Turkish FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about Turkiye.
This FAQ about Turkiye
was compiled and written by Mustafa Soysal sctfaq@express.net
with numerous contributions by others.
01 Where can I get cheap tickets to Turkiye?- Travel Agencies, where you can find tickets to TR, are:...
02 Can I take one or more camera/camcorder/laptop to Turkiye?- Yes, but according to law, those should be recorded to your ...
03 Does my work in Turkiye?- 220 volts, 50 Hz. is used in TR instead of the 120 volts, 60 Hz....
04 How can I have a long distance call from Turkiye? (Information about AT&T and MCI provided by Ibrahim Semiz)- There are public phones available for this purpose. You need to ...
05 How can I call TR collect from the US? (800 numbers)- (by Metin mgokcen@us.oracle.com and Zafer ...
06 New area codes for dialing to Turkiye.- [Maintainer's Note: I would like to express my sincere and special ...
07 What beverages are available? (from Ian Davis, summary of responses he received to his survey) (Turkiye)- Beer:
08 Ionian Coast Info (from Ian Davis, summary of responses he received to his survey) (Visiting Turkiye)- Shopping:
09 What is the origin of Turkish?- Turkish is an Ural-Altaic language, which is spoken in different forms ...
10 Is Turkish a hard-to-learn language?- Yusuf Mardin answers this question as follows:...
11 Which alphabet do people use in Turkiye?- Latin alphabet with some modifications. There are 6 extra letters:...
12 How can I use Turkish alphabet in Wordperfect/Mac/TeX?- Wordperfect has a Turkish keyboard file which can be used to ...
13 Additional font info for DOS/Windows (Turkish language)- (by Mustafa Soysal)...
14 Are there any books to learn Turkish?- Yes, we even have an online tutor. The online tutor/teacher (for pc) ...
15 Is there a list of colleges offering Turkish classes?- (by Ahmet Toprak)...
16 Turkish restaurants- Contributed by tekalp@ee.rochester.edu (A. Murat Tekalp)...
17 Are there any Turkish radio/TV programmes in North America?- The following are the frequencies and time periods of various ...
18 Where can I buy/rent Turkish Videos?- Active
19 Are there any Turkish Associations in my area?- The list of the associations are too long to be included in this FAQ....
20 Are there any Turkish Publications available for subscription?
21 How can I communicate with someone in Turkiye via e-mail?- There are EARN/bitnet and Internet nodes in TR. A list of ...
22 Is there any electronic mail list for discussions related to Turkish people/culture etc.?- Yes, there are plenty, and the list below does not claim to be complete,...
23 Are there any e-mail services or BBS's in TR? (Turkiye)- URL: http://www.express.net/tr-faq/TR-BBS.html contains some BBS ...
24 History (Turkiye)- Turkish history is a very long subject to include here. There ...
25 Poetry (Turkiye)- This section is provided by Ahmet ...