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 Turkey L/D + code12 + 312 + ST (Ankara) L/D + code12 + 212 + ST (İstanbul) L/D: language digit 2 English C11: operator assistance C12: international transits ST: stop pulse The operators of the international exchanges in Ankara and Istanbul are available under C11 and C12. Winter time: UTC + 2 hours Summer time: UTC + 3 hours (*) Northern Cyprus Note: These are the codes that wireless operators in Turkey assign to new subscribers. Because of mobile number portability, a subscriber’s telephone number may not accurately reflect their actual operator. Telephone numbers in Turkey Telephone numbers in Turkey went