Using your UK telephone in Turkey

[Linda]

Has anyone bought their UK telephone over to Turkey to use? We bourght our hands free phone over but can't get it to work. Any ideas anyone?

[tribalelder]

This may sound a stupid question but have you actually got a Turkish phone line[?]Most new builds have a phone socket but are not actually connected to Turk Telecom.

[Linda]

Yes we've got landline connection and ADSL. The turkish phone (purchased here) works OK but our UK won't work?

[KKOB]

You say it's hands-free - does it have a battery that might be dead ?

[wickwilly]

Unfortunately,UK phones are not compatable with Turkish telephone system. We have 4 cables running to our phones whereas Turkish system has only 3.

WW

[caliswife]

Well,back in October i brought back from the uk a cordless phone which is in fact a B.T phone we plugged in and it has worked great ever since,so dont know what the problem is with yours.

[tribalelder]

How did you connect your phone as the UK plug is not compatible with the Turkish 3 Pin socket?  Did you use an adapter or did you rewire, If the latter how did you accommodate the difference in the numbers of wires used?

[tribalelder]

WW. Are you sure about the number of wires on a Turkish phone[?]  It is certainly a three pin plug but my phones are only connected to the two shorter pins....the longer pin is just blank.

[wickwilly]

Tribalelder. You could be right. I have not dismantled the connection. Its just that I bought a very good phone from UK when I first arrived here and I remember my electrician telling me that my phone had too many wires!!!!

WW

[smudge]

We brought our UK phones with us and they work fine.
Only two wires used here, different adapters available, ie three pin to euro.
A lot of UK phones accept a Euro plug so you can buy a new lead, failing that cut the old plug off and wire to new plug, thats what I did.