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MOTORIST RULES
General: Those who wish to
enter the country with their vans, minibuses, automobiles, station wagons,
bicycles, motorcycles, motorbikes, sidecars, buses, motor coaches,
trailers, caravans or other transport vehicles, will have to provide the
following documentation
- Passport.
- International driving license.
- Car license (document where all details
related to the car and the owner's name are registered). If it is somebody else's vehicle a power of attorney should be provided.
- International green card (Insurance card). The
TR sign should be visible.
- Transit book "Carnet de passage" (for
those who want to proceed to the Middle East).
Period: The vehicle can be brought into Turkey for up to 6 Months. The owner should declare on the
opposite form, the date of departure at the border gate and should
absolutely ve the country at the date declared. If for any important
reason the staying period has to be ended, it is necessary to apply to;
- The Turkish Touring and Automobile Club (Türkiye
Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu) 1. Sanayi Sitesi Yanı, 4.Levent, İstanbul,
Tel (212) 282 81 40(7 lines). Fax (212) 282 80, or to
- The General Directorate of Customs (Gümrükler
Genel Müdürlüğü), Ulus Ankara Tel (312) 310 38 80,310 38 18, Fax
(312) 31113 46, before the end of the period declared.
In Case of Accident: The
accident should be reported to the police or gendarme. That report has to
be certified by the nearest local authority. The owner should apply to the
customs authority with his passport and report.
If the vehicle can be repaired,
it is necessary to inform the customs authority first and take the vehicle
to a garage. If the vehicle is not repairable and if the owner wishes to
leave the country without his vehicle, he has to deliver it to the nearest
customs office, and the registration of his vehicle on his passport will
be cancelled. (Only after the cancellation can the owner of the vehicle
leave the country.)
Following an accident, you can
telephone:
- Trafik Polisi (Traffic Police), Tel :154,
- Jandarma (Gendarme), Tel :156.
For more information, contact the
Turkish Touring and Automobile Club (See Useful dresses)
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