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Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance...
There is no guarantee that any English will be spoken on any of these emergency and helpline telephone numbers. Calls to the following emergency numbers are free of charge; the lines are available 24 hours a day.
It is possible to call 112 for all emergency calls. The caller is redirected to the appropriate service.
Service | Telephone |
---|---|
Medical emergency / Ambulance | Tel: 112 |
Fire | Tel: 110 |
Police | Tel: 155 |
Coastguard | Tel: 158 |
Forest fires | Tel: 177 |
Missing child / Women's helpline | Tel: 183 |
Emergency Words
Note: These phrases have been simplified for easy communication by a non-Turkish speaker. They are not necessarily grammatically correct in Turkish.
Accident | Kaza |
Emergency | Acil / iacil vaka |
Fire | Ateş |
Help me | Bana yardım edin |
Hospital | Hastane |
Medicine | ilaç |
Faint | baygın |
I have had an accident | Ben kaza geçirdim |
Injured | yaralı |
Unconscious | bilinçsiz |
Bleeding | Kanama |
Heart attack | Kalp krizi |
Stroke | Felç / inme / darbe |
Drowning | Boğmak |
Burn | Yanma |
Very sick | Çok hasta |
In labour / having contractions | Kasilma / gerilme |
Need a doctor | Doktora ihtiyaç var |
Need an ambulance | Bir ambulansa ihtiyacım var |
The house is on fire | Ev yaniyor / evde yangin var |
The car is on fire | Araba yaniyor |
I am being burgled | Soyuldum |
Someone is in the house | Evde biri var |