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 Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus even after the numbering plan change of December 2001. For calls from Northern Cyprus to the Republic of Cyprus, area code 0123 is used but the call is charged at international rates. It is also possible to use the international prefix 00357. These direct telephone connections between Cyprus and Northern Cyprus are operated by the United Nations exchange, which allows direct telephone calls between the two communities and it is in place since 4 May 1998. After March 2, 2003 direct international calls from Northern Cyprus to Turkey are possible and now callers from Cyprus can call Northern