T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«Turkey»
 Year
« ‹ 2012 › »
 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 1napnapnapnap145,605
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash functionnapnapnapnap138,936
Cards with a debit functionnapnapnapnap91,263
Cards with a delayed debit functionnapnapnapnapnap
Cards with a credit functionnapnapnapnap54,342
Cards with an e-money functionnapnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by technology
Of which: contactlessnapnapnapnap10,239
Of which: magstripenapnapnapnap145,605
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by issuer
Of which: by a non-bank 2napnapnapnapnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by ability
 to initiate device-not-present payments
Of which: able to initiate device-not-present paymentsnapnapnapnapnav
PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals 3napnapnapnap2,134
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminalsnapnapnapnap2,132
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactless 4napnapnapnap61
Total number of ATMsnapnapnapnap36
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawalnapnapnapnap36
Cash depositnapnapnapnap36
Credit transfernapnapnapnap36
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactlessnapnapnapnapnav
 1 Total number of cards includes cards issued only by banks and a limited number of e-money institutions. 2 New e-money instutions launched and e-money usage continue to spread. 2018: New e-money instutions launched and e-money usage continue to spread. 2019: New e-money instutions launched and e-money usage continue to spread. 2020: Increase in the prevalence of e-money companies and e-money usage 2021: New e-money instutions launched and e-money usage continue to spread. 3 As of 2015, POS terminals have been started to be replaced by POS functioned cash registers. But, the total number of POS terminals are estimated numbers since 2015, because the number of cash registers are calculated approximately. These devices serve as both cash registers and POS terminals. A single device can run the POS applications of up to eight banks. 4  2015: Since the transition to contactless devicess started in 2015, as of that date the number has increased dramatically.