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calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

Kodak:

Kodak · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 101 Location: Leeds, England

tvik · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 371 Location: here

Getting a tax number is easy. First you need a work permit but before you get the work permit you need to get a residency permit. In order to get a residency permit you need to get work, or have another reason to be in the country. In order to get work you need to be in Turkey to sign the contract and then you need to be in you home country to get the work permit, are you following? Step one: come to turkey Step two: go back home Step three: come back to Turkey again. Once you finish all three steps you can go to the tax office.

This is the official version.

Some people get work permits without going back home, but they are lucky

handular · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 9

I've heard Garanti bank will give you an account without a tax number. Pretty sure this is true.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

or just go to the local tax office and get a number. Then armed with this go to a bank and open an account. Then to get a residence permit go to the emniyet in Aksaray with a bank statement. For a 12 month permit you'll need the statement to say you have 3600 dollars in you bank account. The max. you can get is 5 years, so 5 yearsx12 monthsx 300 dollars.
work permit is down to your employer
a friend went through all the bulleacracy last week. So this info is current... at least until tomorrow

jamessmart50 · Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 91 Location: Istanbul, Turkey

You can go to Garantibank (in Bakirkoy at least) and get a bank account opened, that's a Turkish YTL and a foreign currency account, all without a tax number. Just take your passport, make sure you know your address, and bring some sort of thing to show that you're a teacher. My bosses business card did the trick. Super-easy. Oh, and don't do what I did and lose your PIN number within about a day.

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

the tax office in beyoglu only requires a passport photocopy and a dilekce, which is a request. Someone can help you write it on a piece of paper. then they give you a tax number. however, in kadikoy, apparently, the people at that tax office want a notarized translation of the passport, but i think they are just jerking people around. i have never heard of having to have a residence or work permit.

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

molly farquharson:

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Kodak I think you were asking about mobile phones before. All the Turkcell shops are running a campaign at the moment on a motorolla phone C113? I'm sure the phone isn't up to much but for 109 YTL you get a sim card(with 20 konturs)+1000 free konturs. So buy the phone use the konturs, when they are finished get a new phone and you'll have a number.

Obviously being Scottish, I'd like to take advantage of this but I need to keep the same number.

Kodak · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 101 Location: Leeds, England

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

It's been mentioned before, it could lead to problems. ie non use.

Ive just bought a new phone(20 minutes ago) needed passport, address and old number. When they put the details into the computer they asked if I wanted my old phone book transfered to the new phone.(I ahd to get a new sim card) I had appplied to some sms sent by turkcell ages ago asking if I wanted all my details stored. (I can't remember what I did though)