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
Speed calling Speed calling Speed calling service allows telephone subscribers to assign one or two digit speed calling codes, by dialing a change speed calling list access code, a feature code, and a new telephone number. Thereafter, the subscribers need only use the assigned speed code to reach the desired party rather than dial the long phone number. This service became commonplace in the 1970s with the spread of Stored Program Control exchanges capable of implementing the required databases. It remains useful in installations of many extensions where programming each telephone set would be arduous. Speed calling subscriptions have largely been replaced