Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
Erasmus Birimi

Practical Information

PRACTICAL INFORMATION


LIBRARY
Main Library situated at Terzioglu Campus and it is open 7/24 . 

MEALS
There are Student Restaurants at Anafartalar Campus and Terzioglu Campus and they offer 4-course lunch and dinner which costs about  € 1,5. Fast food, cold and hot drinks are also available from student canteens which can be found in all academic units.

CLIMATE
Winters are usually mild, windy and rainy, and summers are windy and hot. Prevailing winds are from the northeast and northwest.  Average air and water temperatures for Çanakkale (C°)

 

   Jan Feb  Mar Apr   May Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec 
 A  6 12  17   22 25  24  21  16  12 
 W 11  16  20  23  23  22  18  15  12 


LOCAL TIME
GMT + 2 hrs. (Summer)
Time differences between Turkey and some other countries :

 Germany            -1                                                                                                                 
 France -1 
 England -2 
 Italy -1 
Netherlands  -1 
 Austria -1 
 Spain -1 


ELECTRICITY
220 volts AC, all over Turkey. The voltage is clearly marked on all hotel outlets.

TAP WATER
It has been chlorinated but we recommend you to prefer bottled water for drinking which is sold acroos the city markets and newsagents.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Metric system.

POSTAL SERVICE
In Tercioglu Campus, OSEM building, there is PTT Office. In additin Canakkale Post Office is situated at Inonu Caddesi and open Monday to Saturday from 8:30 am till 5.30 p.m. Postal charges vary for different services depending on weight and destination.There is also an express postal service (APS) operating to 90 countries for letters, documents and small packages. A wide variety of special stamps are available in all PTT centers for philatelists.

BANKS
All major Turkish Bank have branches in the centre of the town where you can open accounts in different currencies. They are open Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm. There are cash points belonging to Isbank, Akbank, Garanti Bank, Vakıfbank on Anafartalar Campus. Other cash dispensing machines are placed at busy junctions around Canakkale. Ziraat Bank on Terzioglu Campus is situated and it is open 08:30 - 12:30     13:30 - 17:30 . 
 
 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
 
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Canakkale is a small city and many students walk from their hostels or homes to Anafartalar Campus. Students at Terzioglu Campus usually catch a citybus. You will need to get a Bus Card / Kent Kart which is available many shops around. A bicyle is quite a practical means of getting around. Few students have cars and lack of space prohibits parking on campus for student vehicles. 

SMOKING
Smoking is forbidden in all university classrooms, corridors, government offices and public transport. Outside these restricted areas, smoking is common.

SOME IDEAS WHAT TO / WHAT NOT TO BRING
All papers related to your exhange programme
 

Passport
Visa
Insurance documents ( English ) 
Pocket money
Medicine
Driving License (if you have one)
Camera
A good sense of humour!...:)  See you around in Canakkale :)