Telephone services in Turkey
This article covers the telephone services in Turkey.
Authority
The political authority is Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey) . But there is also a supreme council (Turkish: üst kurul); Information and Communication Technologies Authority (abbreviated BTK) which controls the internet and point to point telecommunication .
Land Telephone
Turk Telekom a private company issued from state owned Turkish PTT in 1995 is responsible in Turkish land phone. In 2013 the number of telephone subscriber is 13.86 million.[1] International call code of Turkey is 90.
Mobile phone
Mobile phone service is provided by three private companies; Turkcell, Vodafone Turkey (former Telsim) and Avea (fused by Area and Aycell) . According to BTK figures in 2013, the number of subscribers is 35 million for Turkcell, 19,6 million for Vodafone, 14,1 million for Avea.[2] The total number of subscribers is 68,9 million and penetration rate is 91.1 %.[3]
International satellite and cable connections
Turkish satellite company is Türksat. Turkish satellites are also renamed Turksat. Turksat 1B (launched in 1994) and Turksat 1C (launched in 1996) are outdated . Turksat 2A (launched in 2001) and Turksat 3A (launched in 2008) are active.[4] Turkey also uses connections via Eutelsat, Inmarsat and Intelsat satellites as well as cable and submarine cable systems for international connections.[5]
Internet service providers
In addition to phone companies and Türksat, the following companies are also internet service providers: TTNET, Superonline, Uydunet, Turk.net, Millenicom, Pttcell, Pocell, Bimcell. The total number of internet users is 27, 3 million (2009 figures)[5] Internet code of Turkey is ".tr".