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Türkiye

International code
TR
ISO code
TR / TUR
Data status
Verified
TR

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Current plate formats

  • StandardSince 1962
    34 ABC 123

    The two-digit number of the province (01 to 81), one to three letters, then digits, so that letters and digits together never exceed six (34 A 1234, 34 AB 123, 34 ABC 12). The letters are the Latin ones of the Turkish alphabet without Ç, Ğ, İ, Ö, Ş, Ü, and without Q, W and X. A blue strip with TR (and no stars) sits on the left, since the customs union with the EU in 1996. The province is that of the owner's residence at registration. In some provinces the letter groups are split between the tax offices of different districts, but the letters are not decoded. Police plates are white on blue, official vehicles white on black, provincial governments and university rectors red on white, temporary transport plates (G) and test plates (T) black on yellow, taxis outside Istanbul use T, and Istanbul taxis TAA to TKZ. Gendarmerie plates (J) and coast guard plates (SGH) are white on blue, and foreigners with a temporary residence permit have MA to MZ, Syrians SAA to SZZ. Vanity plates replace the letters with a chosen text.

    black on white

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  • DiplomaticCurrent
    06 CD 123

    Diplomatic corps plates have the letters CD (green on white) between the province number and three digits. Since 2005 the numbers are random, so the plate no longer shows which mission a car belongs to. This is a special case of the standard format, so it also matches that one.

    #1b7a3a on white

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  • DiplomaticCurrent
    34 CC 2342

    Consular plates have the letters CC (white on green) between the province number and four digits. Since 2005 the numbers are random, as for the diplomatic plates. This is a special case of the standard format, so it also matches that one.

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  • DiplomaticCurrent
    06 B 1234

    Blue characters on white. Members of international organisations (the letter B). This is a special case of the standard format, so it also matches that one.

    #1d4f9c on white

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  • MilitaryCurrent
    100123

    Military vehicles carry six digits stencilled on a white rectangle on the bumper (000 General Staff, 100 First Army, 200 Second Army, 300 Third Army, 400 Aegean Army, 500 Navy, 600 Air Force). The gendarmerie moved from 700 series to blue plates in 2018. No province is shown.

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Provinces (81)

Area codes (81)

Each code opens a page with the region it stands for.

History

  1. 1962

    Plates before about this year carried the full name of the province in white on black, with dashes. They were later replaced by numbered plates (34 ABC 123).

  2. 1996

    With the customs union with the EU the blue strip with TR is added on the left of the plate.

  3. 2005

    Diplomatic and consular plates stop using the number blocks reserved for each mission (from 16 June 2005) and are issued with random numbers, so that the mission cannot be recognised from the plate.

  4. 2018

    Gendarmerie (J) and coast guard (SGH) vehicles get blue plates in the standard layout instead of the old military plates.

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