License plate (Turkey)

Turkish license plate from Kayseri

Turkish license plate (here Erzurum )

Geographical distribution of the provinces

The license plate system of Turkey consists of a simple numbering of the provinces by alphabetical order. This system is similar to the numbering of the French departments, but the identification of the province is on the left side of the Turkish license plate.

The license plates are similar to the EU model. They show a blue bar with the nationality code TR on the left edge .

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces. The numbering is arranged alphabetically from 01 to 67. There are also irregularities in the alphabetical order due to changes in province names: 33 - Mersin (until 2002 İçel), 46 - Kahramanmaraş (until 1973 Maraş) and 63 - Şanlıurfa (until 1984 Urfa). Provinces that were added later received the identification numbers from 68 to 81.

In 2013, the introduction of new license plates with microchips is being discussed.

province	No.	province	No.	province	No.
Adana	01	Giresun	28	Samsun	55
Adıyaman	02	Gümüşhane	29	Siirt	56
Afyonkarahisar	03	Hakkari	30th	Sinop	57
Ağrı	04	Hatay	31	Sivas	58
Amasya	05	Isparta	32	Tekirdağ	59
Ankara	06	Mersin	33	Tokat	60
Antalya	07	Istanbul	34	Trabzon	61
Artvin	08	İzmir	35	Tunceli	62
Aydın	09	Kars	36	Şanlıurfa	63
Balikesir	10	Kastamonu	37	Usak	64
Bilecik	11	Kayseri	38	Van	65
Bing oil	12	Kırklareli	39	Yozgat	66
Bitlis	13	Kırşehir	40	Zonguldak	67
Bolu	14th	Kocaeli	41	Aksaray	68
Burdur	15th	Konya	42	Bayburt	69
Bursa	16	Kutahya	43	Karaman	70
Çanakkale	17th	Malatya	44	Kırıkkale	71
Çankırı	18th	Manisa	45	Batman	72
Çorum	19th	Kahramanmaraş	46	Şırnak	73
Denizli	20th	Mardin	47	Bartın	74
Diyarbakır	21st	Muğla	48	Ardahan	75
Edirne	22nd	Must	49	Iğdır	76
Elazığ	23	Nevşehir	50	Yalova	77
Erzincan	24	Niğde	51	Karabuk	78
Erzurum	25th	Ordu	52	Kilis	79
Eskişehir	26th	Rize	53	Osmaniye	80
Gaziantep	27	Sakarya	54	Düzce	81

License plate variants

Type

Appearance

Format and explanation

Private vehicles

Provincial government, university rectors

99 A 9999 (red letters on a white background)

police

99 A 99999, 99 AA 999 or 99 AAA 999 (white on blue)

Members of international organizations

99 B 9999 (blue on white)

Diplomatic Corps

99 CA 999 to 99 CZ 999: (green on white)

Consular Corps

34 CE 811

99 CA 999 (white on turquoise)

Short approval

99 G 9999 (black on yellow), valid for up to one month

Customs plate

39 GMR 032

99 GMR 999 (red on green), GMR for turkish gümrük (inch)

Foreigners with a residence permit

99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999

Taxis in Istanbul

34 TAA 99 to 34 Txx 99

Taxis outside of Istanbul

99 T 9999

Official government and administration vehicles

99 AA 999 (white on black), first pair of digits corresponds to the province

Desired license plate

99 [Text] 999, freely selected text in place of the serial letters

President's vehicles

no digits, just the president's coat of arms

Vice-speaker and chairman of parliamentary commissions

TBMM 037

Spokesman , Vice President , Cabinet members , General Staff , high-ranking Army commanders

0019

9999 (gold on red)

Provincial Governors

18 0024

99 9999 (gold on red), the first pair of digits corresponds to the province

military

706001

999999 (painted black on white in a 7 × 20 cm rectangle using a stencil on the bumper of the vehicle). 100999 Army , 300999 Air Force , 500999 Navy , 700999 Gendarmerie

old design until 1996

59 AF 2701

99 AB 9999, without a blue bar on the left edge

old design until 1962