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    How to register your phone in Turkey

    When you are visiting Turkey as a foreigner, you may use you phone for up to 120 days via international roaming or with a Turkish SIM card without having to register it.
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    After 120 days, however, you must register your device and pay the registration fee or your device will be blocked from the three Turkish mobile phone networks.

    You can only register one phone every 3 years.

    What do you need for registration?

    1. Your phone
    2. Your passport with the Turkish Immigration date-of-entry stamp visible and legible.
    3. Your Turkish residence permit (İkamet Tezkeresi). Foreign students studying at Turkish universities, may use certain other forms of Turkish residency identification.
    4. Turkish lira to pay the registration fee.

    Here is how its done!

    Start the registration process soon after arriving in Turkey. It must be completed within the first four months of your stay in Turkey.

    1. Take your device, its IMEI, your passport, and your Turkish residence permit to a Turkish government tax office (Vergi Dairesi). Tell them you have a mobile device imported from abroad (yurt dışından gelen cihazı), and that you want registration (kayıt). Once you pay the tax, you will receive a Vergi Dairesi Alındısı, a paper receipt for the payment of the registration tax, with your mobile device's IMEI noted on it.

    *As of 2021, You will have to pay TL 2,006.20 for the registration tax, Please note that this amount changes every year.*

    2. Take your phone, your passport, Turkish Residence Permit, and the payment receipt to the shop of either Turk Telekom, Turkcell or Vodafone. Buy a SIM card, and the clerk will register it for you.

    3. If you already have a SIM card, go to the provider that you bought it from and they will register your phone.


    How to do it online?
    If you know Turkish, you can use this online option to pay your bill instead of having to go to the Tax Office. Click the button that says ‘Harç ve Değerli Kağıt Bedeli‘ and then choose ‘Cep Telefonu Harcını Öde‘ and fill out the form.

    Once you have payed the tax, you will need an E-Devlet Sifresi which is a password to be able to log on to the government website where you will register your phone.
    Getting your E-Devlet Sifre is very straightforward. You go to a PTT office ( ask for an E-devlet Sifresi) and they will sms you your password after checking your passport and permit.
    Once you are in the website, type IMEI Kaydet into the search bar, and click on the option that says Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Iletisim Kurumu/ Imei Kaydet. From there, you will fill out the form to register your phone and you can check on the progress through that same website.

    If you have any further question, call the BTK hotline at 120 and they can give you an update on whether your phone has been registered or not.
    Last edited by Castiel; 01-01-2022, 06:42 PM.
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