VISA

If you reside in Turkey longer than the normal period allowed to tourists, you will need a residence visa.

British nationals can apply for residence visa while in Turkey. They need to apply to the nearest police headquarters after their 3 month-sticker type visa obtained at the border gate expires.

CAR

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.

In accordance with regulations, you can not 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 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.

MOBILE PHONE

Turkish mobile operators provide roaming services to visitors coming from the UK. Therefore, you can use your mobile phones with British sim card in Turkey.

If you are temporarily staying in Turkey as a tourist, you can buy a sim card from a Turkish mobile operator on the basis of contract, and then your British handset’s IMEI number is matched with MSISDN (mobile phone) number.

MONEY

There are no restrictions on the amount of money (either YTL or any foreign currency) you can bring into Turkey.

However, if you are arriving directly from, or are travelling directly to, a country outside the European Union (EU), and are carrying 10,000 euros or more, you must complete a cash declaration form at the port or airport of your entry to, or departure from, the UK.

The Turkish legislation states that one may take up to $ 5,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency notes out of the country.

Non-residents -provided that they have declared it on their arrival- and residents that present a document can take foreign currency abroad exceeds $ 5,000. Otherwise, they can transfer foreign exchange of which value exceeds $5,000 through banks and participation banks only.

JEWELLERY

Travellers can bring any jewellery worth of USD 15.000 or less. If you bring jewellery worth of more than $ 15.000 to Turkey, you are supposed to declare it to the Turkish customs prior to your entry to Turkey. In this case, you are allowed to bring abroad jewellery worth of up to that declared value.

If you would like to reside in Turkey longer than the normal period allowed to tourists, you will need a residence visa.

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

Household items can be brought to Turkey through a system called "temporary import" provided that the validity of the residence permit is not less than one year.

In this case, you pay a deposit and take it back when you return to your own country or submit a bank guarantee letter which should be obtained either from a Turkish bank or a well-known foreign bank ensuring that all customs duties will be paid if the goods are not taken out of Turkey at the end of the period of residency during the first five years.

You do not need to extend the guarantee letter for the period starting from the completion of the first five years following the importation of goods.

PETS

You can bring your pets to Turkey as long as you carry the live animals’ health/vaccination certificates with you.

Veterinary health certificate must be issued not more than 10 days before departure. Rabies vaccination must be given the animal not more than 6 months ago and not less than 15 days before departure.there is a legal limitation on the number of pets to be brought to Turkey.

A person can bring 1 cat or 1 dog or 1 bird or 10 aquarium fishes at most.

If you reside in Turkey, your social insurance scheme (UK) could cover your health insurance expenditures in Turkey.

Turkish health insurers provide very cheap insurance policies and cover diagnosis/treatment of lots of diseases.

They are in connection with very good private hospitals, scanning centres, and medical laboratories. No waiting lists and instant diagnosis and treatment are in question.

UTILITIES

LEGAL

It is suggested that as soon as you take over the ownership, you immediately subscribe to electricity, gas, water companies on behalf of your own name. All subscription transactions can be completed in a day.

ELECTRICY

Electricity is provided by the local distributing and retailing companies.

WATER

Water is supplied by municipalities within the municipal borders. Water bills are charged on the basis of the amount of water you use.

BILLING

Electricity, telephone, and water utilities are billed monthly, quarterly or semi-annually depending on the supplier’s choice.

In and around Bodrum, solar energy heating and boiling systems are used widely.

PAYMENT

You can pay your electricity, water, phone and ADSL bills to a Turkish bank or a related center.

Bills can also be paid directly to the relevant utility providers such as TEDAS for electricity, town council for water, TURK TELECOM or PTT for ADSL and phone bills.

If your property is in a complex -‘site' in Turkish- you can pay electricity and water bills to site management depending on the arrangement inside the complex.

COST

Total cost of the utilities is expected to range between £50 and £150 per month.

Mortgage

Turkey has a mortage system. for mortage information in UK, click here.

For mortgage information in UK, click here