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  • Caves of Turkey

    As it is known, the caves are the first natural shelters used by the human being. Therefore they attract the attention of many researchers and force them to search. Moreover, discoveries of the beauties and mystery in the caves make people happy and peacefull. Apart from this, the caves provide the facilities for performing the exciting sports and bring about the development of speleology which means the science of caves.

    Caves of Kastamonu | Caves of Zonguldak | Caves of Trabzon | Caves of Tokat | Caves of Sinop | Caves of Kutahya | Caves of Konya | Caves of Kirklareli | Caves of Karaman | Caves of Izmir | Caves of Isparta | Caves of Yalvac | Caves of Icel | Caves of Hatay | Caves of Gumushane | Caves of Eskisehir | Caves of Elazig | Caves of Bursa | Caves of Burdur | Caves of Bartin | Caves of Aydin | Caverns of Antalya | Caves of Alanya | Caves of Kemer| Caves of Manavgat

  • Postal System in Turkey

    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.