Türkiye

Republic of Türkiye

Türkiye (TR, TUR) is a country in Western Asia, with Ankara as its capital. The currency is the Turkish Lira (TRY, TRY). The international dialling code is +90 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0501 234 56 78. The time zone is Europe/Istanbul. Official language: Turkish.

CurrencyTRYTRY
Dial code+90e.g. 0501 234 56 78
Time zoneIstanbulUTC+03:00
LanguageTurkish
CapitalAnkara
Population84.1M783.6K km²

Overview

Official name
Republic of Türkiye
Native name
Türkiye
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
TR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
TUR
ISO 3166-1 numeric
792
IOC code
TUR
Demonym
Turkish
Capital
Ankara
Region
Asia › Western Asia
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Western Asia
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.tr
Coordinates
39, 35
Area
783,562 km²
Population
84,119,500
GDP
$2.9T ($34.9K per person)
Literacy
94.1%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Turkish Lira TRY

Symbol
TRY narrow ₺
Minor units
2 decimals
Example
₺1.234,50

Former currencies: TRL

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Turkish trOfficial93% (78.2M)
English en17% (14.3M)
Kurdish ku5.5% (4.6M)
apc apc5.2% (4.4M)
Zaza zza1.4% (1.2M)
Kabardian kbd0.77% (647.7K)
Azerbaijani az0.74% (622.5K)
Azerbaijani (Arabic) az-Arab0.65% (546.8K)
Arabic ar0.56% (471.1K)
bgx bgx0.46% (386.9K)
Bulgarian bg0.42% (353.3K)
Adyghe ady0.39% (328.1K)
Kirmanjki kiu0.19% (159.8K)
Kara-Kalpak kaa0.1% (84.1K)
Armenian hy0.056% (47.1K)
Georgian ka0.056% (47.1K)
Serbian (Latin) sr-Latn0.028% (23.6K)5%
Laz lzz0.025% (21K)
Albanian sq0.021% (17.7K)
abq-Latn abq-Latn0.015% (12.6K)
Pontic (Latin) pnt-Latn0.0061% (5.1K)
Abkhazian ab0.0048% (4K)
Greek el0.0048% (4K)
Turoyo tru0.0036% (3K)
Uzbek uz0.0024% (2K)
Kyrgyz (Latin) ky-Latn0.0014% (1.2K)
Kazakh kk0.0007% (588.8)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Europe/IstanbulUTC+03:00noneTürkiye Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+90
Dial-out prefix
00
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
7–13 digits
Emergency number
110 pattern 1(?:1[02]|55)

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line(0212) 345 67 89+90 212 345 67 89(XXXX) XXX XX XX10
Mobile0501 234 56 78+90 501 234 56 78XXXX XXX XX XX10
Toll free0800 123 4567+90 800 123 4567XXXX XXX XXXX10, 12, 13
Premium rate0900 123 4567+90 900 123 4567XXXX XXX XXXX10
Personal number0592 212 12 34+90 592 212 12 34XXXX XXX XX XX10
VoIP0850 012 3456+90 850 012 3456XXXX XXX XXXX10
Pager0512 345 6789+90 512 345 6789XXXX XXX XXXX10
Universal access4441444+90 4441444XXXXXXX7
Show the 5 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{3})(\d)(\d{3})444$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})512|8[01589]|90$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})5$1 $2 $3 $4$1 $2 $3 $4
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})[24][1-8]|3[1-9]$1 $2 $3 $4$1 $2 $3 $4
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{6,7})80$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}/{State/province}
Required fields
Street address, City, Postal code
Predefined regions
81

Postal code

Pattern
\d{5}
Examples
01960 · 06101

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Monday
Weekend
Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
24-hour (0–23), also hB
Calendars
gregorian, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4

Number and date formats

As written by the Turkish (Türkiye) locale (tr-TR), amounts in TRY.

Number
1.234.567,891
Percent
%45,7
Currency (TRY)
₺1.234.567,89
Accounting
-₺1.234.567,89
Currency, name
₺1.234.567,89 Türk lirası
Compact short
1,2 Mn
Compact long
1,2 milyon
Scientific
1,235E6
Speed
88 kilometre/saat
Temperature
21,5°C
Date, full
27 Mart 2026 Cuma
Date, long
27 Mart 2026
Date, medium
27 Mar 2026
Date, short
27.03.2026
Time, medium
15:04:05
Time, short
15:04
Date and time
27 Mar 2026 15:04
Month and year
Mart 2026
Weekday
Cuma
Relative time
dün · 3 gün sonra · 2 saat önce
List: and
A, B ve C
List: or
A, B veya C

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