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If you visit Turkey on a tourist visa you can bring your car into Turkey and keep it up to six months in a period of 12 months. if you were to leave Turkey for some reason during your stay in Turkey you have to either take your car out of the Turkish Customs Territory or leave it at the nearest customs depot. If you choose the latter there is customs depot fee applicable.
In accordance with the Turkish Customs Regulations you cannot bring your car into Turkey with a resident permit unless you have a work permit and a job in Turkey or you are a retired person. If you are in employment, you need to submit a letter from your employer ensuring that all customs duties will be paid if the car is not taken out of Turkey once your employment in Turkey terminates. You have to apply for a special plate for foreigners who work in Turkey.
If you are a retired person and have a resident permit, you are allowed to bring your car into Turkey and keep it as long as you live in Turkey. First, you should register your car to the Turkish Touring and Automobile Club and obtain a temporary entry carnet for foreigners from them. You should submit the following documents to the Turkish Touring and Automobile Club.
1) Your passport,
2) Your resident permit,
3) Your official retirement documents (should be translated into Turkish)
4) Your car’s registration documents
5) Giving a guarantee, either a form of a letter from your bank or cash ensuring that all customs duties will be paid if the car is not taken out of Turkey once you leave Turkey.
For further information, you can contact either Undersecretariat of Customs in Turkey or the Office of the Financial Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy in London through
Undersecretariat
of Customs
Address: Gümrük Müstesarligi
Hükümet Meydani 06100 Ulus Ankara/TURKEY
Tel: +90-312-311 12 52 (pbx),
Fax: +90-312-310 22 14
Web: www.gumruk.gov.tr/english
E-mail:ggm@gumruk.gov.tr
On the other hand, you can buy a car in Turkey and have it registered in your own name provided that you have a resident permit. In this case, according to the regulations, you are supposed to have your car insured. In addition, you are also supposed to hold an appropriate driving license. You can gather a driving license that will allow you to drive in Turkey if you register to an authorised Driving Course and pass all examinations. In order to replace your UK driving licence with Turkish driving licence, you first need
-to have your UK driving licence translated into Turkish,
-to have the translated document notarised in Turkey or have it legalised at
the Consulate General in London
-to gather an application form/file from the local Association of Drivers
("Soforler Odasi" in Turkish) and fill in it.
-to have resident permit,
-blood type certificate,
-3 passport size photo,
-to have a full medical examination report from a state or private hospital,
For the full list of required documents for driving licence and vehicle registration please visit the Traffic Research Center's website at www.trafik.gov.tr/english/