Turkey: Help and advice abroad

Public employment services

Turkey's public employment service is called ISKUR . By law, the state must act to provide workers with jobs suitable for their qualifications and to supply employers with qualified workers. ISKUR provides vocational guidance and takes measures to improve workers' occupational qualifications and to act as intermediary in concluding workers' labour contracts. To use this service as a foreigner you would have to be a resident and, to be a resident, you would have to be already employed. Therefore it is very difficult for a UK student or graduate to use this service.

Higher education careers support

Not all universities in Turkey offer a careers service facility. Those that do offer a service may charge a nominal amount for advice and guidance. There is no centralised careers advice service in the country nor is there a list available to view institutions that do offer a service. For information about careers service advice it is advisable to contact each university directly.

Help in an emergency

The British Embassy Turkey  is located in Ankara. It can help with a variety of problems including if you are a victim of a crime, need a doctor or are arrested or detained. Contact the embassy on 0312 455 3344.

The Consulate General is located in Istanbul. This is the main passport and visa issuing office for British citizens in Turkey. There are also six Regional Consular Offices located in the cities of Adana, Antalya, Bodrum, Fethiye, Izmir and Marmaris.

Five and ten-year British passports are no longer issued from the embassy or consular offices; instead British citizens need to apply to the Regional Passport Processing Centre in Dusseldorf. Full details are available on the British Embassy Turkey  website. Other emergency contact numbers in Turkey are:

• 155 - police;
• 112 - ambulance;
• 110 - fire;
• 177 - forest fire;
• 158 - coast guard.