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Postal System
Turkish post-offices are easily recognized by their black
PTT letters on a yellow background. Major post offices
are open from 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m., Monday/Saturday,
and 9:00 a.m. till 7:00 p.m., Sunday. Small post-offices
have the same hours as the government offices.
Postal charges vary for different services depending on
destination. Post restante letters should be addressed
"postrestant" to the central post-office Merkez
Postanesi, in the town of your choice. You have to show
your identification card to collect your letters.
All PTT branches have the facilities to exchange money at
the current international exchange rates, as well as
international postal orders and travellers' cheques.
There is also an express postal service (APS) operating
to 90 countries for letters , documents and small
packages. A wide variety of special stamps are available
in all PTT centers for philatelists.
To phone from PTT telephone booths, which are extensively
found in all areas; telephone cards , and tokens
(";jeton") in three sizes are used. Local, inter-city and
international calls can be made from all PTT offices.
Besides these main offices there are also mobile PTT
services in the touristic areas. For the area codes of
major cities and touristic areas in Turkey, please see
the "Area Codes" list. Foreign countries area codes are
indicated in the International Telephone Codes list.
Some important service numbers are;
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155
Police
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112
Emergency
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110
Fire
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118
Unknown Numbers
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161
PTT Information.
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