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azade
1606 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 03:54 pm

The main rule is that you can't bring a foreign phone to Turkey and use a turkish simcard with it. Paying the fee is going to work for a while but eventually the phone won't be able to find a signal.

11.	alameda 3499 posts	20 May 2007 Sun 04:49 pm
Hmmm....I have AT&T International. IOW I am supposed to be able to make and recieve a call from anywhere. Would this be a problem in Turkey? Seeing as the sim card is from AT&T it seems there should not be a problem, although any call would be long distance, but at least it should work in an emergency. Thanks....

I had never heard about this.. Thought I could just go and buy a TR simcard and that would be it!

Is it worth going through that procedure for a month's stay? And do you have to pay to get it registered?

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Deli_kizin
6376 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 06:42 pm

Quoting Elisa:

Quoting azade:

The main rule is that you can't bring a foreign phone to Turkey and use a turkish simcard with it. Paying the fee is going to work for a while but eventually the phone won't be able to find a signal.

I had never heard about this.. Thought I could just go and buy a TR simcard and that would be it!

Is it worth going through that procedure for a month's stay? And do you have to pay to get it registered?

Yes you have to, but I heard that even registered, it still doesnt always work fine, especially after 2 weeks time...

I would advice all frequent visitors of turkey to buy a cheap simple phone in turkey. You can buy good ones for around 60 ytl already. I wouldnt be surprised if that is the same amount as the registration fee..

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Elisa
0 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 06:44 pm

I was browsing the web for information, and just read that as long you have a dual-band phone (minimum requirement), there should be no problem at all?
I might want to investigate a bit further though..

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Elisa
0 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 06:46 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:

Quoting Elisa:

And do you have to pay to get it registered?

Yes you have to,

Anyone has an idea about the price of that registration?

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azade
1606 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 06:56 pm

I think it was only like 5 or 10 ytl but it's such a ripoff. The one time that we did it, about two weeks passed and the signal was completely cut off.

I don't understand how it's legal for the companies to do this, but nonetheless they do it

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Elisa
0 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 06:56 pm

This one lookes useful, a page from TurkeyTravelPlanner. One of the things it says is that "There is no charge levied for this registration"

As far as I saw in this thread, people were talking about losing lots of time in the process, but not about paying..

Anyway, any information is still welcome

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KeithL
1455 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 07:38 pm

Quoting Elisa:

Quoting azade:

The main rule is that you can't bring a foreign phone to Turkey and use a turkish simcard with it. Paying the fee is going to work for a while but eventually the phone won't be able to find a signal.

I had never heard about this.. Thought I could just go and buy a TR simcard and that would be it!

Is it worth going through that procedure for a month's stay? And do you have to pay to get it registered?

My friend bought a $300 phone is the US to bring to Turkey. Worked for two weeks then stopped. He had to register with customs and then it took months for it to work.

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KeithL
1455 posts

20 May 2007 Sun 07:43 pm

Quoting Elisa:

There are two bands in Europe and two bands in N. America. European country to Turkey is fine.

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