SMS API for Turkiye: bulk SMS to +90 numbers

Turkiye, spanning Europe and Asia, has Ankara as its capital and Istanbul as its largest city, with an economy driven by manufacturing, tourism, and agriculture. Software products sending SMS include e-commerce platforms, banks, and airlines. Messages are triggered by events like order confirmations, payment reminders, and flight updates. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones, including basic models, and is read quickly even in rural areas.

Turkiye

Calling code +90

Per SMS segment
$0.00307
Messages for $100
32,573
Local language
Turkish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Turkiye costs

Every message is priced at $0.00307 per segment to Turkiye. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.00307$0.00614
1,000$3.07$6.14
10,000$30.70$61.40
100,000$307.00$614.00

Number format in Turkiye

Mobile numbers in Turkiye have 10 digits after +90. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0501 234 56 78); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +90 501 234 56 78.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Turkish fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use ç, ğ, ı and ş: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.

Time zone and timing

Turkiye keeps UTC+3 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Istanbul is always 06:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Turkiye with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TR) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+905012345678", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Turkiye

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Turkiye.

Order confirmations

E-commerce platforms in Istanbul and Izmir send SMS to customers confirming their purchases and delivery details.

Payment reminders

Banks send SMS to customers in regions like Antalya to remind them of upcoming loan or credit card payments.

Flight updates

Airlines notify passengers in Turkiye about changes in flight schedules or gate information for airports like Istanbul Airport.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Ankara and other cities send SMS to patients to remind them of upcoming medical appointments.

SMS to Turkiye: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Turkiye?

Each message segment to Turkiye costs $0.00307. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $3.07 and 10,000 cost $30.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Turkiye does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 32,573 one-segment messages to Turkiye at $0.00307 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Turkiye numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +90 501 234 56 78 becomes "+905012345678" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Which language should SMS be sent in?

Turkish is the official language, but English is also widely understood. Use Turkish for broader reach in rural areas.

How to reach expatriates and visitors?

Include English in messages for expatriates and tourists, especially in Istanbul and coastal areas like Bodrum.

Start sending to Turkiye

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Turkiye at $0.00307 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Turkiye: Bulk SMS to +90 From $0.00307 | BulkSMSAPI