Turkey Address Format With Examples
Turkey is a transcontinental country, which means it is located in Asia and Europe. It shares its border with the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas in the southwest, and Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran in the east. This diversity impacts how people communicate, especially how they write addresses when sending mail. This can confuse the postal service providers leading to misdeliveries or failed deliveries. Moreover, there are various types of addresses and each has its specific address element requirement. If you want to send a mail to a client or customer living in Turkey but don’t know the correct address format, we have got you covered. We bring to you a list of formats of all the address types, along with examples for each
Turkey Address Format Breakdown
Recipient Name
Start by writing the name of the recipient in the first line. You can add honorific titles like Bay for Mr. and Bayan for Mrs. If you are sending the mail to a business, the company’s name will come in the first line. Write the name of the person and their department in the second and third lines respectively. If you want to ensure that the internal mail distribution system sends the mail to the right office and desk, add ATTN. in front of the person’s name.
Example:
HASAN TARKEPE
Or
ABC LTD.
ATTN: HASAN TARKEPE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Sub-Locality Name
In the second line, write the name of the sub-locality for the residential and business addresses. After the sub-locality name, write Mah. which is short for Mahalle(it means sub-locality in Turkish). In the case of a PO Box, write PK, and then the box number.
Example:
DOĞANBEY MAH.
Or
PK 67
Street Name
Add the name of the street or premise. When writing the address information of the street, write Cadde or Cad. (it means major street in Turkish) after the street name. If you are writing a normal street name, write Sokak or Sok after that.
Example:
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
Postal Code, and Locality Name
Write the two address elements in the order mentioned above. The postal codes are called postal kodu in Turkey and they are five-digit numbers. Some of the major localities in Turkey are Ankara, Elmadağ, Altindağ, and Ulus. To mention sub-localities, write the number after the postcode with a hyphen between them. In case there is a province, write the name after the locality followed by a slash.
Example:
13241-02 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
Country Name
Write the name of the country in the last line. If you are sending international mail to Turkey, write the country name in capital letters.
Example:
TURKEY
Country Name
Example:
Turkey
Special Considerations to Write a Turkeyn Address
- Address Line Alignment: All the lines should be left aligned.
- Address Placement: Write the address on the bottom right-hand side of the envelope.
Examples of Different Types of Turkeyn Address Format
Residential Address Format
Write the recipient’s name, sub-locality name, street name, or PO box number, postal code, locality, and country name. Every address element except postal code and locality name will come in separate lines.
Example:
HASAN TARKEPE
DOĞANBEY MAH.
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
Rural Address Format
Typically, the streets in rural areas do not have a formal name. In this case, write the name of the village, followed by the nearest larger town. Add the rest of the address elements in the same way as the residential address.
Example:
HASAN TARKEPE
VILLAGE OF ALACATI
NEAR CESME
13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
Business Address Format
In the first line, write the name of the company. In the second line write the person’s name, and add their department in the third line. The rest of the address components will remain in the same place as the residential address.
Example:
ABC LTD.
ATTN: HASAN TARKEPE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
DOĞANBEY MAH.
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
13241-02 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
International Address Format for NGOs and Organizations
In the residential address, instead of the recipient’s name, write the name of the organization in the first line and the specific department in the second line.
UNICEF TURKEY
ATTN: CHILD CARE DEPARTMENT
DOĞANBEY MAH.
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
13241-02 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
PO Box Address Format
In the residential address, instead of the street address, write the name of the post office, the term “PK” and then the PO box number.
Example:
HASAN TARKEPE
ULUS PTT MERKEZI PK 67
13241-02 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
Military Address Format
The military address format follows the same structure as the residential address format except for the first two lines. Write the rank and full name of the person in the first line. In the second line write the military unit number.
Example:
CAPTAIN HASAN TARKEPE
MILITARY UNIT 67
ULUS PTT MERKEZI PK 67
13241-02 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
Government Office Address Format
In the residential address, instead of the recipient’s name, write the office and department name on the first line and second line respectively.
ATTN: DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT
HASAN TARKEPE
DOĞANBEY MAH.
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
Address Format for Multiple Recipients
If you want to send mail to multiple people in the same household or business, write each name in separate lines of the residential and business addresses.
| Example (for Family) | Example (for Businesses) |
| HASAN TARKEPE
MARIAM TARKEPE DOĞANBEY MAH. ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B 13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ TURKEY |
DSA LTD.
ATTN: HASAN TARKEPE ATTN: MARIAM TARKEPE DOĞANBEY MAH. ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B 13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ TURKEY |
Address Format for Courier Services
If you are using courier services like DHL or FedEx to send mail, add the contact details of the recipient in the last line of the residential address.
Example:
MARIAM TARKEPE
DOĞANBEY MAH.
ŞEHITTEĞMENKALMAZ CAD. 44/B
13241-03 ULUS/ELMADAĞ
TURKEY
PHONE:+90 212 113 4367
Address Format for Poste Restante
In case the person you want to send mail to is temporarily not at the place of the residence, you can send mail to the post office employee. They will keep the mail with them till the recipient comes to collect it. In this case, write the term “Postrestant” in the second line, and the name of the post office, sub-locality, and locality in the third line.
Example:
MARIAM TARKEPE
POSTRESTANT
KURFALL1/KARTAL/INSTANBUL
TURKEY
Postal Information
The national postal service provider of Turkey is PTT and it was established in 1840. Short for Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı, this translates to Post and Telegraph Agency in English. Initially, the organization was known as Posta Telgraf Telefon but after the privatization, the directorate was renamed, and the acronym was retained. Apart from the standard mailing services, it also offers telegraph, postage stamps, philately, hybrid mailing, and insurance. Customers can also avail banking transactions and domestic and international logistics services.
| No. of Administrative Areas | Provinces- 81 |
| Administrative Area Names | Adana
Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkâri Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul İzmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmars Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Kilis Osmaniye Düzce |
| Postal Language | Turkish |
| Postal Service Provider | Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı
https://www.ptt.gov.tr/ |
Country Information
| Country/Territory Name | Turkey |
| Capital | Ankara |
| Major Cities | Istanbul
Antalya Izmir Fethiye |
| Endonym | Türkiye |
| ISO Codes | ISO 3166-1 numeric code- 792
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code- TR ISO 3166-1 alpha 3 country code- TUR ISO3 – TUR |
Population Information
| Total Population | 87,575,724 (as of December 2024) |
| Urban Population | 66,096,079 |
| Rural Population | 19,229,921 |
| Official Language | Turkish |
| Commonly Spoken Languages | Turkish
Kurdish Arabic Zazaki |
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