Address Guidelines for Turkey

Follow these guidelines to provide input that GeocodeAddressGlobal can successfully geocode. For additional information about Turkish addresses, see the Turkey PTT website: http://www.ptt.gov.tr.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output. Examples of typical thoroughfare types and their abbreviations are: Bulvar, Bulvari (boulevard) Cadde, Caddesi, Cd, Cad (avenue, lane) Mahalle, Mahallesi, Mah (neighborhood, quarter) Sokak, Sk, Sokagi (street) Yolu, Yol (way, road) This is not a complete list. Other thoroughfare types are also recognized.
• Common words and abbreviations—The geocoder recognizes common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses and can geocode these addresses successfully. This is a partial list of common words and abbreviations that are recognized. Many other common words are also handled.

  Table 1. Common Words

  Category	Words
  Articles of speech	ve
  Directionals	Words representing north, south, east, west, northwest, northeast, southeast, southwest
  Buildings	bina, binasi, apartman ,kurma, yap; ev, konut, mesken ,ev halki, yurt;zemin, taban, pist, kat
  Area names	semt, semti, ent, sehir, kasaba, sehir halki, büyük kasaba
  Levels or positions	yukarida, asagida, asagi, altta, üzerinde, altinda, arkasinda, içinde, moda, ön, yanindaki, arasinda, sol, sag
  House number indicators	hayir., rakam, sayi, numara, miktar
  Common abbreviations	DR (Doctor), Prof (Professor), IST (Istanbul)