Telecommunication Turkey country code is 90. Major phone-service suppliers in North America enable their users access to their calling cards in Turkey. Phone lines are clean and safe for modem connections up to 14.400, although not all hotels have ports in rooms. Either there are separate facilities for men and women, or a schedule of alternate days is followed. Many of the old marble baths are architectural jewels.
Turkish food is excellent.
A staple fare is the kebab, but the Turkish rendition is a far cry from the version that often shows up in our barbecues. This is lamb or beef, skewered and grilled on a spit, juices caught to flavor a pilaf of rice or bulgur mixed with onion and tomato and cooked in butter. Patlicankebab is fresh grown eggplant rounds, fried in oil and oven-baked along with lamb or beef cubes. Yogurt takes many forms, including a salad mixed with cucumbers or as the base of a dessert scattered with pomegranate seeds. Fish is particularly good on the Bosphorus and the Mediterranean coast, and the waterfront in Istanbul is lined with restaurants specializing in seafood.