Emergency (SOS)
Emergency numbers, ready Turkish phrases, how to reach your embassy, and what to do in the most common emergencies, one tap away.
The app is not an emergency service. In an emergency, call 112.
For everyone making a life in Türkiye
Your permit, your city, your people, all in one app.
From the day you land until Türkiye feels like home.
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İkamet tracker
Always know how many days you have left.
Add your permit's end date once. We count the days and remind you as it gets close, so it never sneaks up on you.
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Renewal guide
The exact day you can apply. No guessing.
Pick your permit type to see when your renewal window opens, then tick off the papers you need, one by one.
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First month
Your first month, one step at a time.
A checklist for new students in Ankara, from your first days to your residence application.
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Universities
Every university in Ankara, in one list.
See where each one ranks, find your way to campus, and read what other students asked there.
Discussions
Someone has already asked.
Ask about your permit, your campus, a flat or a hospital. People who arrived before you answer, and the answer that helped gets pinned, so the next person finds it straight away.
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What documents do I need to renew my student residence permit?
Pinned answer Resolved
Apply on e-ikamet.goc.gov.tr within the 60 days before your permit expires, then have this file ready for your appointment:
1. Your original passport, plus copies of the first two pages and of your latest entry stamp.
2. A copy of both sides of your current residence permit card.
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When are course registration and Add/Drop at Atılım, and how do they work?
Pinned answer Resolved
The dates are announced in the academic calendar each semester. The usual pattern:
• Course registration opens a few days before classes start.
• The first week introduces the courses. Add/Drop then runs for a few days, roughly in the second week.
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How long can I spend outside Türkiye during my 5 years of residence?
Pinned answer Resolved
• Keep your total time outside Türkiye under 6 months across the 5 years.
• For citizenship there is no limit on a single trip; only the total counts.
Excerpts from pinned answers in the app, last reviewed September 2026.
Threads for whatever comes up
- İkamet & Documents
- Housing
- Home & Furniture
- Buy / Sell
- Jobs & Internships
- Banking & Money
- Citizenship & Passport
- Visas & Embassies
- Health
- Campus Life
- Academics
- Social
Universities, hospitals, offices and embassies have threads of their own too. Every post carries its language, so you can read the ones in yours.
All it takes is a free account with a verified email. Get the app and say hello.
Communities
Many communities, one app.
National unions, student organizations and associations each have their own space here, run by their own people: notices, events and a circle where members help each other.
Ask to join the ones you belong to. A manager from that community reviews every request by hand.
Up to 5 communities on one account. Joining is free, and the rest of the app stays open without it.
Run a union or a student organization? Write to us to bring it to Diwan Türkiye.
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National unions
Your community from home, gathered in Türkiye, with its notices and events in one place.
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Student organizations
Student clubs and societies, so a new student finds their people from the first days.
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Clubs and associations
Other communities and associations, each with a private circle for its members.
Everything else, for the days you need it.
Not every day is about paperwork. Some days you need a hospital, a number to call or a fair exchange rate.
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City directory
Hospitals, libraries, parks, museums, malls and government offices, with locations and ratings from the community.
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Istanbul Coming soon
Ankara is open today, and Istanbul is next: its universities, the offices you need for your İkamet, and discussions of its own. Once it opens, switch cities from the home screen.
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Calendar & reminders
Türkiye's public holidays and your own reminders, together in one place.
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Currency converter
Convert between currencies in a second, without leaving the app to check a rate.
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Citizenship guide
Who can apply, the steps and the fee, with the official links and the date it was last checked.
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Ask Khuyyak Coming soon
An in-app assistant for the small everyday questions. We're making it better, and it's back soon.
- 54questions answered, with the answer pinned
- 260places in the Ankara directory
- 24universities in Ankara, in one list
- 24official sources behind the guides
Counted in the app on 8 October 2026.
Checked against the official sources.
Our İkamet and citizenship guides are checked against Turkish law and the official sites below, and each one shows the date it was last reviewed. If something has changed, tell us and we'll fix it.
- Presidency of Migration Managementgoc.gov.tr
- Population and Citizenship Affairsnvi.gov.tr
- Social Security Institutionsgk.gov.tr
- Ministry of Labour and Social Securitycsgb.gov.tr
- Official legislation portalmevzuat.gov.tr
- 112 Emergency Call Center112.gov.tr
Diwan Türkiye is an independent app and isn't affiliated with any government body.
About
For everyone living in Türkiye
Diwan Türkiye puts what you need in one place: a permit tracker that tells you how many days are left and what to prepare, a city directory of hospitals, government offices and libraries, emergency numbers and ready Turkish phrases for the moment you need them, university profiles, prices and currency conversion, and place-based discussions where whoever just arrived can ask, and whoever came a year earlier can answer. Each community, from national unions to student organizations, has its own space too. All of it is free and open to anyone living in Türkiye, whatever their nationality or language.
- Audience
- Everyone living in Türkiye
- Languages
- Arabic, English, Turkish
- Platforms
- iPhone and Android
- Price
- Free
Our message
We believe that a stranger in a country not their own has no closer support than another stranger. A road someone walked a month before you should not be walked from scratch, and a door already knocked on a hundred times should not be knocked on alone. We Arabs have the most claim to this: one language, one worry, one road — if we are not one hand far from home, then when? This app rests on the idea that what each of us learned the hard way belongs to the rest of us — a shared memory that shortens the road and keeps people from being taken advantage of, whatever passport they carry.
Our goal
To make life easier for people living outside their own country. That someone knows when their permit expires before an officer tells them; that they find the hospital, the office and the fair price, and know when they can do it themselves; that someone answers when there is no one left to ask. Every feature here is measured by one question: did it save someone a wasted day, money they should not have paid, or a humiliating wait in a queue?
Free, and ready when you land.
On iPhone and Android. Most of it works without even making an account.
