Essential Apps for Students in Türkiye
A practical guide to useful apps for students in Türkiye, including banking, travel tickets, mobile services, food and shopping, MHRS, e-Nabız and more.
Reviewed · September 5, 2026Guide contents
A number of apps make daily student life in Türkiye noticeably easier — from managing your bank account and booking trips, to keeping track of your phone line, ordering food, shopping, and booking medical appointments. Here we bring together the most useful of these apps, with a short explanation of what each one does and how you might use it day to day.
The names, features, or availability of some of these apps may change over time, so always make sure you install the official app published by the actual organization or company behind the service, and confirm eligibility and availability details from their official source rather than relying on this page alone.
The Most Useful Apps for Students
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VakıfBank Mobil
BankingThe official app of VakıfBank, the bank where YTB typically opens the account for Türkiye Scholarships (Türkiye Bursları) students.
Useful for: Checking your balance and account activity, transferring money, managing your card, paying bills, and finding the nearest branch or ATM.
Your Bank's Official App
BankingIf you open an account at a Turkish bank other than VakıfBank, install that specific bank's own official app, and avoid any unofficial or unverified banking app.
Useful for: Checking your balance and IBAN, making transfers, managing card settings, tracking bills, and reviewing your everyday banking history.
Obilet
Travel & TicketsA Turkish travel-booking platform; for students, its main use is searching for, comparing, and booking intercity bus trips within Türkiye.
Useful for: Comparing bus departure times and fares and booking a seat, with additional travel services such as flights and hotels sometimes available in the same app.
TCDD Taşımacılık
Travel & TicketsThe official app of Turkey's national railway operator, TCDD Taşımacılık, for booking train tickets.
Useful for: Searching train routes and schedules, buying train tickets, and viewing booked trips where this feature is supported.
Turkish Airlines
Travel & TicketsThe official app of Turkish Airlines.
Useful for: Searching for and booking flights, managing bookings, online check-in, getting a mobile boarding pass, and receiving flight notifications.
Pegasus
Travel & TicketsThe official app of the Turkish airline Pegasus.
Useful for: Booking flights, checking in online, managing bookings, viewing boarding information, and receiving flight notifications.
Turkcell
Mobile & TelecomThe official app of the mobile operator Turkcell, for those who specifically use a Turkcell line.
Useful for: Checking remaining data, minutes, and SMS, managing packages, paying your bill or topping up depending on your line type, and following offers and technical support.
Türk Telekom
Mobile & TelecomThe official app of Türk Telekom, for those who specifically use a Türk Telekom line. You only need the app of the operator whose SIM you actually use, whether that's Turkcell, Türk Telekom, or another provider.
Useful for: Checking remaining data, minutes, and SMS, managing packages, paying your bill or topping up, and following offers and technical support.
Yemeksepeti
Food & ShoppingA widely used Turkish app for ordering food from restaurants, which in some areas also offers additional delivery services such as ordering grocery items.
Useful for: Browsing and comparing nearby restaurants, ordering meals for delivery, and tracking your order until it arrives.
Getir
Food & ShoppingAn app for ordering groceries and everyday essentials with fast delivery, available in a number of Turkish cities but not necessarily in every city.
Useful for: Ordering food and daily essentials without leaving your home, and tracking your order live until it arrives.
Trendyol
Food & ShoppingOne of the largest online shopping platforms in Türkiye, covering a wide range of product categories rather than just food.
Useful for: Buying clothes, electronics, dorm-room essentials, and other everyday needs online.
MHRS
HealthTürkiye's Ministry of Health central medical-appointment system, covered in full detail in a separate Union guide.
Useful for: Searching for available appointment slots, choosing a hospital, clinic, or doctor depending on availability, and managing your medical appointments.
e-Nabız
HealthTürkiye's Ministry of Health digital personal health-record system.
Useful for: Viewing examination and medical-history information, lab test results, prescriptions and reports where available, and other personal health data the system provides.
İHH
Support & HumanitarianThe official app of the İHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation (İHH İnsani Yardım Vakfı), mainly related to its humanitarian projects, donations, and activity updates.
Useful for: Donating to humanitarian projects such as orphan sponsorships and Qurbani, following the foundation's projects, and receiving its notifications.
Verified on September 5, 2026
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