General Information

The country calling code of Turkey is 90.

• Language digit: 0 (Direct Dialing)
• Language digit: 2 (Operator Assistance)

National (significant) number: 10 Digits.

• Area code: 3 digits
• Local subscriber’s number: 7 digits.

Dialing procedure:

• A call from another country would have the following dialing format:

International call prefix +	90 +	Area code +	Subscriber’s number
(00) or (011) or +	90	(3 Digit)	(7 Digit)

Example: + 90 312 213 2965
International Code:	Country Code:	Area Code:	Subscriber Number:
(+)	90	312	213 2965

• Access to automatic telephone service within Turkey:

trunk / inner – city code number : 0

• Access to international telephone service from Turkey:

international code : 00

Note: After 3-digit area codes, subscriber numbers cannot be prefaced with the number 1. The number 1 is only to be used for certain special services.

International Switched Digital Service:

Ankara DMS-300

Istanbul DMS-300

?zmir DMS-300

Ankara, ?stanbul and ?zmir DMS-300 International Exchanges Accept:

L/D + area code + subscriber number + ST L /D = language digit : 0 (direct dialing) L /D = language digit : 2 (operator assistance)

• Operator Access Code:

There are two international operator centers in Turkey, Ankara and ?stanbul. Each one of these centers provides operator telephone services according ITU/T dialing:

L/D + code11 + ST (Random) L/D + code12 + 312 + ST (Ankara) L/D + code12 + 212 + ST (?stanbul)

L/D: language digit 2 English C11: operator assistance C12: international transits ST: stop pulse

The operators of the international exchanges in Ankara and Istanbul are available under C11 and C12.

• Local Time:

Winter time: UTC + 2 hours Summer time: UTC + 3 hours

Area codes in Turkey

The table below is an analysis of the first digit following the country code:

Country Code	Area Code	Status	Routed to
90	0	INVALID	Not used
90	1	INVALID	Not used
90	2	VALID	Geographic codes
90	3	VALID	Geographic codes
90	4	VALID	Geographic codes
90	5	VALID	Paging,Mobile,GSM
90	6	INVALID	Reserved
90	7	INVALID	Reserved
90	8	VALID	Toll-Free
90	9	VALID	Pay-Line (Only national)

List of special codes

USED BY	CODE
GSM/1 Turkcell (GSM 900)	530,532,533,534,535,536,537,538,539
GSM/2 Vodafone (GSM 900)	541,542,543,544,545,546,547,549
GSM/3 Avea (GSM 1800) Marriage Company formed by ARIA and AYCELL	502,503,505 (Formerly Aycell) 552,553,554,555 (Formerly Aria)
GLOBALSTAR	592,594,596
NMT-I	522
Pay-Line	900
Toll-Free	800
Internet Dial-up Access	822
Paging-I	512