Current Turkish vehicle registration plate (for private owned cars)

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

Appearance

The blue stripe on the left hand side of the plate

The license plate is rectangular in shape and made of aluminum. On the left, there is the country code "TR" in a 4×10 cm blue bar like in EU countries (without the 12 golden stars), representing European Customs Union. 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.

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.

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",

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 has 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, depending on the number of letters before, not exceeding six letters and digits altogether.

• Province government, university presidents (rectors)

99 A 9999 (red characters on white background):

• Police

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

• Members of international organizations

99 B 9999 (blue on white):

• Diplomatic corps

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

• Consulates

M4C to B 8 45: (#00CCCC on green)

• Temporary (for max. one month)

99 G 9999 (black on yellow)

• Temporary customs

99 GMR 999 (red on green)

• Foreigners with temporary residence permit

99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999:

• Taxis

  • (in Istanbul province only)

34 TAA 99 to 34 TKZ 99

• • in all provinces except in Istanbul province

99 T 9999: .

Special license plates

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

• State president

  (Cumhurbaşkanı):

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

• Vice-speaker and chairpeople of the parliamentary commissions

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

TBMM 037

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

9999 (golden on red),

• Province governors

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

• Official vehicles belonging to the government and public administrations

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

• 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

Location codes

First two digits indicating the province.

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• License plates of Turkey