While you are on a tourist tour in Turkey, or even if you are staying for a long or short period, temporary or permanent, it must be at the top of your questions and inquiries the following question:
How do I connect to the Internet in Turkey?
Where the obsession of staying without the Internet is one of the most worrying factors for foreigners in Turkey, especially during tourist tours or moving within vital and major cities, or on the roads between Turkish cities, you need the Internet mainly.
Why do you need the Internet in Turkey?
The Internet at this time is the backbone of daily life, especially for foreign tourists in Turkey, and in the vital and central areas of this country.
So you may need the net for several reasons:
Use of social media
Use Google Maps
Using various electronic applications: for transportation, to book a taxi, for hotel reservations, to organize tourist trips... and other electronic applications that you need permanently.
Watch YouTube and follow your own programs
Reading and searching on the internet
Quick translation when necessary or using dedicated programs to translate from Arabic to Turkish and vice versa
Share your fun moments directly from the event site on Snapchat, Instagram Live, Facebook Live or other live broadcasting services.
Ways to get internet in Turkey
Using a Turkish Sim Card
This is the traditional and fastest method
You buy a SIM card from any authorized telecommunications store in the area you are in
There are three Turkish companies for telecommunications services in Turkey:
Turk Telekom "formerly Avia"
Vodafone
Turkcell
There are less important lines and are in the form of offers, such as Bimkart.
Each of these companies has its own fee rates, special offers and discounts, known as 'bucket'.
Through the package, you can get internet services in addition to voice calls and SMS services, and it is an offer for a whole month.
You can also top up the sim card with the internet only if you wish to do so.
Required documents: Copy of passport only
Issuing a Sim Card in Turkey is one of the easiest transactions and procedures and does not require time and effort, but you can do it yourself without the need for an interpreter.
There are also Arab shops or employ Arab employees, which is easier for you.
Getting the internet from a sim card is one of the best ways to get the internet in Turkey for the following reasons:
easy to get
The ability to use the internet outside your home and on the go
But it is not enough for you to get a sim card in Turkey if you are looking for a long stay in Turkey, having to use phone data permanently is very expensive.
Therefore, we will inform you of alternatives to provide you with the internet in Turkey, at home or outside, in ways other than obtaining a sim card.
Home Wi-Fi Service
You can get the internet in Turkey inside your home or office by subscribing to a WIFI internet provider in Turkey.
You can register yourself on the internet line from one of the approved companies or telecom shops in Turkey, then you will be contacted after three or four days and an employee from the company will extend the line to you, and hand you the “router” broadcasting device.
During the signing of the contract, you can choose the speed you want, and the required capacities.
Of course, each Wi-Fi offer "capacity and speed" has a special price, which increases with the increase in the positive features of the offer.
You can renew the contract periodically, and the company will contact you before the end of the Wi-Fi contract period to remind you and ask if you want to extend or not.
You can also contact the company to obtain technical services in the event of a breakdown
The most important well-known home internet providers in Turkey are:
Vodafone
Turkcell
Turk Telecom
TTNet
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D.Smart
There are also several other companies, but they are less important.
Paperwork:
A copy of your passport/residence card
A document proving your home address: such as a house contract or invoice
There is also another internet service in Turkey, which is the installation of the satellite internet, which depends on the satellite dish, and although it is more expensive than installing the normal home internet, it has many advantages, including:
The possibility of operating it from anywhere in Turkey, while for the normal home internet, the coverage may not reach some addresses, especially those far from city centers, or modern buildings that need additional time to extend the internet lines to them.
There is no additional fee in case you cancel the contract
When you fail to pay the bill, the company just cuts off your internet and waits for you to pay what you owe, and does not impose additional fees on you.
Free WI-FI
Free WiFi is an emergency solution for you in the event that you have to use the Internet while you are outside your home, and you do not have the ability to connect to the Internet normally.
You can get the free internet for the Turkish municipalities, especially in the Istanbul municipality, at the main metrobus stations or when you are near the municipalities, and this internet is known as IPP Wifi in Istanbul
You can get it on your personal mobile, by registering in the network and requesting that the password be sent to your own number, then keep it and open the internet every time you need it.
If you forget your password, you can request that the word be sent to your number again.
You can also ask in any Turkish state in which you reside about this type of internet when necessary.
You can also request a free internet service from restaurants, bars, cafes or hotels when you are there, as many service and entertainment facilities provide this service.
The positive thing about getting free internet in Turkey is your ability to access the internet in emergency circumstances such as your need to use the map, translate some Turkish vocabulary, communicate with friends for necessity, or share beautiful snapshots and photos on your social media accounts.
One of the downsides of this type of internet is that it may be slow and has a bad speed in downloading data, because of the large number of users of it. It cannot always be relied upon to follow a movie or program on YouTube, for example, or to download high-quality videos.
Hotspot device
The hotspot rental service is one of the world-renowned services in the field of Internet communication, and it depends on satellites.
You can contact the company that will rent the hotspot and connect the personal phone, tablet, and personal computer.
In just two days, you can get this service, which supports 4G internet services
One of the advantages of the hotspot is the ability to take advantage of it outside the house through your phone, and move at your convenience between the Turkish states because this service is supported in all of Turkey.
One of the companies that provides this service is Rent'n Connect, where you can book while outside Turkey to get the internet directly after your arrival in Turkey. The company also offers you the service of delivering the device to the place where you will stay, whether it is in the hotel or elsewhere.
Among the advantages of the hotspot:
Practical and affordable device
Connectivity can be provided to about ten mobiles or computers at the same time.
Its battery life is long
Internet connection in Turkey is of interest to visitors and residents, as we mentioned at the beginning of our article that people have become completely dependent on social networking sites and the Internet in general, to the point of addiction sometimes. Therefore, the question and inquiry about the internet in Turkey for residents and those wishing to move to Turkey has a wide area of their thinking.
