Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 20th June 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

The 24-hour clock notation is usually used.

   14:32   

The official language is Turkish , spoken by some 90% of the population. 35 other languages are spoken. The most widespread of these are: North Mesopotamian Spoken Arabic (400 000 speakers); South Azerbaijani (530 000 speakers in Kars Province) and Kurmanji (Kurdish, 3 950 000 speakers).

There is heavy prejudice against the use of Kurdish and it will therefore rarely be found in addresses. A recent (2002) change in the law allows broadcasting and private education in Kurdish.

This is written Dikkatinize. It is written after the name. Thus:

   For the attention of Mr Smith
   Bay Smith’in Dikkatine

   For the attention of Mrs Smith
   Bayan Smith’in Dikkatine

   Note: This section last updated 27th November 2018

Personal names may be written either given name and then surname, or vice versa. Women usually take their husband’s surname, but since 1^st January 2002 they are allowed to retain their maiden surnames, hyphenated to their husband’s surname.

-oğlu means "son of" in a surname.

Many Turkish given names are based on places or natural phenomenon such as “sun”, “sea”, “dawn” and so on. As such, given names may often coincide with parts of company names or place names, and care needs to be taken when identifying and parsing Turkish names from other parts of Turkish addresses.

Many Turks adopted their surnames as part of the "Turkicisation" reforms of 1934 and some of these are unsuitable or "jokey" in a modern context, so thousands of Turks are taking advantage of recent process changes to change their surnames.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

These company types are commonly found in Turkish address databases:

   AŞ (Anonim Şirketi – limited liability company)
   ALŞ (Anonim Limited Şirketi)
   Kol. SrK (Kollektiv Şirketi – unlimited liability partnership)
   Kom. SrK (Komandit Şirketi –limited liability partnership)
   Ltd Şti. (Limitet şirket)
   TLŞ (Türk Limited Şirketi – private limited liability company)

Kurum means "company".

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 14th October 2015

Addresses are written in the following format:

   Name
   Thoroughfare[ no. ]number
   {more address information such as apartment or suburb/area}
   postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

A şehir (city, with over 20000 households) may be composed of belde (or kasaba) which contain between 2000 and 20000 households. Smaller settlements are köy (villages). The names of these settlements may appear in the address.

An address may contain more than one thoroughfare name: the thoroughfare upon which the delivery point is situated, and the nearest main thoroughfare.

Where there is more than one number in a street address line, the number found in front of the street name is part of the street name, the number found last in the string is always the house number, and a number before that is the apartment number. Thus in the following example:

   20 Sokak 17/3

20 is part of the street name, 17 is the apartment number and 3 is the house number. The word Blok is used before a number to indicate a block number. The house number is usually preceded by the string no. An “apartment” number may apply to a whole building instead of just part of one. Buildings often have a name as well as a number.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Thoroughfare types

   Bulvar (Boulevard)
   Bulvarı(Boulevard)
   Cadde (Avenue, lane)
   Caddesi (Cad.) (Avenue, lane)
   Mahalle (Neighbourhood, quarter)
   Mahallesi (Mah.) (Neighbourhood, quarter)
   Sokağı
   Sokak (Street)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Other elements commonly found in address databases

   Note: This section last updated 15th October 2020

This is written Posta Kutusu or Posta Abone Kutusu in Turkish, abbreviated to PK.

   Note: This section last updated 15th October 2020

Postal codes (Posta Kodu) consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits fall in the range 01-81.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Turkey - Postal code format graphic

Turkey - Postal code format

Turkey - Postal code specifics

Turkey - Postal code regular expression

Turkey - Postal code level of coverage

Turkey - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 24th June 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Turkey for full lists of place names in Turkey in other languages.

The use in Turkish of a dotted and a dotless ‘i’ often causes confusion for non Turkish-speakers, and usually all dotless ‘i’s are written as a dotted ‘i’ in databases outside Turkey. However, they are distinct letters with distinct pronunciations and should be written correctly. Here is a list of some Turkish settlement names containing dotless lower-case ‘i’s and dotted upper-case ‘i’s written using the correct letters:

   Adapazarı
   Adıyaman
   Ağrı
   Akyazı
   Aydın
   Ayrancı
   Bandırma
   Beypazarı
   Boğazlıyan
   Bozkır
   Bulanık
   Çankırı
   Diyarbakır
   Elmalı
   Gümüşhacıköy
   Hacıbektaş
   Hacılar
   Hadım
   Hekımhan
   Hınıs
   Iğdır
   İliç
   İmamğolu
   İmranlı
   İncirliova
   İnebolu
   İnegöl
   İskenderun
   İskilip
   İspir
   İśâhiye
   İsparta
   İstanbul
   İzmir
   İzmit
   Kağızman
   Kandıra
   Karaisalı
   Karapınar
   Kargı
   Kırıkhan
   Kırıkkale
   Kırka
   Kızılcahamam
   Kızılhisar
   Kızıltepe
   Kodınhanı
   Kuşadası
   Mersın
   Mihalıççık
   Nallıhan
   Osmancık
   Pazarcık
   Polatlı
   Sandıklı
   Sarıkamiş
   Sarıkaya
   Şarkışla
   Yahyalı
   Yesilırmak
   Yıldızeli
   Yumurtalık

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Turkey has 81 provinces (iller, singular - il (İl). They are not used in addresses, and are usually named after their administrative capital. They are:

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 17th April 2014

All area codes (from abroad) have a length of 3 digits. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have area codes commencing 501, 53, 54 or 55.