In recent weeks, multiple steps have been taken in Turkey regarding the telephone. one of them The right to bring 1 mobile phone in 3 years.
The article in DHA According to the Ministry of Commerce, the tax exemption for mobile phones brought with passengers from abroad, It cooperated with BTK for the technical follow-up of 1 mobile phone rule in 3 years. At the entrance to the country, thanks to the inquiry screen created with the data network transferred by the BTK, The effectiveness of the control and inspection processes carried out in customs areas has been increased.. Customs Enforcement General Manager Bekir Can Uslu spoke about the new application to be put into operation on November 1, 2022 at the Arrivals Hall of the Esenboğa Airport International Terminal.
Bekir Can Uslu, “When a phone is brought from abroad, if our passenger has 1 more phone with him; We were considering this as an exemption. If there is more than 1 phone; We were subject to customs procedures. However, a protocol was signed between BTK and the General Directorate of Customs Enforcement. Within the scope of this protocol, a database was shared. From now on, as of November 1, we will check whether our passengers arriving from abroad have used their exemption rights in the last 3 years.
If our passenger has used his exemption right in the last 3 years; If they have brought a phone call from abroad in the last 3 years, we will keep their phones here. However, if our passenger has the opportunity to be exempted from the control we make in the system; If he has not brought a phone from abroad in the last 3 years, then we will allow him to bring the phone into the country. Then, within 120 days, our passenger will be able to register his phone to BTK’s systems. said.
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Customs Enforcement General Manager Bekir Can Uslu also stated that if it is understood that the passenger has exercised his right of exemption within the last 3 years, the phone in question will be kept in the customs warehouse. “In return, we give him a warehouse receipt. In this case, our passenger can take his phone abroad again when going abroad within 3 months. After November 1, we will carry out more intensive checks from this system. Already, our controls continue strictly.
After November 1, we will carry out more intensive checks from this system. Our friends will invite our passengers to our offices when they see a mobile phone with them. If there is an opportunity for exemption on the system after the controls, our passenger will take his phone and leave. Other than that, if there is no possibility of exemption; They will leave their phones as escrow at our customs warehouses,” he said.
Noting that there is no problem with the personal phone number of the passenger coming from abroad, Uslu said, “We will check whether the 1 additional phone he brought with him is within the scope of the exemption. So that’s the right we’re going to look at here.
There is no harm in using your own phone.; but we will perform our checks on the second phone we see next to it. Our passenger has to go abroad after receiving his phone within 3 months. He can already pick up his phone when going abroad. Other than that, we do not hand over the phone to him.” said.