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
International call International call International telephone calls are those made between different countries. These telephone calls are processed by international gateway exchanges (switches). Charges for these calls were high initially but declined greatly during the 20th century due to advances in technology and liberalization. Originally they were placed via long-distance operators. The calls were transmitted by cable, communications satellite, radio, and more recently, fiber optics and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). International Direct Dialling was introduced in the 1970s, so calls can be dialed by country code without an operator. International calls can be paid via telephone card (aka phone card, calling