Turkey
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.
Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhichevan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea and Archipelago are to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the border between Asia and Europe, thereby making Turkey transcontinental.
Due to its strategic location astride two continents, Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition. A powerful regional presence in the Eurasian landmass with strong historic, cultural and economic influence in the area between Europe in the west and Central Asia in the east, Russia in the north and the Middle East in the south, Turkey has come to acquire increasing strategic significance.
Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atat?k, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. Since then, Turkey has become increasingly integrated with the West through membership in organizations such as the Council of Europe, NATO, OECD, OSCE and the G-20 major economies. Turkey began full membership negotiations with the European Union in 2005, having been an associate member of the EEC since 1963, and having reached a customs union agreement in 1995. Meanwhile, as a Muslim-majority country, Turkey has continued to foster close cultural, political, economic and industrial relations with the Eastern world, particularly with the states of the Middle East and Central Asia, through membership in organizations such as the OIC and ECO. Turkey is classified as a developed country by the CIA and as a regional power by political scientists and economists worldwide.
WEATHER INFORMATION
The coastal areas of Turkey bordering the Mediterranean Sea have a temperate Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, wet and cold winters.
FOREX
1..00 Turkish Lira (TRY) = 30.36 Philippine Peso (PHP)
VISA
(1) Application form
(2) One 2x2 or passport sized colored picture
(3) Original passport (6months valid)
(4) Original old passport with visa of the following (previous Korea, Australia)
(5) Hotel Reservation in Turkey
(6) Confirmed Roundtrip Ticket
(7) Employees:
~Original Employment Certificate
~Original Personal Bank Certificate
~Copy of Recent Personal Income Tax Return (ITR)
~Marriage Contract (if traveling with husband or wife) Photocopy
(6) Businessman:
~Copy Business Registration Form from SEC or DTI
~Copy Business Permit or Mayor's Permit
~Original Personal Bank Certificate
~Copy Recent Income Tax Return
(7) Student:
~School Certification (Original)
~School I.D. (Photocopy)
~Original Bank Certification (Personal Or Applicant's Parents)
~Copy Birth Certificate (if submitting parent's documents)
~Copy Of Parent's Documents If Accompanied
(8) Retiree
~Bank Certificate (Original)
~Copy Senior Citizen Card Or Retirement Documents
~Copy Marriage Contract (if traveling with spouse)
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
Address: 2268 Paraiso Street,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Phone: +63 2 843 9705
Fax: +63 2 843 9702
For visa application, you can call direct to embassy or call us at +63 2 8129667.
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Turkey's local transportation includes: ferries, boats, buses, trains, motorcycles, cars, taxis, and planes.
AIRPORT INFORMATION
(1) Istanbul Ataturk International Airport
Airport Code: IST
Phone: +90 212 465 5555
Website: www.ataturkairport.com/eng/index.php
(2) Izmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
Airport Code: ADB
Phone: +90 (0)232 274 2626.
Website: www.adnanmenderesairport.com
AIRLINE OFFICE INFORMATION
Aeroflot
Address: Cinnah Caddesi 114/2 Cankaya
Phone: (312) 440 98 74-75
Fax: (312) 440 92 20
Air France
Address: Ataturk Bulvan, 231/7 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 467 44 00
Fax: (312) 468 25 95
Alitalia
Address: Iran Caddesi 21 Kat 3 No. 369 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 418 88 13-425 38 13
Fax: (312) 417 97 96
Austrian Airlines
Address: Cinnah Caddesi 43/8 Cankaya
Phone: (312) 417 56 16-17
Fax: (312) 440 61 08
British Airways
Address: Ataturk Bulvan, 237/29 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 467 55 57
Fax: (312) 427 33 13
KTHY (Turkish Airlines of Northern Cyprus)
Address: Selanik Caddesi 17/1 Kizilay
Phone: (312) 418 04 25
Fax: (312) 418 78 17
Delta Airlines
Address: Tunus Caddesi 85/8 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 468 28 08
Fax: (312) 467 19 75
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Address: Cinnah Caddesi 43/8 Cankaya
Phone: (312) 417 56 16-17
Fax: (312) 440 61 08
Lufthansa
Address: Iran Caddesi 2 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 467 55 10
Fax: (312) 427 84 71
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Address: Ataturk Bulvan, 127 Sercan Han Kat 4 Bakanliklar
Phone: (312) 425 51 90-425 76 13
Fax: (312) 417 24 28
SN Brussels Airlines
Address: Tunali Hilmi Caddesi, 112/1 Kavaklidere
Phone: (312) 467 25 35-36
Fax: (312) 467 25 43
EMBASSY INFORMATION
Embassy of Philippines in Ankara,Turkey
Address: Mahatma Gandhi Cad. 56 Gazi Osman Pasa, Ankara, 06700 Turkey
Phone: +90 312 446 5831
Fax: +90 312 446 5733
Website: www.tripod.co.uk/Filipinler/index.html
Email: ankarape@marketweb.net.tr
TRAVEL TIPS
In the cheapest restaurants locals leave a few coins in the change tray. Elsewhere you should tip about 10% to 15% of the bill. Some more expensive restaurants automatically add a 10% or 15% servis ucreti (service charge) to your bill, but there's no guarantee this goes to the staff, so you may want to tip the staff directly. Tips are not expected in cheaper hotels. In more expensive places a porter will carry your luggage and show you to your room. For doing this (and showing you how to turn on the lights and the television) he?ll expect about 3% of the room price.
It's usual to round up metered taxi fares to the nearest 50 kurus so round up YTL4.70 to YTL5. Dolmus drivers never expect a tip.
In Turkish baths you should tip around 10% to 20% to the masseuse/masseur. In the tourist-oriented hamams the fixed price may already be so high that you may assume that service is included, but it usually isn't and a tip is appreciated.
If you are shown around a site that is not normally open to the public or are given a guided tour by the custodian, you should certainly tip them for their trouble. A few YTL for 10 or so minutes is usually fine.
