Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Always wanting to be prepared I have programmed my phone with the 112 number for an emergency should we need it. However it is a UK sim card so will that ring the UK or the Emergency call centre here? I see a lot of the Ambulances have their own number 153 for example so would I have to prefix that with +90?

Or do you have to call for the Emergency services on a local phone?

Found this but perhaps someone could confirm it works here...

112 is a common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from most mobile telephones and, in some countries, fixed telephones in order to reach emergency services (ambulance, fire and rescue, police).

112 is a part of the GSM standard and all GSM-compatible telephone handsets are able to dial 112 even when locked or, in some countries, with no SIM card present. It is also the common emergency number in India and in nearly all member states of the European Union as well as several other countries of Europe and the world. 112 is often available alongside other numbers traditionally used in the given country to access emergency services. In some countries, calls to 112 are not connected directly but forwarded by the GSM network to local emergency numbers (e.g. 911 in North America or 000 in Australia).

That was about all I could find really. It looks like here different hospitals have different phone numbers for the ambulances. So will wait and see what else comes up as it would be good to know before I need to use it in the middle of the night some time.