Hi, I bought a turkish handset including a sim pack in march in Izmir from the turkcell shop, the turkish goverment have made it very difficult to use a turkish sim card in your english mobile now, they block it if you put a turkish sim in an english phone now, I think it is because a lot of turks were getting cheaper and used mobiles from tourist friends and not buying the turkish ones, so they make it difficult now, you can use a turk sim in your own phone, but you have to produce receipts of purchase and fill in forms at customs etc., I got a new Nokia 1112, its a great little phone! plus sim pack with free credit to put on to start me off and it cost 90 lira for the lot ( I think its about £35, not sure), so I just take that with me now, its worth it for me because I go a few times a year, also you have to top it up every 3 months, so over the winter, if you go every year, you can leave with a friend there and they can keep it topped up until you go again, anyway,hope you get it sorted and have a great hol! I go 14th Sept again....cant wait, Regards from Eve
