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Turkey country code +90 — call Turkey & get a number.
Istanbul straddles two continents and so does its dialing — 212 on the European side, 216 on the Asian. This guide lays out the formats from the US, UK and Germany's huge Turkish diaspora, every major area code, current mobile prefixes, live time and weather, plus how MCM gets your business a Turkey virtual number.
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Turkey at a glance
The numbers and facts you need before you dial.
What is the country code for Turkey?
+90 is the international code for the whole of Türkiye — both halves of Istanbul included. Add your exit code and +90 routes the call into the Turkish network, whether you're ringing a European-side office on 212 or an Asian-side one on 216.
Code +90 was assigned to Turkey by the ITU under the E.164 plan. The “+” means “dial your local international exit code”; on a mobile, press and hold 0 to type it.
All four mean the same thing — they connect your call to Turkey.
How to call Turkey from anywhere
Intro line: "Same shape every time: exit code + 90 + area or mobile code (leading 0 gone) + subscriber number. The only Istanbul-specific choice is 212 for the European side or 216 for the Asian."
Full example: +90 212 XXX XXXX — drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.
Turkey phone number format explained
Turkey keeps it tidy: every number is exactly 10 digits after +90 — 12 in full international form. Domestically you prepend a 0 trunk prefix (0 212…, 0 532…) and always strip it abroad. The one wrinkle is Istanbul, where the same physical city splits across two area codes by continent.
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Turkey area codes — major cities
Drop the local leading 0 when calling from abroad.
| Città | Region | Area code |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (European) | Istanbul | 212 |
| Istanbul (Asian) | Istanbul | 216 |
| Ankara | Ankara | 312 |
| Izmir | İzmir | 232 |
| Bursa | Bursa | 224 |
| Antalya | Antalya | 242 |
| Adana | Adana | 322 |
| Konya | Konya | 332 |
| Gaziantep | Gaziantep | 342 |
| Kayseri | Kayseri | 352 |
| Mersin | Mersin | 324 |
| Trabzon | Trabzon | 462 |
Turkey mobile network prefixes
The prefix after +90 tells you which network issued the SIM — though number portability means it no longer guarantees the operator.
Turkcell
530–539, 561 — largest national operator.
Vodafone Turkey
540–549 — major nationwide operator.
Türk Telekom (Mobil)
500–509, 512, 551–559 — incumbent operator's mobile arm.
Turkey time zone
Since 2016 Turkey has stayed on permanent Turkey Time (UTC+3), having abolished the clock change — so unlike its European trading partners, it never springs forward or falls back.
early-to-mid afternoon in Türkiye (2pm–5pm) lands in the US morning and the European afternoon. Watch the gap to Germany and the UK — because Türkiye stays fixed while they observe DST, that offset widens by an hour each summer.
Open the interactive best-time-to-call plannerEmergency numbers in Turkey
Free to call from any Turkey phone, landline or mobile.
Common mistakes when calling Turkey
Almost every failed international call is a formatting issue, not a network issue.
Mixing up Istanbul's two halves: 212 is the European side and 216 the Asian
dial the wrong one and you reach a completely different line across the Bosphorus.
Assuming Turkey shifts for DST: it dropped daylight saving in 2016, so your summer time difference to Germany or the UK is an hour bigger than you'd expect
Assuming Turkey shifts for DST: it dropped daylight saving in 2016, so your summer time difference to Germany or the UK is an hour bigger than you'd expect.
Keeping the leading 0: drop it
dial +90 212, not +90 0212.
Adding an area code to a mobile: 5XX numbers are national
never prefix 212, 216 or any city code.
Dialing +90 with no exit code, or the wrong one: from the US use 011 first; from the UK and Europe use 00
Dialing +90 with no exit code, or the wrong one: from the US use 011 first; from the UK and Europe use 00.
Tips to reduce the cost of calling Turkey
Carry calls over VoIP/SIP: internet routing beats carrier IDD into Türkiye on per-minute cost.
Hold a local Istanbul number: a 212 (European) or 216 (Asian) line lets contacts dial you domestically.
Re-check the DST gap, then lock a slot: Türkiye is fixed at UTC+3, but Germany and the UK aren't
set your window against their summer offset and keep it.
Separate landline from mobile rates: terminating to 5XX mobiles often costs more than to a city landline.
Why businesses get a Turkey virtual number
Show up as Istanbul-local — on whichever continent your customers are — and answer rates and trust climb while inbound costs fall.
Higher answer rates
a +90 212 Istanbul caller ID gets picked up far more often than a foreign number.
Cover both shores
run a 212 European-side line and a 216 Asian-side line to look genuinely citywide.
Serve the diaspora cheaply
terminate Germany-to-Türkiye and UK-to-Türkiye traffic locally instead of at IDD tolls.
Centralized routing
one number forwards to teams anywhere in the world.
Faster expansion
launch in Türkiye without a physical office.
Real PSTN presence
a genuine Turkish landline number, not a relay.
Turkey virtual numbers with My Country Mobile
Provision carrier-grade Turkish numbers in minutes — pick the European or Asian side of Istanbul, or any major city — and route them worldwide.
Local DIDs in major area codes — provisioned in minutes
Call forwarding to any mobile, landline, SIP endpoint, or softphone worldwide
HD voice with G.711, G.729, Opus & AMR-WB — auto-negotiated per call
Sub-150ms latency on major voice corridors via distributed PoPs
99.99% uptime SLA backed by geo-redundant infrastructure & sub-2s failover
WebRTC support for browser-based calling without softphone installs
REST APIs for provisioning, routing & call detail records (CDRs)
Built-in fraud protection with AI anomaly detection & STIR/SHAKEN
24/7 network monitoring and dedicated support
How to get your Turkey virtual number
La maggior parte delle aziende è attiva nel giro di poche ore, non di giorni.
Scegli il tuo codice: Istanbul-Europa 212, Istanbul-Asian 216, Ankara 312 o Izmir 232.
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Guide alle chiamate per altri paesi
Altri codici paese che vale la pena aggiungere ai segnalibri.
Ottieni un numero virtuale in Turchia con MCM
Atterra su entrambi i lati del Bosforo con una piattaforma. MCM fornisce un ID chiamante +90 autentico, routing globale, latenza inferiore a 150 ms e uno SLA con tempo di attività del 99,99%, scelto da oltre 17.500 aziende. Nessuna carta di credito, configurazione in 5 minuti, nessun contratto.
Turchia +90 — Domande frequenti
Perché Istanbul ha due prefissi?expand_more
La città si estende su due continenti: 212 copre la parte europea e 216 quella asiatica, quindi il codice ti dice su quale sponda del Bosforo si trova la linea fissa.
Quale codice di Istanbul dovrei usare: 212 o 216?expand_more
Utilizza quello corrispondente alla posizione fisica della linea; non sono intercambiabili e componendo quello sbagliato si raggiunge un numero diverso.
La scissione del Bosforo influisce sui cellulari?expand_more
No: i cellulari turchi iniziano tutti con 5 (05XX) e non sono geografici, quindi la distinzione 212/216 si applica solo ai telefoni fissi.
La Turchia osserva l’ora legale?expand_more
No, ha abolito il cambio dell’ora nel 2016 e rimane su UTC+3 tutto l’anno, quindi le differenze dell’ora legale rispetto a Germania e Regno Unito aumentano di un’ora.
Come posso chiamare un cellulare turco dall'estero?expand_more
Aggiungi il tuo codice di uscita, poi 90, poi il numero 5XX senza lo 0 iniziale, ad es. 011 90 532 123 4567 dagli Stati Uniti.
Posso distinguere l'operatore da un prefisso 5XX?expand_more
Approssimativamente – i 530 tendono ad essere Turkcell, i 540 Vodafone, i 500/550 Türk Telekom – ma la portabilità lo rende inaffidabile.
Quali sono gli altri principali codici di città?expand_more
Ankara 312, Izmir 232, Bursa 224 e Antalya 242, tutte e tre le cifre come la coppia di Istanbul.
Un non residente può ottenere un numero turco?expand_more
Sì: MCM fornisce +90 numeri virtuali su entrambi i lati di Istanbul o in qualsiasi grande città, non è richiesta la residenza.
Perché la mia chiamata non viene collegata?expand_more
Di solito uno 0 mantenuto all'inizio, il codice Istanbul sbagliato o un codice città posizionato erroneamente davanti a un cellulare 5XX.
MCM offre terminazione vocale all'ingrosso in Turchia?expand_more
Sì, MCM effettua servizi di terminazione all'ingrosso in Turchia e in oltre 190 altri paesi.