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Driving in Türkiye

The licence plates you will see on the road in Türkiye, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

TÜRKIYE5090110120

Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
50 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Expressways
110 km/h
Motorways
120 km/h

The expressway limit applies to divided roads; motorways allow up to 140 km/h where signed.

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
There is no vignette. Most motorways (otoyol) and the Bosphorus bridges charge a toll by distance. On most sections the only way to pay is an HGS tag; cash and the older OGS and KGS systems have been withdrawn.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

TR

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code TR. Abroad, the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic asks for it at the rear of the car: on a white oval sticker, or as part of the plate. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 81 codes across 81 provinces. For example:

0134 ABC 123
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • 34 ABC 123

    Standard · Since 1962

Special plates

Plate formats and history of Türkiye

Sources