mobile to mobile in turkey

[haydn]

hi
there are 4 of us going to turkey end of sept. my wife and i are staying in icmeler and my son and his friend are staying in marmaris. do we need to add a code to each others mobile numbers in our contact list to be able to call or text. hope this makes sense

[andrea m]

If you are with o2 then you shouldn't need to add anything, when I was in Corfu a couple of years ago my brother and his girlfriend were there at the same time and I just sent a text as normal. Also if you with o2 and even if phoning home you just phone as you normally would no need to add +44 (0044). However not sure about other networks.

Andrea

[haydn]

im on t mobile, wifes on vodafone, sons on orange (i think)

[juneflo]

My daughter's on 02 and she was fine. I'm vodafone and had to put +44 and drop the 0. Look on your provider's website, if there's nothing there call and ask. I know that Turkey isn't on vodafone's european list - that's the one that gives you cheaper calls - my bill was high. 02 had a better deal but I think my daughter set it up before going.

[pundit]

Yeah you will need to enter +44 and drop the first 0 of the number dialled to make calls or text

[andrea m]

With o2 I did have a euro bolt on thing but think its all changed now, and when we phoned home last year I used my mobile and it was cheaper than buying a phone card, called my brother on his o2 mobile and saved a few quid - only found this out by accident couldn't be bothered going to buy a phone card last year so thought just this once use the mobile and after about 10mins cost about £3 which ain't bad from Turkey to UK. So have done that ever since, did it again in May there and again pretty reasonable even during the day.

Andrea

[JT]

Just checked my tarrif with 3 and they are now charging 20p a minute to call landlines in UK and free to receive a call in Turkey on your mobile.

[gaylemcvey]

try the one roam sim card you get them off the internet i have had one for 2 years and the credit stays on till next year if you dont use it all this year and it does not cost to receive a call

[ann-marie]

hi
we went to icmeler in aug,i was texting people in icmeler and at home did not need to put any codes in at all.