Turkish Address Format | Writing Guide & Examples (2026)

A Turkish address runs from the neighbourhood down to your door: neighbourhood (mahalle), street, building number, flat number, then the postcode, district and province. The population authority, NVİ, publishes its own address in that order: Çamlıca Mah. Prof. Dr. Haydar Baş Caddesi No:136 PK: 06200 Yenimahalle / ANKARA (checked 01.10.2026).

This guide explains each part, decodes the abbreviations on forms and parcels, shows three addresses exactly as their owners publish them, and sets out what NVİ itself says about registering a home address, a duty that also applies to foreigners living in Turkey. It is general information, not legal advice. If you are about to write an address for a company application or a job application, this is the format to use.

The Anatomy of a Turkish Address

A city address uses about eight parts, and NVİ’s address standard names every one of them. Its full list is province, district, sub-district, village, hamlet, municipality, neighbourhood, square, boulevard, avenue, street, site, block, locality name, external door number, internal door number and postcode (NVİ, checked 01.10.2026). The village, hamlet and locality parts matter for rural addresses. For a flat in a city you need the ones in the table.

NVİ also says every existing building gets a nine-digit building ID number (yapı kimlik numarası) and every unit inside it a ten-digit address number, and that both are unique and prevent duplicate records. They are registry numbers. The standard has no component for a floor (kat) or a telephone number.

Build Your Address Label

Fill in the parts you have and the label rebuilds itself, with each part in its own colour. The builder below starts with NVİ’s own address. Its buttons load two other published addresses and an invented flat, or clear the form. It also checks that the first two digits of the postcode match the province you typed.

Government sites print both the short and the long forms. NVİ’s footer writes Mah. next to the full word Caddesi, while the TİTCK footer writes Mahallesi in full. The builder lets you switch between the two. We found no rule in the sources we read that demands one form, so follow the form or checkout box in front of you.

Decoding the Abbreviations

Four abbreviations cover most addresses: Mah., Cad., Sok. and No. The table shows each one with its meaning and where it appears in the published sources.

Cadde, sokak or both?

Write whatever your address contains, and it can contain more than one. NVİ’s standard lists boulevard, avenue and street as separate components, and the sample envelope below carries both a cadde and a sokak (Bahçeşehir Mahallesi Beyit Caddesi, Cinas Sokak No:5 D:12). Many streets are known only by a number: the TİTCK address is on 2176. Sokak.

No versus Daire

No is the number of the building. Daire is the number of your own door inside it. The standard keeps them as two components, the external and the internal door number, so write them apart: No: 12 Daire: 4 or No: 12 D: 4, rather than a bare 12/4 that a reader may not be able to split.

Sites and blocks

In a housing estate, add the site name and the block before the building and flat numbers. NVİ’s list runs site, block, then the external and internal door numbers, which gives an order such as Papatya Sitesi B Blok No: 12 Daire: 4.

The sample envelope below, with made-up names, puts the sender at the top left and the recipient at the lower right.

Examples of Correct Turkish Addresses

These are three addresses as the organisations publish them, read on 01.10.2026. They are public buildings and a shop, not homes. The parts and their order match, but the punctuation and the position of the postcode differ.

The postcode comes before the district in two of the three examples and after it in the third, so both orders are in use. Follow the order of the form or label you are filling in. We found no public flat address to quote, so the flat in the builder is invented.

Postal Codes (Posta Kodu): How the Five Digits Work

A Turkish postcode has five digits: the first two are the province’s licence-plate code, and the last three give the location within that province’s districts. So 06200 starts with 06 for Ankara. Other codes you will meet often are 34 for İstanbul, 35 for İzmir and 07 for Antalya. Plate codes run from 01 (Adana) to 81 (Düzce). Wikipedia describes the structure, and PTT runs the lookup (both checked 01.10.2026).

Check your own postcode with PTT, because published ones can disagree. On 01.10.2026 the TİTCK footer showed 06520, while the structured data embedded in the same page listed 06510 for the same address, and we cannot say which one PTT would give. Use the PTT postcode page for your own street.

Verifying Addresses: What You Can Check and Must Register

You can check that an address exists and look at your own registration, but you cannot look up who lives at an address. You must also tell the state where you live. NVİ’s FAQ says the duty to report a residence address applies to foreigners living in Turkey too, within 20 business days of a change (checked 01.10.2026).

The picture below is a screenshot of the AKS (Adres Kayıt Sistemi, the address registry) page that asks whether you are registered. We uploaded it in 2021, so the page may look different today.

Residence address and other address

Under the Civil Code your residence (yerleşim yeri) is where you live with the intention of staying, and you cannot have more than one at a time. Places that do not fit that idea, such as a summer house, a student dormitory or a hospital, are an other address (diğer adres), says NVİ.

Where foreign residents report

Foreigners with a residence permit report a change of residence address to the population office (nüfus müdürlüğü) or to the provincial migration management office (il göç idaresi müdürlüğü), within 20 business days. That is NVİ’s FAQ answer. NVİ also runs an online address-change notification on e-Devlet, but the list of checks it applies on e-Devlet includes whether the person is a Turkish citizen. We could not confirm whether a foreign resident can use the online route, so ask the office first.

What you may be asked to show

If the flat has no registered resident, or someone is already registered there, NVİ says you are asked for documents that confirm the address: a subscription contract or bill for electricity, water, gas, a landline or fixed internet at that address. Where needed, a document signed by the owner, the building or estate management or the muhtar can be asked for as well. If you move in with an adult who is already registered there, that person’s consent is required. NVİ adds that registering at an occupied flat cannot currently be done on e-Devlet.

Fines

For 2026 NVİ lists two fines under Article 68 of Law 5490: 814.00 TL for not reporting an address within the time limit, and 17,051.00 TL for a false address declaration. Administrative fines are revalued at the start of each calendar year, so check NVİ’s page for the current figures. NVİ says a defence goes to the district population office within seven days of being notified of the fine, and that a challenge to the magistrate’s court (sulh ceza mahkemesi) can follow within 15 days.

Figures and routes change. The fines are NVİ’s 2026 amounts, and the population office or the migration office has the last word on documents and procedure. Ask there before you act.

Checking what the registry holds

NVİ’s FAQ says you can query whether residence and other address details are on record at adres.nvi.gov.tr, and find the current address of the flat you live in at its address-query page or through the municipality’s numbering (numarataj) unit. Your registration document is on e-Devlet under the residence and other address document query.

Releasing an address depends on the person’s consent. NVİ says only the person, the people registered at the same address, a spouse or adult children, or an authorised representative can obtain it, and nobody else can obtain anyone’s address.

Missing door plate or renamed street

Door plates are the municipality’s job: NVİ says to apply to the municipality or the provincial special administration. Residents do not have to report changes to street names or numbers, because the authority in charge enters them in the national address database, within 10 business days at the latest. If your street was renamed, check the new form before you give your address to a shop or a bank.

Quick Answers

How do I write a Turkish address?

Keep the Turkish place names and the abbreviations as they are, and use the order from the opening: mahalle, street, No, Daire, then postcode, district and province. The builder above shows it part by part.

Does the postcode go before or after the district?

Both occur. NVİ and TİTCK put it before the district and province, and Apple puts it last. Use the order the form or label asks for.

Can I look up who lives at an address?

No. NVİ says release of address information depends on the person’s consent. Only the person, people registered at the same address, a spouse or adult children, or an authorised representative can obtain it.

Must foreigners register their address?

Yes, according to NVİ: foreigners living in Turkey are covered by the duty, and residence-permit holders report to the population office or the migration office within 20 business days.

Do I need a Turkish phone number for deliveries?

We found no rule that says so, and the address standard has no phone field. Whether a courier calls is up to the courier and the shop, so read the delivery instructions you are given and put a number you will answer.

Do I use the Turkish format when a Turkish shop ships to Germany?

No. The parcel goes to your German address. Our guides to Trendyol delivery to Germany and to Trendyol in Germany cover times, customs and returns.

How do I find my postcode?

Use the PTT postcode page. It is the postal operator’s own lookup.

How We Checked This Guide

On 01.10.2026 we read NVİ’s address services page and its address FAQ, the e-Devlet address pages, the PTT postcode page, the footers of the NVİ and TİTCK websites, the Apple Türkiye store list, and two Wikipedia articles for the postcode and plate-code structure. We wrote no first-hand delivery or registration experience into this guide, and we did not test any courier. Where a point is not covered by those sources, the sources box lists it as unverified.