PTT (Turkey)

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National post and telegraph agency of Turkey

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::summary National post and telegraph agency of Turkey ::

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FieldValue
namePtt
logoPTT_Logo_Post.svg
imageIstanbul_Grand_Post_Office.jpg
image_captionThe Grand Post Office building in Istanbul.
foundation
locationAnkara, Turkey
net_income
ownerTurkey Wealth Fund
industryPostal services
Banking
Logistics
key_peopleHakan Gülten (General Manager)
homepagewww.ptt.gov.tr
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| name = Ptt | logo = PTT_Logo_Post.svg | image = Istanbul_Grand_Post_Office.jpg | image_caption = The Grand Post Office building in Istanbul. | company_slogan = | foundation = | location = Ankara, Turkey | num_employees = | net_income = | assets = | owner = Turkey Wealth Fund | industry = Postal services Banking Logistics | key_people = Hakan Gülten (General Manager) | products = | homepage = www.ptt.gov.tr ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Почтомат_PTT_в_Кемере.jpg" caption="A PTT Kargomat [[parcel locker]]."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/20141231_164404_PTT.jpg" caption="Mailboxes, used in 1940s by PTT, from PTT Museum- Ankara"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Istanbul_PTT_Briefkasten.jpg" caption="A modern PTT post box"] ::

PTT, an abbreviation for Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı (lit. Post and Telegraph Agency), is the national post and telegraph directorate of Turkey. Formerly, the organization was named Posta Telgraf Telefon. After the privatization of the telephone telecommunications service business, the directorate was renamed, keeping its acronym. It is headquartered in Ankara, and is known as Turkish Post internationally.

History

On 23 October 1840, during the reign of Abdulmejid I, the Ottoman Ministry of Posts was established. In 1855, the first telegraph service and in 1909 the first telephone service were put into use. In the same year the name of the ministry was changed to Posta Telgraf Telefon ("Posts, Telegraph and Telephone" or PTT for short) a name which was used for 86 years. After the Turkish Republic replaced the Ottoman Empire in 1923, the ministry became a general directorate of the Republic. In 1995, the telephone and other telecommunication services were transferred to newly founded Türk Telekom (which was soon privatized). Accordingly, the directorate was renamed as "Organization of Post and Telegraph" (), thus the former acronym PTT is kept.

Services

Alongside mailing services, the PTT also offers a variety of other services such as telegraph, postage stamps, philately, hybrid mailing, HGS payments, insurance, PttAVM: an e-commerce website, and PttCell: a mobile virtual network operator using Türk Telekom infrastructure, and much more.

Service figures

In 2020, the service figures of the PTT were as follows:

  • Accepted post items: 493 million
  • Total revenue: TL 2,917 billion

Service quality

The PTT runs for the ever-growing quality and efficiency with the fully modernized technology. It owns an ISO-9000 Quality Certificate.

The international outbound mail leaves the country from the International Mail Processing Center () at the Istanbul Airport, the PTT's main hub. Most of the mail bags are transported by the state-owned Turkish Airlines. UPİM provides information about the sent items, including the carrier name, flight number, and mail bag number containing the item when detailed information is required domestically. Electronic data interchange is provided whenever available.

References

References

  1. Sertel, Atilla. "PTT'nin 2019 ve 2020 Hesap Yıllarına İlişkin İtirazlara İlişkin Görüşmeleri".
  2. "POSTA VE TELGRAF TEŞKİLATI A.Ş. SEKTÖR ARAŞTIRMA RAPORU".
  3. (2020). "Genel Müdürümüz".
  4. (2021-05-18). "History of the PTT, the Turkish and Ottoman Postal and Telegraph Services.".
  5. "Turkish Postal History - Home".
  6. (2023-07-08). "Osmanlı Devleti'nde Telgraf Mektebi / Fünûn-ı Telgrafiye/ Telgrafhâne-i Âmire Mektebi ve Eğitim verdiği Binalar". Çeşm-i Cihan: Tarih Kültür ve Sanat Araştırmaları Dergisi E-Dergisi.
  7. "Homepage".
  8. "Homepage".
  9. "PTT'nin yıllık geliri 4 milyar TL". [[Türkiye Gazetesi]].
  10. Umut, Erkan. "TURKISH POST (Ptt)".

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