T4: Number of payment cards and terminals
(thousands; end of year)
«Türkiye»
 Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
PART A: Total number of cards
Total number of cards 1nap145,605157,000162,519170,599
Breakdown of 'total number of cards' by function
Cards with a cash functionnap138,936150,245156,027164,302
Cards with a debit functionnap91,26395,44796,32998,977
Cards with a delayed debit functionnapnapnapnapnap
Cards with a credit functionnap54,34256,83557,00658,215
Cards with an e-money functionnapnap4,7189,18413,406
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by technology
Of which: contactlessnap10,23914,19717,52223,196
Of which: magstripenap145,605157,000162,519170,599
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by issuer
Of which: by a non-bank 2napnavnavnavnav
Partial breakdown of 'total number of cards' by ability
 to initiate device-not-present payments
Of which: able to initiate device-not-present paymentsnapnavnavnavnav
PART B: Total number of terminals
Total number of POS terminals 3nap2,1342,2942,3652,493
Partial breakdown of 'total number of POS terminals'
 by terminal type
Of which: EFTPOS terminalsnap2,1322,2932,3652,493
Partial breakdown of 'EFTPOS terminals' by technology
Of which: contactless 4nap618199304
Total number of ATMsnap36424648
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by function
Cash withdrawalnap36424648
Cash depositnap36424648
Credit transfernap36424648
Partial breakdown of 'total number of ATMs' by technology
Of which: contactlessnapnavnav67
 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.