Telephones - main lines in use 19.5 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular 17.1 million (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: undergoing rapid modernization and expansion, especially with cellular telephones
domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; the number of subscribers to mobile cellular telephone service is growing rapidly
international: international service is provided by three submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, linking Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; also by 12 Intelsat earth stations, and by 328 mobile satellite terminals in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002)

Radio broadcast stations AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001)

Radios 11.3 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions 20.9 million (1997)

Internet country code .tr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 50 (2001)

Internet users 4 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.