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Offline BernieTeyze

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The Move..
« on: October 08, 2013, 20:29:06 PM »

Looking at different ways to get our shizz over. Was thinking parcelstogo.com, for clothes and bedding. They seem pretty reasonable/reliable.
Then for the rest jet2 23kg x 3 bags each plus 10kg hand luggage. There will be either 4 or 6 of us couriering it over!

Also thinking you need residency before you can get post office box thingy, so might have to take a while to retrieve my stuff..or is there another way?

We have to get residency within 90 days, but within 30 days to register a phone..with your residency?

Sorry folks, think i,m even confusing myself now.
Bernie




Offline Menthol

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 18:45:12 PM »
So you have to have a residency permit to register your phone. Is that what you are saying, Bernie? And that really you need to register your phone within 30 days of arriving? What about buying a cheap Turkish phone once over there and just transferring your numbers.

I'm not sure how long the residency permits take to come through, so applying well within the 90 day visa allowance time is presumably advisable.


Offline BernieTeyze

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2013, 20:22:13 PM »
Yes, think you are right on both counts.

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 06:08:40 AM »
It is not necessary to hold a Resident's Permit to register a foreign mobile phone.  However, you must register it within a month of entry.  To do this, go to the Tax Office with your phone and passport showing your date of entry.  You pay 115 tl and will be issued with a receipt.  Take your receipt to a Turkcell shop, or one of the other providers, where you purchase a SIM card and have the phone registered in your name,


Offline Kevin Sowten

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 07:17:10 AM »
115TL !!!!!!!!  :( :( :(
(How much is the cheapest PAYG phone in Fethiye these days ?)

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2013, 08:05:46 AM »
Mobile phones are much more expensive in Turkey than the UK.  I bought a cheap Nokia from Carphone Warehouse, £44 and because I hadn't updated my phone in the last six months got £25 off it.  The same phone here in Kipa was over 300 lira.  Luckily, it was registered just before the charges came in but even paying the tax would still have saved around 50%.


iPhones and other smart phones are mega expensive here.  If you are moving from the UK and already have one of these it would be well worth paying the tax. 

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2013, 19:23:37 PM »
Thank you, Marggie for this information.

So I have to register my phone if I plan to stay longer than .... how long?


Offline Liz 101

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2013, 19:29:25 PM »
Or if you just want a payg phone to make / receive phone calls & texts you can get one for around 300tl inc the sim.

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2013, 19:40:06 PM »
You only need to register your phone Menthol is you put in a Turkish sim.
We had our phone locked after about 10 or 11 days.

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Re: The Move..
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2013, 20:30:34 PM »
I'm really sorry bewva, I don't understand what you mean.  :-[




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