with NVMe storage, and how much of it stands per plan in the table above. That figure is the one to compare, not the plan name: the same name carries a different drive in Istanbul than it does in a region that is included in the price.
On 1 of the 4 sizes Istanbul runs, the drive holds more than the same plan carries in a region that is included in the plan price:
- Starter in Istanbul: 120 GB NVMe, against 80 GB SSD on the same plan elsewhere.
When another location is the better answer
If your community is half Turkish and half western European, our included German region is the compromise and costs nothing on top. For India and the Gulf together, our Indian region is worth comparing against this one.
- Milan, for the western Mediterranean.
- Germany, included, and the compromise with western Europe.
- Asia (India), for a community further east.
Questions about the Istanbul location
Is this a good choice for players in the Middle East?
It is the closest we offer to most of the region, and for the Gulf specifically our Indian region is worth comparing against it.
What about Greek players?
Istanbul is the nearest location on our map to Greece, with Milan the next best.
Why does it cost extra?
Istanbul carries a surcharge that is set per size, which is why the table lists a figure per plan instead of one number.
Istanbul among the rest
Istanbul is one of the places on our locations overview, and how it fits the wider picture is on Europe.