Telephone services in Turkey Telephone services in Turkey This article covers the telephone services in Turkey. The political authority is Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey) . But there is also a supreme council (); Information and Communication Technologies Authority (abbreviated BTK) which controls the internet and point to point telecommunication . Turk Telekom a private company issued from state owned Turkish PTT in 1995 is responsible in Turkish land phone. In 2013 the number of telephone subscriber is 13.86 million. International call code of Turkey is 90. Mobile phone service is provided by three private companies; Turkcell, Vodafone Turkey (former Telsim) and
Telephone numbers in Brazil followed by the carrier selection code (same as in domestic long-distance calls) and the international telephone number. So, to call the international telephone number "+cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn" (where "cc" is the country code and "aa" the area code), one would dial "00-xx-cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn", where "xx" is the carrier selection code. Since international telephone numbers can have up to 15 digits, the maximum number of digits to be dialed is 19. For example, to call the number "555-0123" in Washington, D.C. (area code "202"), United States (country code "1"), using TIM as the chosen carrier (selection code "41"), one would dial 00 41 1