OECD MULTILATERAL TAX CENTRE IN ANKARA

Location

OECD Ankara Multilateral Tax Centre (MTC) is situated approximately eight kilometres from the centre of Ankara in a purpose-built training complex of the Revenue Administration of the Republic of Turkey. The address of the MTC is:

       OECD Ankara Multilateral Tax Centre
       (Gelir İdaresi Başkanlığı, Eğitim Merkezi)
       Cem Ersever Caddesi, Çınardibi Sokak no. 31
       Lalegül Yolu üzeri, Demetevler, Yenimahalle,
 06170 Ankara, TURKEY
 
OECD Ankara MTC Office Tel : (90-312) 387 32 77
 Fax : (90 312) 387 33 75
 General Tel : (90 312) 387 33 45-1208 (PBX)
 E-mail : tcoecdtc@tr.net or eokuyucu@gelirler.gov.tr

Website : www.gib.gov.tr 

 
How to get there

Please ensure that you meet the visa requirements before your departure to Turkey by contacting the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country. The Turkish airports have foreign exchange facilities available. Usually it is not possible to buy New Turkish Lira (YTL) in other countries before you arrive in Turkey.
           

Upon arrival a transportation service from Ankara Esenboğa Airport to the OECD Ankara MTC is normally provided for participants only (not for experts) free of charge by the Revenue Administration if travel details are sent to Fax: 90-312-387 33 75 E-mail: tcoecdtc@tr.net or eokuyucu@gelirler.gov.tr).

For those who are not met by the Revenue Administration, the least expensive way is to take a shuttle bus from Esenboğa Airport to the HAVAŞ Terminal (Gar) in downtown Ankara and then take a taxi to the OECD Ankara MTC, http://www.havas.com.tr/en/otobus_ankara.asp A shuttle bus stop is located on the left side of the Arrival Hall of the airport. A bus ride will cost 10.00 YTL (February 2008) per person. A taxi from the bus terminal to the OECD Ankara MTC will cost approximately 15.00 YTL. Please show the taxi driver the address set out above and the attached map. The taxi, directly from the airport to the OECD Ankara MTC, will cost approximately 70.00 YTL. The exchange rate is approximately 1USD = 1.20 YTL, 1EURO = 1.75 YTL (February 2008). It is not necessary to tip.     

Since September 2002, the Turkish Revenue Administration no longer covers the expenses for transport by bus between Istanbul to Ankara-Ankara to Istanbul and between Hopa to Ankara-Ankara to Hopa due to the fact that all Air Companies now have direct flights to Ankara.
After the completion of the event, transportation service from the Ankara MTC to the senboğa Airport is provided free of charge by Turkish Revenue Administration for participants.

Accommodations and Meals

All experts and participants will be accommodated free of charge at the OECD Ankara Multilateral Tax Centre (also used for the training of the tax officials of the Revenue Administration). This provides the maximum opportunity for interaction and dialogue between experts and participants and flexibility in relation to the development of the event.
When you arrive in the Ankara MTC, please identify yourself by showing your passport. The receptionist will give the key for your room after the registration.
Accommodation, including breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided for experts and participants in the MTC from Sunday to Saturday free of charge by the Revenue Administration.
 

Other Facilities and Support Staff

There are four staff members in the Centre to help you during the event. They have sufficient knowledge of English for communication.
The staff can be found in the OECD office on the first floor (the same floor where the OECD conference room is located). The OECD office is equipped with computers, a fax machine and a photocopier. The conference room is equipped with two overhead machines, white boards, and a LCD-screen projector as well as audio-video-interpretation equipment for simultaneous interpretation. A technician is available on site for any problems that may arise with interpretation equipment. Three additional rooms are also available for group discussions or studies.
 

Social Event and Tour

A dinner will be held at Kubbe restaurant at Atakule usually on the second night of the first week of the course. Participants, experts and some staff members of the Revenue Administration are invited to this event. As you will see, this provides a good opportunity to get to know the participants and experts on a social level and considerably enhances the discussions on subsequent days.
On Wednesday afternoon, participants and experts will be brought on a tour to visit some of the historical attractions in Ankara.

  
Touring Ankara

Experts and participants who stay at the Ankara MTC can use the Metro and buses which are the cheapest way for transportation to go to the centre of the city. Detailed information about the transportation will be given to the participants and experts upon their arrival at the MTC.
Some tourist information on Ankara and Turkey is available in the MTC as well. Further information can be obtained from the Tourist Information Centre, tel. (312) 488 70 07 and web sites www.turizm.gov.tr and www.kultur.gov.tr. For those who are interested in the museums in Ankara, the addresses and telephone numbers are shown below:

Code number of Turkey: (90) Code number of Ankara: (312)
In Turkey for the long distance calls first dial 0 (zero), for the international calls first dial 00.

    
Contact Information

Please do not hesitate to contact the Mrs. Leonora Lynch-Stein at the OECD in Paris or Mrs. Basak Okuyucu, Head of Section, Revenue Administration at the Centre in ANKARA if you have any queries about the administration of the course or workshop.

Mrs. Leonora Lynch Stein
Tel : (33-1) 45 24 89 13
Fax : (33-1) 45 24 18 84
E-mail : Leonora.LYNCH-STEIN@oecd.org
      

Ms. Ozge Gunay 
Tel : (90-312) 387 32 77  
Fax : (90-312) 387 33 75  
E-mail : ogunay@gelirler.gov.tr
tcoecdtc@tr.net, tcoecdtc@gelirler.gov.tr

Mrs. E. Basak Okuyucu
Tel : (90-312) 387 32 77 and 387 32 03
Fax : (90-312) 387 33 75
E-mail : eokuyucu@gelirler.gov.tr

tcoecdtc@tr.net, tcoecdtc@gelirler.gov.tr