PTT (Turkey)
| PTT (Turkey) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Anonim Şirket |
| founding | October 23, 1840 |
| Seat | Ankara , Turkey |
| sales | TL 1,788 billion (2011) |
| Branch | Post , logistics |
| Website | www.ptt.gov.tr |
The Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı Genel Müdürlüğü (German: General Directorate of the Post and Telegraph Organization ) or the Turkish Post for short , based in Ankara, is the largest logistics and postal company in Turkey . The group appears in public under the name PTT. The Turkish Post Office was founded in 1840 and was divided into several independent companies through privatization in 1995, including Türk Telekom .
history
The first post office of the Ottoman Empire was opened on October 23, 1840 so that the sultans could respond to news from abroad. The post office was located in the courtyard of the new mosque in Istanbul and was named Postahane -i- Amir . The first officer Suleiman Aga took over the service at this post office because as a seafaring officer he spoke several languages and was able to translate the messages. A few years after the invention of telegraphy , this service was also introduced in Turkey and a separate telegraph department was established in 1855.
In 1871, the Telegraph Department merged with the Post Office to form the Ministry of Post and Telegraph. A mail transport network began to be created in 1876 and in 1901 it was expanded to include parcel and money transport. On May 23, 1909, the first manual switchboard was opened in Istanbul. In 1913 the authority was given the name Post, Telegraph and Telephone Directorate . In the early years of the Republic of Turkey and up to 1984 the services were expanded.
Companies
The privatization of the PTT was initiated by Law No. 4000 of June 18, 1994 . One wanted to divide the PTT into three areas and let it appear as an independent stock corporation ( Anonim Şirket ). On April 24, 1995, today's Turkish Post began to work as an independent company. On January 29, 2000, it was announced in Official Gazette No. 23948 that the name of the organization was "TC General Directorate of the Postal and Telegraph Organization".
According to the PTT in 2011, 993 million domestic and 15 million international mail were delivered and 1.547 million telegrams were accepted. The turnover was TL 1788 billion.
Web links
- www.ptt.gov.tr Official website of the PTT (Turkish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PTT Statistics 2011 ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PTT website
- ↑ a b History ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PTT website
