Tescil — Turkish vehicle registration process
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Türkiye
Tescil, Turkish vehicle registration process, motorlu araç tescili, trafik tescil, Turkey registration
Tescil is the formal process of registering a vehicle with the Trafik Tescil Şubesi of the Turkish General Directorate of Security. It produces a ruhsat and a licence plate. Camper conversions and imported motokaravan have dedicated tescil procedures.
A new vehicle must be filed for tescil within 30 days of the invoice date. For camper conversions (motorlu karavan or çekme karavan), an engineer's report to TSE 12257 plus a TÜVTÜRK type approval are mandatory. Importing a used motokaravan triggers high ÖTV and VAT customs charges — using a professional gümrük müşaviri (customs broker) is strongly recommended.