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Foreigner-to-foreigner car sales

Foreign nationals temporarily resident in Turkey for work or study, former Turkish citizens holding a blue (pink) card, diplomatic missions and their members, and NATO organisations and personnel can — depending on their status, with or without a Turing guarantee — buy a car from another foreigner without paying customs duty, special consumption tax or VAT (tax free), and sell their own car to someone with the same rights.

Can buy without a Turing guarantee

Foreign embassies and consulates and the diplomats posted there (diplomatic plates: CD, CC, CT green plates), administrative and technical staff (CM green plate, B blue plate), officers and service staff (guest vehicle plate, MA-MZ)
Foreign press and media organisations and their staff (MA-MZ)
NATO personnel (MA-MZ)
Foreign experts working under technical cooperation and similar international agreements (MA-MZ)

Can buy with a Turing guarantee

Foreigners resident for work and employed by private companies or public institutions (MA-MZ)
Foreign university students (MA-MZ)
Retired foreigners (MA-MZ)
Foreign teachers permitted to work by YÖK, the Council of Higher Education (MA-MZ)
Foreign athletes registered with a sports federation (MA-MZ)
Former Turkish citizens with a blue (pink) card who work or study in Turkey or retired abroad

Turkish citizens, dual Turkish nationals, and foreigners with a residence permit but no work permit cannot buy a tax-free car from another foreigner.

Customs clearance for diplomatic plates (CD-CC-CM-CG)

Embassy service vehicles brought from abroad, and cars belonging to diplomats and administrative and technical staff at an embassy, are cleared through customs for diplomatic plates (green CD-CM) using a Form B (takrir) prepared by the embassy and approved by the Deputy Directorate General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cars bought on the domestic market are completed with the seller's invoice and the note the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sends to the relevant authorities.

These cars can be transferred to other tax-exempt persons or exported, and cars registered in the owner's name that are no more than three years old can be sold to non-exempt persons (Turkish citizens) with the Ministry's permission. Our staff follow every tax-free diplomatic-plate purchase, sale, customs entry and exit we handle for foreign missions and their members, and complete them quickly and without trouble.

What we do for diplomatic vehicles

Import and customs clearance of institutional and personal diplomatic vehicles
Insurance, inspection, registration and licensing
Deregistration
Export and customs clearance
Organising transport by road, sea and air
Foreigner-to-foreigner sales, closing traffic records and export

Customs clearance for guest plates (MA-MZ)

Tax-free temporary admission of guest vehicles (blue-plate procedures) is done in one of two ways depending on the owner's work and status: with or without a guarantee. Without a guarantee, customs clearance is done directly with an undertaking containing the owner's declaration and signed by a representative of their organisation. With a guarantee, a Temporary Admission Carnet for Foreign Vehicles is issued by the Turkish Touring and Automobile Association against cash or a bank guarantee letter.

Processed with a temporary admission document that counts as an undertaking: officers and service staff of embassies and consulates in Turkey, foreign experts working under technical cooperation agreements, foreign press and media staff, and NATO personnel (whose cars are cleared with a NATO declaration). Processed with a carnet against a guarantee: foreigners with residence and work permits, foreign students, retired foreigners, foreign teachers permitted by YÖK, foreign athletes registered with a federation, and blue (pink) card holders.

What we do for guest vehicles

Import and export of guest vehicles (MA-MZ plates)
Vehicle inspection
TSE road-worthiness certificate
MA-MZ plate insurance
Permit extensions
Deregistration
Organising transport and handling customs