Turkish authorities have approved a three-fold increase in the tax on registration of foreign smartphones, up to 71 thousand rubles. It has been reported “Tinkoff magazine”.
According to country law, all travelers must register a mobile device purchased abroad within 120 days, otherwise it will be blocked. From July 8, 2023, the tax will increase to 20,000 Turkish lira (approximately 71,000 rubles at the current exchange rate).
If a person refuses to register a gadget, the authorities will block the GSM or WCDMA- module inside the cell phone that provides network connectivity. As a result, the smartphone cannot receive calls, SMS messages and cannot connect to the mobile Internet.
In Turkey, the phone is tracked with a unique device code, IMEI. As soon as the subscriber connects to a base station in the country, IMEI enters the database of the Turkish Information Technologies and Communications Authority.
Telephone registration tax until July 8 was 6,091 Turkish lira (about 21 thousand rubles), in 2022 – 2,732 Turkish lira (about 10 thousand rubles).
From the experience of travelers, smartphones are not always blocked after 120 days. Some claim that their smartphones are not blocked, but these are isolated cases.
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