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Communication
) Post office buildings are painted bright yellow and have PTT (Post , Telegraph , and Telephone) signs on their front . Post offices offer many services including local and international postal services , transfers , foreign currency exchange , sales of credits for GSM or Calling cards for payphones available in the streets , American Express cheque transactions , and sales of TCDD (Turkish state railways tickets) . If you want to ship a parcel to outside turkey , it is better not to close your parcel before it has been inspected by a customs official . Parcels which are sent by surface mail to Europe cost 25 TL for the first Kg , then 3 . 50 TL for every extra Kg , however mailing to other destinations like US and Australia is more expensive . The PTT office located in the Istanbul Adtiye Sarayi (Istanbul Court House) can accept shipping parcels that weigh up to 2 Kg , but in case you want to ship parcels that are heavier than 2 Kg you have to send them from Buyuk Postane (Grand Post Office) located in Sirkeci . Express mail service is available but more expensive , and moreover you should not depend on the service for sending your valuables . Also , you may think of shipping your ) UPS Tel . No: 444 00 33 DHL Tel . No: (0212) 478 10 00 Pay Phones: The pay phones are found in the booths you notice on the streets . They are available at many places such as streets or squares , hospitals and train stations . You can buy call cards for these phones from Turk Telecom offices and branches , PTT offices and some buffets . Call cards have different amount of credits in them and thus their price differs depending on the amount of credits each has . Country code for Turkey is (90) . Take care that because there are two different codes used in Istanbul , you should observe that if you are in European Istanbul and wish to call a number in Asian Istanbul , you must dial 0 , followed by 216 , however if you are in Asian Istanbul and wish to call a number in European Istanbul , you must dial 0 , ) Mobile Phones and GSM operators: There are three GSM operators in Turkey which are Vodafone , Turkcell , And Avea . The reception signal is very good in Istanbul and Turkey uses the standard GSM network operating on 900 Mhz or 1800 Mhz which most mobiles can connect with . You can also buy lines for any of the three GSM operators at cheap prices from the shops where you see the logo of the mobile operator . You may consider buying a pre-paid line and not an invoiced line , since the pre-paid one is more suitable for visitors . The line will be activated within 2-3 days after you fill the application form . When the credits is nearly used up , you can recharge credits by buying recharge cards available from most of the buffets and telephone shops . Be aware that each one of the three mobile operators in Turkey has a different code , so you should dial the area code related to the number you are calling when dialing normal phones from a mobile phone . Internet Access and Wi-Fi There are many cafes and shopping centers with wi fi Internet access and ) The following places have free wireless internet Wi-FI access: • Several of the nargile places in Tophane • Several cafes in Cihangir , including Kahvedan , Meyva , Komşufırın and Kahve Altı • Many cafés and restaurants along Istiklal Caddesi in Beyoglu • Most McDonald's and Burger King restaurants • There is one upstairs by the restaurants facing the side of Aya Sofia and behind the entrance to the Basilica in Sultanahmet . • Starbucks has quite a few shops around , and (at least) those at the touristic zones , has a free wierless conaction . |
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