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This article is from the Turkish FAQ,
by Mustafa Soysal sctfaq@express.net with numerous contributions
by others.
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 purchase
some tokens from PTT (Turkish Post/Telegraph/Telephone Company). One
token is on the order of $1 and you probably need a few for a single call.
The long distance code for TR is 90.
But the most practical way make international calls from TR (or almost
any country for that matter) is to use your calling card. For example,
AT&T has services called `USA Direct' and `World Connect', where you
dial 99 80 01 22 77 (99 80 01 44 77 for US Sprint) from any phone in TR,
and get connected to AT&T. If you are calling a number in the US, you
can place your call yourself, assisted by English voice prompts. If you
want to call one of the 46 (at last count) countries on AT&T's list, you
wait for an operator who assists you (Presumably, such calls would be
more expensive). If you are calling from a residence, your host does not
get charged anything, or you can make the call from any pay phone with a
local (`small') token. Of course, you get the bill from AT&T. This is
cheaper than calling from a residence (in TR). I don't know how it
compares to calling from public phones with tokens, but it probably is
cheaper, and you don't have to struggle to feed tokens to the thing at
the rate ! of one every thirty seconds.
MCI has a similiar service, on which somebody else may supply details.
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