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Turks are on the phone all the time.
Here's how to use Turkish landline
(wired) telephones.
Here's how to use a
mobile phone in Turkey.
CALLING
TO TURKEY
If you're not using Skype, to call
or fax to Turkey, dial the international
prefix (in North America it's
011) to connect to the international
network, then dial 90 for Turkey, then
the city code (212 or 213 for Istanbul,
312 for Ankara,
232 for Izmir,
etc.) and the seven-digit local number.
Remember the time
difference (an hour or two from Europe,
seven to 10 hours from North America).
With Gorilla Mobile ,
you can call cheaply from the USA to
Turkey using your mobile phone.
Foreign
telephone numbers are sometimes shown
as in this example:
+90
212 555 1212
The plus sign (+) stands for whatever
international prefix you need to dial
in order to connect the call (011 in
North America, 00 in Europe, etc.)
So if you were calling from North America,
you would dial:
011 90 212 555 1212
By using FuturePhone,
you can call Turkey for free. Just
dial the FuturePhone access line in
Iowa, 1-712-858-8883; at the prompt,
dial 1 for English, then 011 plus the
country code, area/city code and local
number. FuturePhone requires
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Wow!
CALLING
FROM TURKEY
The cheapest
way to call from Turkey to another
country using the Turkish
telephone system has traditionally
been to buy a Türk
Telekom Telekart.
Click
here for Türk Telekom's
international calling prices.
Click
here to learn how to call anywhere
in the world for free.
Internet-based
calls can be far cheaper—only pennies
per minute, or even free if
you use Skype. Many
Internet cafes in Istanbul advertise
cheap international phone rates.
Otherwise,
calling from Turkey can be surprisingly expensive:
up to US$6 per minute or
more to the USA or Canada if you
call from your hotel, for example.
If you must call from your hotel,
make a quick call, give those at
home your phone number and tell
them to call you back at a
certain time on a certain number
(such as your hotel room phone).
Phone charges from home are probably
lower, and are certainly lower
than what you have to pay calling
from a hotel room.
TURKISH
TELEPHONES
They work with phone cards or Turkish
liras, depending upon type. Details...
PHONE
CARDS
A cheaper way to call from Turkey
is using a phone card (telekart). Details...
BEWARE
HOTEL SURCHARGES!
Hotels tend to charge exorbitant rates and surcharges for
all phone calls, and especially foreign ones. Be
sure to ask about rates and surcharges at your hotel
before you call or, better yet, use a phone card.
If
you travel with a computer, connect
to the Internet in your hotel room and
use Skype to
make cheap—or even free!—calls
using your computer.
Using
Mobile (Cell) Phones in Turkey
Using
Turkish Telephones
Phone
Cards
International
Phone Call Rates
Internet
Access in Turkey
Skype:
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in Turkey
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