Current Turkish vehicle registration plate.

Some car plates in Turkey

Turkish car number plates are license plates found on Turkish vehicles.

[edit] Appearance

The license plate is rectangular in shape and made of aluminum. On the left, there is the country code "TR" in a 4x10cm blue bar like in EU countries. 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.

[edit] Size

• 15x24cm in rear only for motorbikes, motorcycles and tractors with rubber wheels,
• 11x52cm in front and 21x32cm rear for cars, pickups, vans, trucks and busses. The size is 15x30cm for imported vehicles if the regular plate does not fit.

[edit] 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 in Ankara have plates of the form "06 J 9999" and a(ny) vehicle from Polatlı, Ankara have plates of the form '06 Pxx 99', "06 ET XXXX" from Etimesgut district. On the other hand, a Dolmuş in Eskişehir has a plate of the form "26 M 9999".

99 - two digits prefix denoting the location, shows the province code number of the main residence of car holder. There are 81 provinces as listed below:

X/XX/XXX – one/two or three letters.

9999/999/99 – four/three or two digits suffix depending on the size of letters before, not exceeding than six letters and digits together.

• 99 A 9999 (red characters on white background): Province government, University Presidents (Rectors)

• 99 A 99999, 99 AA 999 or 99 AAA 999 (white on blue): Police,

• 99 B 9999 (blue on white): Members of international organizations,

• 99 CA 999 to 99 CZ 999: (green on white): Diplomatic corps, (white on green) Consulates

• 99 G 9999 (black on yellow): Temporary (for max. one month),

• 99 GMR 999 (red on green): Temporary customs,

• 99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999: Foreigners with temporary residence permit,

• 34 TXX 99: Taxis in İstanbul only,

• 99 T 9999: Taxis in all provinces except in İstanbul.

[edit] Special license plates

State president, members of parliament and military have different special numbering system.

• State president (Cumhurbaskani):

<Coat of arms> only (golden on red) or CB 999 (golden on red),

• Vice-speaker and chairman of the parliamentary commissions:

<Coat of arms of parliament> TBMM 999 (golden on red),

• Speaker, prime minister, member of cabinet, the chief of general staff, the highest ranking commanders of armies, some undersecretaries:

9999 (golden on red),

• Province governors:

99 9999 (golden on red), with two-digits as province code number prefix

• Military:

999999 (black on white).

[edit] Location codes

First two digits indicating the province.