Tekirdağ

Don’t swim in the areas near the city center. Unfortunately there are both raw sewage discharged into the sea from several points and occasional chemical/oil pollution caused by commercial harbour activities It is safe to swim in areas at least approximately 5 km away from the city center towards either direction.

In Tekirdağ, there is a somewhat serious air pollution/smog problem, particularly in the central parts of the city, between November and March, and especially during nights. This is mainly caused by coal combustion for heating. So asthma sufferers should take extra precaution during this time of the year, stay indoors or somewhere out of city centre at nights or avoid visiting at all in winter if possible. However, with the extension of the city-wide natural gas pipeline network, this problem will probably be solved substantially within one or two years, by winter 2009-2010.

National emergency number to call an ambulance is 112.

Avoid Aydoğdu Quarter, which is predominantly inhabited by Roma people and recent immigrants from eastern parts of Turkey, especially at night. It is already out-of-the-beaten-path anyway, not near the shoreline, not in the downtown, don’t get yourself worried unnecessarily, no way you can mistakenly break into the Quarter while sightseeing. All in all, Tekirdağ is generally a very safe city.

National emergency number to call the police is 155.

post

The city’s sole post office is on high street of downtown Hükümet Caddesi. It is open between 08:30 am and 08:30 pm. There is also a small post office in Kumbağ. It is open until 04:30 pm. In both offices, it is possible to send letters and cards abroad it might coast a little more in Kumbağ office and reaches its destination at least one day later than Tekirdağ office.

cope

As a city which is slightly off-the-beaten path, you will encounter less English-speaking people. This is not to mean that nobody in Tekirdağ can speak English, but you may have to look for a little more than the usual in more tourism-oriented towns of western and southern Turkey. And you can also take it on the bright side: you will never come across with a tout in Tekirdağ.

All parts of Tekirdağ and surrounding region is well within the coverage area of all three cell phone line providers of Turkey. The only area without coverage is some parts of Mt Ganos with their disadvantaged geography being far away from villages, and there are lots of deep valleys in the area which hinder cell phone waves.

telephone

Telephone booths are pretty much everywhere in downtown area and on the shoreline. Telephone cards are available at the post office, newspaper/tobacco kiosks and Türk Telekom shops, in which it is also possible to make a call and then pay cash.

The area code of Tekirdağ including its environs is 282. When calling Tekirdağ from out of Turkey dial +90 282.

 

You can find many internet cafes in the streets leading to/parallel with the high street in the downtown area. If you cannot find, ask a local youngster. All of these internet cafes have speedy DSL connections some even rival with the internet cafe at the next door by sticking ads which declare their DSL speed on their windows. An hourly connection at these cafes costs about 1.50 YTL. Most also serve some soft drinks and snacks too.

Interland

Internet cafe with DSL connection in a central location.

Honourary Consulate of Hungary

 

There are two consulates in the city.