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Current Turkish vehicle registration plate (for private owned cars)

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".

TR	34 VZ 7387

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)

TR

34 A 0446

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

TR

34 AA 954

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

TR

34 B 0426

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

TR

34 CD 001

99 CA 999 to 99 CZ 999: (white on green) Consulates

TR

34 CE 811

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

TR

34 G 1485

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

TR	34 GMR 032

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

TR

34 MA 365

34 TXX 99: Taxis in İstanbul only,

TR

34 TSL 83

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

TR

61 T 0056

[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),

CB 001

Vice-speaker and chairman of the parliamentary commissions:

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

TBMM 037

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

9999 (golden on red),

0019

Province governors:

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

34 0024

Official vehicles belonging to the Government:

99 AA 999: (white on black), with first two-digits as province code number prefix

34 NM 240

Military:

999999 (black on a white rectangle of 7x20cm on the bumper of the vehicle, painted by a stencil). 100999 Army, 300999 Air Force, 500999 Navy, 700999 Gendarmerie

175822

[edit] Location codes

First two digits indicating the province.

28 Giresun
29 Gümüşhane
30 Hakkari
31 Hatay
32 Isparta
33 Mersin
34 İstanbul
35 İzmir
36 Kars
37 Kastamonu
38 Kayseri
39 Kırklareli
40 Kırşehir
41 Kocaeli
42 Konya
43 Kütahya
44 Malatya
45 Manisa
46 Kahramanmaraş
47 Mardin
48 Muğla
49 Muş
50 Nevşehir
51 Niğde
52 Ordu
53 Rize
54 Sakarya

55 Samsun
56 Siirt
57 Sinop
58 Sivas
59 Tekirdağ
60 Tokat
61 Trabzon
62 Tunceli
63 Şanlıurfa
64 Uşak
65 Van
66 Yozgat
67 Zonguldak
68 Aksaray
69 Bayburt
70 Karaman
71 Kırıkkale
72 Batman
73 Şırnak
74 Bartın
75 Ardahan
76 Iğdır
77 Yalova
78 Karabük
79 Kilis
80 Osmaniye
81 Düzce

Contents

[edit] Appearance

[edit] Size

[edit] Numbering system

[edit] Special license plates

[edit] Location codes