Turkish vehicle registration plates are number plates found on Turkish vehicles. The plates use an indirect numbering system associated with the geographical info. In Turkey, number plates are made by authorized private workshops.

Appearance Turkish number plate is rectangular in shape and made of aluminium. On the left, there is the country code "TR" in a 4×10 cm blue stripe like in EU countries (without the 12 golden stars). The text is in black characters on white background, and for official vehicles white on black. On all vehicles two plates have to be present, being one in front and the other in rear except motorcycles and tractors. The serial letters use the Turkish letters except Ç, Ş, İ, Ö, Ü, Ğ and Latin letters Q, W and X.

Dimensions

150×240 mm in rear only for motorbikes, motorcycles and tractors with rubber wheels, 110×520 mm in front and rear for cars, 210×320 mm rear available for off-road vehicles, vans, trucks and busses. The size is 150×300 mm for imported vehicles if the regular plate does not fit.

Blue stripe

The blue stripe was introduced after the entry of Turkey to the European Customs Union in 1996. Often vehicle inspection stickers are stuck on this area.

Numbering system The text format on the plates is one of the following: "99 X 9999", "99 X 99999" "99 XX 999", "99 XX 9999" or "99 XXX 99", "99 XXX 999"

In some provinces, numbering is categorized in groups for tax collecting offices of different districts, for example dolmuş, a type of public transportation in Ankara have plates of the form "99 X 9999" and a vehicle from Polatlı, Ankara has plates of the form "99 XXX 99", "99 XX 9999" from Etimesgut district. On the other hand, a dolmuş in Eskişehir has a plate of the form "99 X 9999".

99 - two digits prefix denoting the location, shows the province code number of the main residence of car holder. There are 81 provinces in Turkey, each having an assigned number from 01 to 81.

X/XX/XXX – one, two or three letters.

9999/999/99 – four, three or two digits, depending on the number of letters before, not exceeding six letters and digits altogether.

Diplomatic and consular registration plates are issued with randomly generated numbers since 16 August 2004 for security concerns.

Types Type (Used by) Appearance Format and Explanation General issue Private vehicles and commercial vehicles owned by private entities. Provincial governments, university rectors 99 AA 999 (red characters on white background): Police 99 A 99999, 99 AA 999 or 99 AAA 999 (white on blue) Gendarmerie 99 JAA 999 (white on blue). Since 2018, replaced old military plates. Coast Guard 99 SGH 999 (white on blue). Since 2018, replaced old military plates. Members of international organizations 99 B 9999 (blue on white)Diplomatic corps Corps Diplomatique: 99 CD 999: (green on white) Consulates Corps consullaire: 99 CC 9999: (white on green) Temporary 99 G 9999 for temporary transportation, 34 T 99999 for testing (black on yellow). Valid duration for max. 1 month. Temporary customs 99 GMR 999 (red on green) Foreigners with temporary residence permit 99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999: (Black on white) Syrians with temporary residence permit 99 SAA 999 to 99 SZZ 999: (Black on white) Taxis (Istanbul province only) 34 TAA 99 to 34 TKZ 99 Taxis (except Istanbul province) 99 T 9999 Vanity plates Turkey allows vanity plates to be issued. A desired text can be written instead of the serial letter place.99 [TEXT] 999Presidential cars The number plate of the president has no numbers, instead it uses the Presidential Seal of Turkey. Other convoy cars use the format CB 00X ("CB" for Cumhurbaşkanı ()), with golden text on a red background.Deputy Speaker and chairpeople of the parliamentary commissions TBMM stands for Grand National Assembly of TurkeySpeaker, Vice President, Members of the Cabinet, Chief of the General Staff, the highest ranking commanders of armies, some undersecretaries Gold on red (9999)Province governors99 9999 (golden on red), with first two-digits as province code number prefixOfficial vehicles belonging to the government and public administrations99 AA 999: (white on black), with first two-digits as province code number prefixMilitary999999 (black on a white rectangle of 7×20 cm on the bumper of the vehicle, painted by a stencil). 000999 General Staff of the Republic of Turkey, 100999 First Army, 200999 Second Army, 300999 Third Army, 400999 Aegean Army, 500999 Navy, 600999 Air Force. Prior to 2018, Gendarmerie used to use 700999 series.Pre-1996 format (private vehicles) These plates lacked the blue stripe (euroband) on the left hand side.Pre-1962 format (private vehicles) These old plates had the name of the province written in full, black background with white letters and usage of dashes.Pre-1996 format (police) white on green

Location codes

First two digits indicating the province code: Code Province Code Province Code Province 01 Adana 28 Giresun 55 Samsun 02 Adıyaman 29 Gümüşhane 56 Siirt 03 Afyonkarahisar 30 Hakkari 57 Sinop 04 Ağrı 31 Hatay 58 Sivas 05 Amasya 32 Isparta 59 Tekirdağ 06 Ankara 33 Mersin 60 Tokat 07 Antalya 34 İstanbul 61 Trabzon 08 Artvin 35 İzmir 62 Tunceli 09 Aydın 36 Kars 63 Şanlıurfa 10 Balıkesir 37 Kastamonu 64 Uşak 11 Bilecik 38 Kayseri 65 Van 12 Bingöl 39 Kırklareli 66 Yozgat 13 Bitlis 40 Kırşehir 67 Zonguldak 14 Bolu 41 Kocaeli 68 Aksaray 15 Burdur 42 Konya 69 Bayburt 16 Bursa 43 Kütahya 70 Karaman 17 Çanakkale 44 Malatya 71 Kırıkkale 18 Çankırı 45 Manisa 72 Batman 19 Çorum 46 Kahramanmaraş 73 Şırnak 20 Denizli 47 Mardin 74 Bartın 21 Diyarbakır 48 Muğla 75 Ardahan 22 Edirne 49 Muş 76 Iğdır 23 Elazığ 50 Nevşehir 77 Yalova 24 Erzincan 51 Niğde 78 Karabük 25 Erzurum 52 Ordu 79 Kilis 26 Eskişehir 53 Rize 80 Osmaniye 27 Gaziantep 54 Sakarya 81 Düzce

Province names until code 67 go alphabetically, with the exception of Mersin, Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa provinces for their previous names taken in account were İçel, Maraş and Urfa, respectively. The ones after the original 67 provinces are newer additions, these province names go chronologically.

See also Vehicle registration plate Vehicle registration plates of Europe Vehicle registration plates of Northern Cyprus

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