Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Turkey from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Turkey, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 90 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Turkey you will have to dial turkey-exit-code (eg: turkey-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Istanbul, Turkey can be found at Time in Istanbul.

Turkey’s standard time is 2 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Turkey utilises Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Turkey are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Turkey.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Turkey usually show geographical areas within Turkey that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Turkey is generally preceded in the dial string by the Turkish country code or the international access code for Turkey ("90").

Phone Area codes in Turkey in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Turkey.