Type (Used by) |
Appearance |
Format and Explanation |
Private vehicles |
|
N/A |
Provincial governments, university rectors |
|
99 A 9999 (red characters on 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) |
Consulates |
|
M4C to B 8 45: (#00CCCC on green) |
Temporary |
|
99 G 9999 (black on yellow). Max. 1 month duration. |
Temporary customs |
|
99 GMR 999 (red on green) |
Foreigners with temporary residence permit |
|
99 MA 999 to 99 MZ 999: |
Taxis (Istanbul province only) |
|
34 TAA 99 to 34 TKZ 99 |
Taxis (except Istanbul province) |
|
99 T 9999 |
Vanity plates |
|
Turkey allows vanity plates to be issued. A desired text can be written instead of the serial letter place. |
The presidential cars |
|
The license plate of the president has no numbers, instead it uses the presidential seal of Turkey. Other convoy cars use the format CB 00X. |
Vice-speaker and chairpeople of the parliamentary commissions |
|
N/A |
Speaker, prime minister, members of the cabinet, chief of the general staff, the highest ranking commanders of armies, some undersecretaries |
|
Gold on red (9999) |
Province governors |
|
99 9999 (golden on red), with first two-digits as province code number prefix |
Official vehicles belonging to the government and public administrations |
|
99 AA 999: (white on black), with first two-digits as province code number prefix |
Military |
|
999999 (black on a white rectangle of 7x20cm on the bumper of the vehicle, painted by a stencil). 100999 Army, 300999 Air Force, 500999 Navy, 700999 Gendarmerie |
Pre-1996 format (private vehicles) |
|
These plates lacked the blue stripe on the left hand side. |
Pre-1962 format (private vehicles) |
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These old plates had the name of the province written in full, black background with white letters and usage of dashes. |