Today we had the guy from the Customs police at our, FiG, coffee morning. He explained about the new rules,
From 1st February this year you can only have a tourist visa for 90 days out of 180. After that if you wanted to stay for longer you would need a Residence Permit
So if you enter after 1st Feb its self explanatory really, you can stay 90 out of 180
For those that entered before 1st Feb and have days remaining on their visa, the days remaining on your visa are then counted towards the 90 days
For example. You enter 1st Jan get 90 day stamp and remain in Turkey, By the 1st Feb you will have 59 days remaining on your visa, so without a residence permit you can only stay for 59 days out of the following 180
So from how I understand it, Screamlead, you will not be able to get another tourist visa, you will have to get residency or leave the country, you can no longer do visa hops,
He explained they bought this in, in line with european customs because when people were doing visa hops they had no idea how many people were living here and where in Turkey they were.
This is how I understood what he was saying, I cannot be responsible if they change how they interperate the law, as happens here as everyone knows
Please if you are at all worried you are best taking your passport to the customs police and asking them, the Customs Officer actually advised this too.