How to call within Turkey both within and abroad
I did some research and asked some locals and here is the info I got for some who may need it.. here is a summary of the info...
Calling Card is a big issue in every country some are reliable some are not, as some of us may have experienced.
"Turk Telekom" seems to be the most reliable and common prepaid card. Other cards are just distracting with dialing many long numbers and you can't know if they are scamming or not. They are not reliable and you can't find them at airports anyway.
Turk Telekom Prepaid cards are being sold out as credits. Turk Telekom Prepaid Card which has 50 credits is 3.75 TL which is around 2.5 $ and one can talk with Germany ( probably the same for US )for around 10 minutes for 50 credits.
There is always at least 1 open 7 / 24 stand or counter where drinks, food, and snacks are sold at the airport.
There are many Phone Booths at the airport, however, coins aren't used. Credit cards can be used within any phone boot.
From Turkey making calls abroad:
add double zero " 00 " before dialing number.
example, if you will call china
00 + country code ( 86 ) + and the rest of the number
00 86 1381 123 45 67
For calling somewhere within Istanbul you will just dial the local number like
212 123 50 22
For calling long-distance ( from a city to another city ) :
0 + city code + local number
example for calling Istanbul from Antalya ( asia side and Europe side of Istanbul have different city codes , in this example it will be the Europe side )
0 + Istanbul Europe side code ( 212 ) + the rest of the number.
0 212 333 44 44
Here are the other city codes
( ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU means > City Telephone code )
ADANA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 322
ADIYAMAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 416
AFYON ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 272
AÐRI ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 472
AKSARAY ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 382
AMASYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 358
ANKARA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 312
ANTALYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 242
ARDAHAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 478
ARTVÝN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 466
AYDIN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 256
BALIKESÝR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 266
BARTIN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 378
BATMAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 488
BAYBURT ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 458
BÝLECÝK ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 228
BÝNGÖL ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 426
BÝTLÝS ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 434
BOLU ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 374
BURDUR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 248
BURSA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 224
ÇANAKKALE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 286
ÇANKIRI ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 376
ÇORUM ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 364
DENÝZLÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 258
DÜZCE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 380
DÝYARBAKIR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 412
EDÝRNE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 284
ELAZIÐ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 424
ERZÝNCAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 446
ERZURUM ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 442
ESKÝÞEHÝR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 222
GAZÝANTEP ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 342
GÝRESUN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 454
GÜMÜÞHANE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 456
HAKKARÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 438
HATAY ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 326
IÐDIR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 476
ISPARTA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 246
ÝÇEL (MERSÝN) ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 324
ÝSTANBUL (Europe) ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 212
ÝSTANBUL (Asia) ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 216
ÝZMÝR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 232
KARABÜK ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 370
KARAMAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 338
KARS ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 474
KASTAMONU ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 366
KAYSERÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 352
KIRIKKALE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 318
KIRKLARELÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 288
KIRÞEHÝR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 386
KÝLÝS ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 348
KAHRAMANMARAÞ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 344
KOCAELÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 262
KONYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 332
KÜTAHYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 274
MALATYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 422
MANÝSA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 236
MARDÝN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 482
MUÐLA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 252
MUÞ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 436
NEVÞEHÝR ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 384
NÝÐDE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 388
ORDU ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 452
OSMANÝYE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 328
RÝZE ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 464
SAKARYA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 264
SAMSUN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 362
SÝÝRT ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 484
SÝNOP ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 368
SÝVAS ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 346
ÞANLIURFA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 414
ÞIRNAK ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 486
TEKÝRDAÐ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 282
TOKAT ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 356
TRABZON ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 462
TUNCELÝ ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 428
UÞAK ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 276
VAN ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 432
YALOVA ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 226
YOZGAT ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 354
ZONGULDAK ÝLÝ TELEFON KODU 372


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