Turkish Driving Licence

8/13/2019 Turkish Driving Licence

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A CAUTIONARY NOTE:

The information in this document is for foreign residents of Ka, Kalkan and thesurrounding areas. What you will actually need and have to do will vary depending inwhich District of Turkey you live, each of which will have a different interpretation of therules.

Even within the Ka area the procedures change over time, and from time to time at thediscretion of various officials and sometimes for no discernible reason!

I have noted below where some of us have experienced differing requirements.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

1. 5 passport photographs, Polis 4, Health Check 1. (Usually 8 for 10 TL).2. Blue dossier, officially stamped (2 TL per). Some areas you dont need this.3. Form EK18 (1 TL per form, get 2 just in case you mess things up!).4. Turkish translation of your EU plastic licence notarised (100 120 TL).5. Criminal record check document (5 TL).6.

Health check document. Some people have not had to have a health check; youcan ask whether this is necessary.

7. Card showing your blood type.8. Residency ikamet.9. Notarised translation of your Passport (100 120 TL). Sometimes you can submit

a copy of your passport without a translation.10.Kimlik Number.11.Tax office receipt for money paid for appropriate licence type required.12.Tax Number (just in case).13.Loads of money! It will cost up to 800 TL per person if you need new translations.14.Quite a lot of time.

THE PROCEDURE:

Obtain your passport photos from your favourite photo shop.

Go to the fishmonger down the small road off the old market square, near the TEDASoffice. Turn your back to his shop and you will see in front of you a narrow alleywaywhich leads to some steps. Go up the steps and take the door on your left. You will nowbe in the offices of the Ka Chauffeurs & Drivers Association (Ka ofrler veOtomobilciler Odas). It you are lucky there may be someone there to answer yourknock. Mustafa Demirtepe, the Baskan, a charming man, will probably invite you to havea glass of tea. The actual address is Emin Erdem Meydan Belediye, Dkkanlar No. 15,Ka, Antalya. Ask there for the dossier (blue) and Form EK18 and pay the few lirarequired. There may be a small setback... the dossier has to have an official stampwhich, I was informed, can only be done in Kinnik! Usually they have a supply of a fewpre-stamped dossiers, but you may have to return in a couple of days when someone

has gone to Kinnik to get some more. I have been told that recently the dossier is nolonger de riguer, so enquire.

Go to a caf and spend some time filling in the top half of Form EK18. The lower part isfor Polis use. Obviously it is all in Turkish, but fairly understandable.

Go to the Noter and get the translations required for your EU driving licence andpassport if you do not already have these. (Note what I wrote above about the need fora translation of your passport, the Noter may be able to advise the current requirement).


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Go to the Polyclinic and get a health check. You have to state whether you will be drivinga car or a car and a motor bike. I am not sure why! If you are in the SGK health schemeyou should be registered with a doctor and the check is free. One photograph is requiredand you may be asked to return to pick up the form. Some people, including me, havenot had to have a health check. The Polis said to me that if I was healthy enough to havea UK licence then I must be healthy enough to have a Turkish licence! So it might be

worth trying to submit your forms first before doing the health check.

If you are registered with a doctor he may have your blood type on record. Ask him/herfor a record card. If your blood type is not on record then go to the Ka Hospital and askfor the test. This is quicker that getting it done at the Polyclinic as they will only sendyour blood sample to the hospital and you will have to return later to get the result. Atthe hospital, depending on the time of day, you can get the whole procedure donequickly and walk out with your record card. There may be a small fee, about 10 TL forthis.

Note that if you are in the SGK then the health check and the blood test should both befree. If you are not registered but have ikamet then you should get the same price as aTurk who does not have National Insurance. If you only have a tourist visa the costs arenow very high. But if you only have a tourist visa you cannot apply for a Turkish diving

licence, so no problem!

Next you will have to spend some time at the Ka Town Hall. This is the Kaymakamsbuilding opposite the Jandarma offices to the left of the Harbour.

Go up the stairs to the 3rdfloor and along the corridor to the left towards the TAPUoffice. At the end of the corridor is a small office with one Policeman in attendance, sodont go at lunchtime! You have to fill in a small form and he will then organise the checkof your Turkish criminal records. Dont forget to take your passport and ikamet. You willhave to fill in a small form and pay 5 TL. You will return an hour or so later to pick upthe form.

While you are waiting go to the Tax (Maliye) Office on the first floor. You cant miss this,there is a big sign; they always want you to be able to pay the money! Go to the

Cashiers window just inside the door past the Managers Office. Pay for the licence yourequire. As at the beginning of 2012 this was 385 TL for a full licence for car & motorbike of any cc. You will get a receipt. You may need to get this stamped by the MaliyeManager. Check this requirement.Dont go to the Maliye at the last week of any monthwhen everyone is paying their vehicle tax, some Turks have a proclivity for pushing intoqueues, especially past stupid yabanci!

Finally take all the documents to the Polis Trafik Ofis. This is the last door outside on theright as you face the Town Hall. Present all your papers at the counter and pray that youhave everything in order. You will have to fight for attention amongst the many TrafikAgents who are registering vehicles, etc. If all is OK you will pay another fee of 57.5 TLand the Polis will then send enquiries off to the UK DVLA to check that you actually havea current UK Driving Licence, valid for the groups for which you have applied and paid.

This is done by snail mail and takes about 5 weeks.BUT there have been occasions when applicants have not had enquiries made by the

Polis to the DVLA and they have got their driving licence the next day.You will not be notified when document are returned from the DVLA and you will have togo to the office, usually several times, to enquire as to progress. When you determinethat the information has arrived from the DVLA they will then start the work to produceyour new licence. They do not self-start! You will be asked to come back in the next dayor so. On returning you may be finger printed electronically and a file for you will becreated, in the blue dossier that you supplied.


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The fingerprinting depends on the District where you live and what equipment they haveat the polis Station, so far, it has not been done in Ka, but be prepared.

You will then be given your licence and you have to pay another fee of about 30 TL tohave in laminated! Before this is done you must check that your new licence is correct. Afull licence (Car + Scooter + Motorbike) reads B+A2. B is a Car only; A2 is a fullmotorbike and scooter licence, no car.

If all is OK go to your favourite Bar, have a drink, relax and congratulate yourself on allthe effort.

Addendum. DVLA stuff.Existing driving licence holders with moped entitlement

If you already have the entitlement to ride a moped - you won't lose it. Currently yourentitlement is shown on your driving licence as category P and covers you to ridemopeds with:

an engine size up to 50 cylinder capacity (cc) a maximum speed up to 50 kilometres per hour (km/h)

From 19 January 2013, new European rules will apply.

You won't lose your entitlement but it will show differently on any driving licences issuedto you after that date. Your entitlement will show as: Category AM (the European category) - lets you ride mopeds with a maximum

design speed over 25 km/h but not more than 45 km/h, small three wheelers (upto 50 cc and below 4 Kilowatt (kW)), and light quadricycles (unladen mass lessthan 350 kilograms (kg) and up to 45 km/h)

Category P - extending the above to include two or three wheeled mopeds with ahigher maximum speed of up to 50 km/h (to retain your existing entitlement)

Category Q - extending the above to include two or three wheeled mopeds with amaximum speed up to 25 km/h (to retain your existing entitlement) You won'tneed to do anything your existing entitlement is still valid.

This might cause some difficulty until the Turkish Polis work out what has happened!

If you have a car licence...

If you obtained your full car licence before 1 February 2001 you are entitledautomatically to ride a moped without L-plates (D-plates in Wales).

If you obtained a full car licence after 1 February 2001 you must first complete aCBT course and obtain a DL 196 certificate to validate your entitlement.

Documents

Turkish Driving Licence