Help please

[KayteeLouise]

I'm thinking about buying a turkish sim when im next over there as 50p per texts to someone else in turkey is just stupid!
Is it as simple as just buying a sim and topping up?
Will i need to unlock my phone?
Do i need to buy a turkish phone?
Thanks

[tony]

We use a service called `Oneroam` check it out on the internet, although I never text sure its cheaper than 50p.

[KKOB]

If you're going to put a Turkish SIM in a UK phone, you have to get the phone registered for use in Turkey. To register the phone you'll need to show your passport. Registration only costs 5 YTL.

However, it can take as long as 3 weeks for the registration to go through the system so you might find it easier to buy a new or second-hand Turkish phone.

You also have to show your passport to buy a SIM, whether it's for a UK or Turkish phone.

[bewva]

We have had a phone registered but it still got locked by Turkcell. In the end we just bought the cheapest phone we could from a Turkcell shop.
Migros was about £30 for cheapest phone a few weeks ago.
Last year we paid £40 for the cheapest Nokia you could get for about £15 in U.K.

[KayteeLouise]

Phones so expensive there :/
So best bet is to buy a cheap turkish phone and go from there?
  Thankyou.

[KayteeLouise]

Also
what the minimum you need to put on you're phone to keep it working,
 as i will want to use it everytime i go out but only out 2 or 3 times a year  

[KKOB]

You can go to the Fatura Bank and buy just 5 Turkcell kontors at a time if you want.

I think you have to use the phone at least once every 3 months though.

Most people get round that by leaving the phone with a friend in Turkey and getting them to send a text message every so often.

[KayteeLouise]

Im going to have to teach my self the kontors still confuses me. lol
I will see if i can leave it with some family over there  

[number2]

I think you have to put kontors on the phone evey 3mth, i can't remember what it is, but there's a number to phone from the mobile, and a voice will tell you the date you have to top up before, if you don't top it up, it will be cut off. Alan

[Gary-O]

If you don't top the phone up within 3 months, you are unable to make out going calls but you can receive incoming calls. You are then given a further 3 months before the line is cut off. In total you have 6 months from topping up until the line is cut off.