Marc
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Register your phone completely online (even tax for Garanti and IsBank customers)
Ok so I needed to register a phone and had heared some horror stories about other shops doing it and prices ranging from 200tl - 300tl.
A Turkish friend of mine told me I should do it online using the governement E-devlet site, after a bit more research I found a great article HERE which I basically followed with a few differences.
Here it is in summary all confirmed as I've done it. If your Turkish is not to hot then I'd recommend asking a friend to help, mine is average/good and I managed OK.
The usual caveats remain i.e. you are resident, you entered the country in the last 60 days and the phone has not been used previously in Turkey.
1. Go to a larger PTT (one in Akbuk was too small I had to go to Didim) and ask for an e-Devlet password (take your passport and residency with you along with the fee 2TL)
2. On your computer finalise the registration by going to e-Devlet
3. Once you are up and running on the site then go to the IMEI Registration
4. Here you will need to enter details about you (Phone number, IMEI, Passport, Date of Last entry etc) then finalise
5. Next is the payment page, as I am a Garanti customer i just clicked on the link(which opens up a new page), logged into my bank and paid the fee (131.50TL) once complete go back to the original screen to continue. If you are not Garanti/ISBank customer then you need to go to the Tax office and pay the fee.
6. Then you are ready to confirm all the details and make the IMEI Registration, if all is well it gives you a reference number.
All in all it took me about 15 minutes from start to finish and notified me that the phone will be registered within 12 hours. To check on this click on the IMEI Verify in practice mine was done in the time that it took me to write this message
This way sure does beat relying on phone shops that also charge you for a new sim 50tl and a registration fee of 100tl
The above are the basic steps I followed, which worked for me, the article I linked to has more detail.
Take care
Marc
A Turkish friend of mine told me I should do it online using the governement E-devlet site, after a bit more research I found a great article HERE which I basically followed with a few differences.
Here it is in summary all confirmed as I've done it. If your Turkish is not to hot then I'd recommend asking a friend to help, mine is average/good and I managed OK.
The usual caveats remain i.e. you are resident, you entered the country in the last 60 days and the phone has not been used previously in Turkey.
1. Go to a larger PTT (one in Akbuk was too small I had to go to Didim) and ask for an e-Devlet password (take your passport and residency with you along with the fee 2TL)
2. On your computer finalise the registration by going to e-Devlet
3. Once you are up and running on the site then go to the IMEI Registration
4. Here you will need to enter details about you (Phone number, IMEI, Passport, Date of Last entry etc) then finalise
5. Next is the payment page, as I am a Garanti customer i just clicked on the link(which opens up a new page), logged into my bank and paid the fee (131.50TL) once complete go back to the original screen to continue. If you are not Garanti/ISBank customer then you need to go to the Tax office and pay the fee.
6. Then you are ready to confirm all the details and make the IMEI Registration, if all is well it gives you a reference number.
All in all it took me about 15 minutes from start to finish and notified me that the phone will be registered within 12 hours. To check on this click on the IMEI Verify in practice mine was done in the time that it took me to write this message
This way sure does beat relying on phone shops that also charge you for a new sim 50tl and a registration fee of 100tl
The above are the basic steps I followed, which worked for me, the article I linked to has more detail.
Take care
Marc