Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Cars, Bikes, Scooters, MOTs, Speeding... => Topic started by: saoirse on February 05, 2014, 10:48:17 AM
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Another scooter related query folks
I have a Full UK car licence AND have also completed my CBT allowing me to ride bikes up to 125 cc. Is this sufficient for riding a similar scooter in Turkey?
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I am sure you need a full motorcycle licence for any scooter/ motorcycle . Some car licences cover a moped up to 50 cc it depends when you passed your car test
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Hi all,
Have thought about getting a scooter since we have been here. Never driven one in my life. Do have a full uk drivers license though. What do I need to do to start legally driving one here. We won,t be able to afford a car. What sort of funning costs am i looking at please?
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CBT just gives you a provisional up to 125cc ...you have to have passed your full motorbike test (to your chosen cc) to be able to legally drive your equivalent cc motorbike in Turkey on your UK licence, so I guess the answer is no :(
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slikmrs, you can only ride a moped up to 49cc on your car licence. If you want anything bigger you will have to take a motorbike test.
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49cc, isn,t that a disability scooter : :) i,m assuming you can get them here? Will it get me n my shopping up these hills? :-[
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Get an electric scooter. You don't need a special licence and there's no tax to pay.
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If you want something more powerful than 49cc and you do not have a full motorbike licence than you only have a few choices. Buy anysize you want and hope you do not get caught or have an accident like so many others here do. Buy a large quad bike or a trike which can be driven on a normal licence. The Yamaha 49cc scooter is quite powerful and would be okay for hills and shopping, but pricey same as the Honda one. The cheaper ones are okay for general popping around but struggle for power unless you take it somewhere and they will play around with it. Buy from a proper shop not one selling washing machines and heaters as you will find that these people have nothing to do with any warranty issues. Hope you find something to suit your needs. If you look on a web site called Sahibinden.com using Goggle chrome you will see thousands for sale and many choices so you can compare prices .
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Even a 50cc scooter is not covered by a UK car licence. Only a Turkish bike licence is sufficient
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So if I get an electric scooter, I don,t need anything to drive it? Mot, license,registration ? ANDit will get me up these here hills?
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My Turkish car license covers me for car and scooter, I had a provisional motorbike license and this has been translated into anything up to 125cc
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So if I get an electric scooter, I don,t need anything to drive it? Mot, license,registration ? ANDit will get me up these here hills?
Sorry Phil I am fairly certain you are wrong UK licence with category A you can ride any size motorcycle, on an ordinary full licence you are limited to 49cc, when I took out sigorta for my 125 cc scooter they took a photo copy of my UK and Turkish translation of my licence, I have a full UK licence including cat A motorcycles.
That is my understanding but I am open to being corrected after all we are talking Turkiye.
Driving licences
If you drive in Turkey, you must have either an International Driving Permit or a notarised copy (in Turkish) of your UK driving licence. Provisional driving licences are not recognised.
You will need an ‘A’ category standard motorcycle licence to hire a motorcycle over 50cc in Turkey. An ‘A1’ category ‘light motorcycle’ driving licence is only suitable for motorcycles below 50cc. By law you must wear a helmet. Failure to do so could result in a heavy fine.
Taken from UK Goverment web site
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That seems totally different to Tinkermans experience
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Yes it does Phil but Andy does say he has now got a Turkish licence now, so it may have been misunderstood in translation, the quote I have posted is copied and pasted fro Gov UK web site, but as I said this is Turkiye.
In 2006 I bought a scooter legally because they did away with the requirement for residency, 6 years later they reintroduced the residency requirement so I had a scooter that I bought legally but now owned illegally could not insure it tax sell or ride it and had to take out residency to make it all legal again, as I said this is Turkiye, as you know Phil there are still arguments going on about electric scooters which I am going in to.
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My Turkish licence states sinif/ class B-A2 which is a full car and motor bike licence . As for electric scooters getting up hills good luck and don't have your lights on to long as it will drain the battery very quickly. ;)
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Mac is there a specific class for " up to 125"
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Mac is there a specific class for " up to 125"
Sorry I am not sure. The only way to be sure would be to ask at the traffic police station and take some one who speaks Turkish.
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I have an old green paper license, full car and provisional motorbike, when I had it translated the first time they made an error and gave me a full motorbike license.
Then I got my car so had to add this to the license so had it all translated again, this time they recognised the error and told me I could only ride upto 125cc and car with this new license.
I have been stopped several times and produced the green license with no problem also the Turkish license if I had it with me, again with no problem.