Your complete guide to dialling Turkey from Ankara to anywhere in the world — verified +90 country code, Europe/Istanbul time zone, Asia region, ISO references, live local time and weather, plus a step-by-step walkthrough.
Calling
Turkey
+90
Ankara
Weather
HD voice signal
Alpha-2
TR
Alpha-3
TUR
Turkey
TR
2 Digit ISO
+90
Country Calling Code
TUR
3 Digit ISO
Capital
Ankara
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Weather · Ankara
Humidity
Wind
Turkey
+90
Capital
Ankara
Region
Asia
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
39.0° N, 35.2° E
ISO 3166-1
TR / TUR
Dial format
+90 [area] [number]
Current time in Ankara
—:—
Best time to call: 09:00 – 17:00 Istanbul
A complete international number is built from four parts. Here's the anatomy and the dialling order.
Number anatomy
Format follows ITU-T Recommendation E.164 the international public telecommunication numbering plan.
Press + on a mobile (hold the 0 key), or dial 00 from most countries / 011 from North America.
Dial +90. This identifies Turkey on the global telephone network.
Type the first part of the local number. Drop the leading 0 if there is one.
The remaining digits route the call to the specific line in Ankara or elsewhere.
To call Turkey on WhatsApp, save the number with +90 and no exit prefix — WhatsApp dials from your contacts, not a dial pad. Voice and video calls are free over data.
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Turkey's country code +90 covers a country that straddles two continents, and Istanbul's numbering reflects that geography uniquely — the city's European districts use area code 0212, while its Asian (Anatolian) side uses 0216, making Istanbul one of the few cities in the world served by two distinct area codes. Ankara, the capital, uses 0312; İzmir dials on 0232; Antalya on 0242 and Bursa on 0224. Mobile numbers from Turkey's three main operators carry a recognisable prefix after +90: Turkcell occupies the 0532–0539 range, Vodafone Turkey uses 0542–0549, and Türk Telekom's mobile arm covers 0553–0559 — all formatted internationally as +90 5XX XXX XXXX. Turkey permanently adopted UTC+3 as its standard time in 2016, abolishing daylight saving entirely — a fixed one-hour gap ahead of South Africa's SAST (UTC+2). Standard business hours in Istanbul and Ankara run Monday to Friday 09:00–18:00, with many larger corporations also operating Saturday morning shifts.
Whether you're reaching Turkey for business or family, three habits keep every conversation crystal clear and a clean route from TKOS handles the rest.
Ankara (Turkey) routes benefit from active noise cancellation — local background noise at the Ankara end is less disruptive when your mic is already clean.
Ankara is ~7,265 km away — expect ~280ms round-trip. A wired ethernet connection keeps packet loss below 0.1%.
Schedule Turkey calls during Ankara business hours — 09:00–17:00 Europe/Istanbul — your contact will be at their desk in a quiet space rather than taking the call on the move.
Special-rate prefixes and the major city area codes inside Turkey (+90).
| National | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| TURKEY TOLL FREE | +90-800 |
| TURKEY TOLL FREE 811 | +90-112 |
| TURKEY TOLL FREE 812 | +90-122 |
| TURKEY TOLL FREE, MOBILE ACCESSIBLE | +90-800 |
| City | Dial codes |
|---|---|
| ADANA | +90-322 |
| ADAPAZARI | +90-264 |
| ADIYAMAN | +90-416 |
| AFYON | +90-272 |
| AGRI | +90-472 |
| AKSARAY | +90-382 |
| AMASYA | +90-358 |
| ANKARA | +90-312 |
| ANTALYA | +90-242 |
| ARDAHAN | +90-478 |
| ARTVIN | +90-466 |
| AYDIN | +90-256 |
| BALIKESIR | +90-266 |
| BARTIN | +90-378 |
| BATMAN | +90-488 |
| BAYBURT | +90-458 |
| BILECIK | +90-228 |
| BINGOL | +90-426 |
| BITUS | +90-434 |
| BOLU | +90-374 |
| BURDUR | +90-248 |
| BURSA | +90-224 |
| CANAKKALE | +90-286 |
| CANKIRI | +90-376 |
| CORUM | +90-364 |
| DENIZLI | +90-258 |
| DIYARBAKIR | +90-412 |
| EDIRNE | +90-284 |
| ELAZIG | +90-424 |
| ERZINCAN | +90-446 |
| ERZURUM | +90-442 |
| ESKISEHIR | +90-222 |
| GAZIANTEP | +90-342 |
| GIRESUN | +90-454 |
| GUMUSHANE | +90-456 |
| HAKKARI | +90-438 |
| HATAY | +90-326 |
| ICEL (MERSIN) | +90-324 |
| IGDIR | +90-476 |
| ISPARTA | +90-246 |
| ISTANBUL ASYA (ASIA SIDE) | +90-216 |
| ISTANBUL AVRUPA (EUROPE SIDE) | +90-212 |
| IZMIR | +90-232 |
| IZMIT | +90-262 |
| KAHRAMANMARAS | +90-344 |
| KARAMAN | +90-338 |
| KARS | +90-474 |
| KASTAMONU | +90-366 |
| KAYSERI | +90-352 |
| KIRIKKALE | +90-318 |
| KIRKLARELI | +90-288 |
| KIRSEHIR | +90-386 |
| KOCAELI | +90-262 |
| KONYA | +90-332 |
| KUTAHYA | +90-274 |
| MALATYA | +90-422 |
| MANISA | +90-236 |
| MARDIN | +90-482 |
| MUGLA | +90-252 |
| MUS | +90-436 |
| NEVSEHIR | +90-384 |
| NIGDE | +90-388 |
| ORDU | +90-452 |
| RIZE | +90-464 |
| SAKARYA | +90-264 |
| SAMSUN | +90-362 |
| SANLIURFA | +90-414 |
| SIIRT | +90-484 |
| SINOP | +90-368 |
| SIRNAK | +90-486 |
| SIVAS | +90-346 |
| TEKIRDAG | +90-282 |
| TOKAT | +90-356 |
| TRABZON | +90-462 |
| TUNCELI | +90-428 |
| USAK | +90-276 |
| VAN | +90-432 |
| YALOVA | +90-226 |
| YOZGAT | +90-354 |
| ZONGULDAK | +90-372 |
Capital
Ankara
Population
84.98M
Area
783,562 km²
GDP (USD)
$1.11T
Currency
Turkish Lira (TRY ₺)
Languages
Turkish
Emergency number
112
Internet TLD
.tr
Drive side
Right-hand traffic
Latitude / Longitude
38.96°N / 35.24°E
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
ISO 3166 codes
TR · TUR
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