This information may change. Always check the official source.Last verified: August 2026 by Ondřej Kadlec
Sockets and voltage in Turkey
Type CCEE 7/16 (Europlug)No earth
Type FCEE 7/3 (Schuko)Earthed
Voltage
230 V
Frequency
50 Hz
Earthed sockets
Type F
What you need, by where you are coming from
Arriving from the United States or CanadaA plug adapter, and appliances marked 100-240 V. Anything single-voltage needs a converter.
Arriving from the UK or IrelandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Arriving from most of continental EuropePlugs go straight in and the voltage matches. Nothing to pack.
Arriving from Australia or New ZealandA plug adapter is enough - the voltage is the same as at home.
Socket types, voltage and frequency are the nominal domestic supply as published in IEC/TR 60083 and the national standards it lists.
Turkish sockets are Type Schuko at 230 V, so European plugs work and British and American ones do not.
Sockets in Turkey are Type and at 230 V, 50 Hz - the same Schuko standard as Germany.
A Europlug fits every socket, which covers most chargers arriving from Europe.
British, American and Australian plugs need an adapter. Adapters are cheap in any hardware shop or supermarket.
230 V, so American 120 V-only equipment needs a converter.
Power cuts are routine in smaller towns and on the coast in summer. Sockets are fine; the supply behind them is what varies.
The neighbours mostly match. Greece, Bulgaria and Georgia use the same socket. Cyprus, a short flight away, is British Type , and so are the Gulf states most flights from Istanbul carry on to.
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