iphones

[Old Daffodil]

Are iphones for sale in Turkey? Is it possible to bring a British mobile phone to Turkey and register it? If it is possible is there a time limit for doing this?

[Scunner]

Yes, Turkcell have iphone deals and yes you can bring a British mobile phone to Turkey and register it. UK iphones will generally be locked to the network that supplied it if bought on a contract. You can of course unlock it but it makes updating a bit of an art form. You can buy new iphones officially unlocked in the UK so they can accept any sim, but that is an expensive option.

There is a limit for getting UK phones registered in Turkey but I can't remember how long it is.

[Old Daffodil]

Thanks for that information.

[Diverbaz 1]

one phone a year is the limit.

[legless]

best option is to buy a turkish mobile no hassle

Ron

[starman™]

one phone for every 2 years is the limit. That was the ruling last week when we tried to do it for someone else.

[Diverbaz 1]

 

quote:one phone for every 2 years is the limit.

Not according to this,

http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/questio.htm#mobile

[starman™]

I would not take anything serious to what a Turkish consulate website in the UK says.
The ruling is 2 years. We know this as we have many people who help try to register their phones when they arrive to Turkey and the central telecommunications authority in Ankara states that it is 1 phone every 2 (calendar) years.
 Gümrükler Genel Müdürlügü'nün     31.01.2008 tarih ve 2981 sayili yazisi ile yapilan ve 01.02.2008 tarihinden itibaren geçerli olan düzenlemeye göre bir kisiye yurtdisindan 2 takvim yilinda 1 adet cep telefonu getirebilme hakki taninmis, yolcunun yurda giris yaptigi tarihten itibaren en geç 1 ay içerisinde cep telefonunun kayit altina alinmasi zorunlulugu getirilmistir.

You can read the law here http://www.tk.gov.tr/Tuketici/Sorulanlar/Sorulanlar.htm#Yurtd%C4%B1%C5%9F%C4%B1ndan%20yapt%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1m%20aramalar%C4%B1n%20%C3%BCcretini%20nas%C4%B1l%20kontrol%20edebilirim

[Scunner]

Do you know how long you have before you need to register your foreign phone in Turkey? Some people come over for a month or longer - now I assume holidaymakers don't have to but how long would you need to be there before it becomes necessary?

[starman™]

One part of the ruling states "yolcunun yurda giris yaptigi tarihten itibaren en geç 1 ay içerisinde cep telefonunun kayit altina alinmasi zorunlulugu getirilmistir." That means that the registration must be done within one month of entering Turkey. Usually if you dont register and you pop in a Turkish sim card then it would work for anything between 10 days to 3 weeks before they block it. Of course if you stick a foreign sim card back into the phone then it would unblock.