Turkish SIM Cards

[Blackpool Chick]

Hi, off t0 Icmeler tomorrow
Has anyone ever bought Turkish SIM cards for your mobile while there? Got 2 daughters who want to take their phones bought scared to death of 2 hefty bills when get back! They are on Blackberries but not sure how phones work to turn off the roaming.If I was to get them a SIM over there does anybody know how much you get for your money if they were to use the internet for facebook etc?
Any info gratefully received
Adele

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

the turkish sim card would work intially but when the turkish phone companies noticed after a couple of days that the phone was not registered as a turkish one they would block the sim against the phone
and the sim would no longer work
the phone needs to be registered as a turkish phone which takes a while and also against a passport of someone that is over 18
also once registered as a turkish phone the phone will no longer work as an english phone too
best bet is to buy a cheap turkish phone and buy a turkish sim to put in it
hope this helps
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[ayse]

you may be cheaper taking them to an Internet Cafe for their FB fix.

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

yeah you would be cheaper to go to an internet cafe for fb
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[Blackpool Chick]

Thanks all of you for your replies they have been very helpful. Internet cafe it is then 1

[fifegirl]

Re the comment about buying a phone in Turkey. They are very expensive there.My Nokia C3 cost me £70 here but would have cost me £180 in the Tansas in Marmaris. That is the reason why people over there ask us to take phones over for them. Hope this helps. Enjoy your holiday. Take care

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

yeah fifegirl your right
i got an old english phone transferred to a turkish phone last year
you can only put one phone on your passport every 2 years and it takes 1 week for the phone to be transferred after you have completed the forms
hope this helps
turkish phones are very expensive
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