data sim for turkey....
Dec 12, 2012, 4:12 am
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data sim for turkey....
looking for a data sim to use in turkey for a week....will i be able to pick something up at the airport in ist????any idea what the rates are like????
Dec 16, 2012, 9:57 am
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turkcell has the best coverage.
you can check the prices on the table at right: http://www.turkcell.com.tr/bireysel/....aspx#pre-paid
aylik means monthly, haftalik means weekly, and gunluk means daily.
so 1gb/mo is 29 tl. which is around 17 usd.
you can check the prices on the table at right: http://www.turkcell.com.tr/bireysel/....aspx#pre-paid
aylik means monthly, haftalik means weekly, and gunluk means daily.
so 1gb/mo is 29 tl. which is around 17 usd.
Dec 17, 2012, 4:28 am
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thanks for the replies....
i read somewhere that i will have to get my handset registered & it can take a couple of days for the sim to become active....is that true????
i read somewhere that i will have to get my handset registered & it can take a couple of days for the sim to become active....is that true????
Dec 24, 2012, 7:57 am
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sims are usually active within the hour you pay for it. i just bought a new usb modem this past weekend. it was already active by the time i drove back home.
Dec 25, 2012, 7:43 pm
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I bought an Avea Sim at Ataturk airport on Saturday 12/22. The clerk took a copy of my passport and registered the SIM, but never asked for the IMEI of my iPhone. He told me to wait 30 minutes - I followed all the directions he gave me and was able to activate the voice and data, but the data didn't actually work until I had a clerk in another Avea store on Istiklal change a setting for me.
Dec 26, 2012, 1:53 am
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I bought an Avea Sim at Ataturk airport on Saturday 12/22. The clerk took a copy of my passport and registered the SIM, but never asked for the IMEI of my iPhone. He told me to wait 30 minutes - I followed all the directions he gave me and was able to activate the voice and data, but the data didn't actually work until I had a clerk in another Avea store on Istiklal change a setting for me.
Jan 10, 2013, 7:05 pm
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I bought an Avea Sim at Ataturk airport on Saturday 12/22. The clerk took a copy of my passport and registered the SIM, but never asked for the IMEI of my iPhone. He told me to wait 30 minutes - I followed all the directions he gave me and was able to activate the voice and data, but the data didn't actually work until I had a clerk in another Avea store on Istiklal change a setting for me.
Jan 11, 2013, 9:01 am
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Apr 21, 2014, 1:57 pm
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I am going to join my boyfriend in Turkey in just over a week. I have bought him a Samsung Galaxy note 3 as a gift and it will remain in Turkey. It is unlocked, but do I have to register the phone upon arrival because I don't want it to stop working after 30 days with a Turkish sim. If so, how do I do that and what is the cost? Any help would be appreciated