Due to the increasing exchange rate and tax rates in Turkey, many users preferred to buy phones from abroad. In this situation, where the price difference was half, many consumers were buying the phone they wanted profitably. However, this is no longer the case. Passport registration fee on phones is no longer 6 thousand TL. Here is the decision published in the Official Gazette and the passport registration fee for 2023 new phones…
14 thousand TL hike was made to the passport registration fee on the phones!
When you buy a phone from abroad, you can use this device in Turkey for only 120 days without a passport registration. Afterwards, your device became off networks and you could not use network-requiring features such as calling and SMS with the device. In this context, you had to register your device on your own passport and this fee was 6 thousand TL. According to the decision announced in the Official Gazette today, passport registration fees will now be 20 thousand TL.
Regarding the decision taken in the Official Gazette:
Number of Decisions: 7344
It has been decided to put into effect the attached “Decision on the Re-determination of the Fixed Fees in the Tariffs under the Fees Law No. 492” in accordance with the reiterated article 138 of the Fees Law No. 492.
DECISIONS ON RE-DETERMINATION OF SPECIAL FEE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN TARIFFS DUE TO THE FEES LAW NO. 492
Article 1- (1) Except for the section titled “II-Driver’s License Fees” in the tariff numbered (9), subject to the Fees Law No. 492 dated 2/7/1964, the fixed fee amounts applied in 2023 (minimum amount of fixed and relative fees) are included in the tariffs. and the terms determining the maximum amounts) were increased by 50 percent, and the fee amount in the paragraph (1) of the section titled “VIII-Telephone usage permit fee brought with the passenger” of the tariff numbered (8) was re-determined as 20 thousand TL.
Article 2- (1) This Decision enters into force on the day following its publication.
Article 3- (1) The provisions of this Decision are executed by the Minister of Treasury and Finance.