Be very careful with Fortis bank cards issued in Turkey when trying to use them overseas..My wife went to use hers in Spain.withdrew a few hundred euros no problem.Four to five hours later she received a text, in Turkish of course.It supposedly had a telephone contact for return call but it would not connect. She rang Fortis Calis direct,got cut off twice,who knows why.We called our favorite Banker namely Alper,bless his cotten socks.He explained this is normal for out of country with drawals and he would call fortis to stop the card being blocked.OK you might say.A few days ago she went to UK.Went to a cash till for a withdrawal. Unable to with draw, as out of issuing country.What on earth do they think Spain is.This is after asking all the relevant questions at the bank before we left,and believe you me we asked every question we could think of to avoid this very thing.They are a bloody nightmare.
Luckily I can use internet banking/cards to resolve this,but my advice to anyone now,do not rely on a Turkish bank issued card to work out of turkey. Whatever they tell you,they have never tried it them selves and dont seem to understand the rest of the world.
