How can you get a driver’s license in Turkey? Getting a driver’s license step by step

Driver’s licenses obtained from foreign countries can be used for a maximum of six months from the date of entry into Turkey.

At the end of six months, it is obligatory to replace the driver’s licenses obtained from foreign countries with a Turkish driver’s license in order to be able to drive in Turkey.

To change your driver’s license, you need to follow the steps below:

a) The application can be made to any civil registry office.

b) Information and documents that must be submitted during the application are determined by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs.

c) Those who will get a driver’s license, except for the education and examination condition specified in Article 41 of the Law No. 2918, not being convicted, age, education and health conditions in the same article are sought. However, without prejudice to the provisions of bilateral or multilateral agreements and practices, the written declaration that they meet the necessary conditions is taken as basis for foreigners with diplomatic exemption.

Temporarily obtained foreign driver’s licenses are not changed

d) When necessary, examination and research can be done about the accuracy of the driver’s license through the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Turkish foreign representatives.

e) Temporarily obtained foreign driver’s licenses are not changed.

f) Driver’s licenses obtained from countries that are not party to the Road Traffic Convention and do not have a bilateral agreement regarding mutual recognition and exchange of driver’s licenses cannot be replaced with Turkish driver’s licenses.

g) Driver’s licenses obtained by Turkish citizens from countries that are party to the Road Traffic Convention are replaced with their equivalent or equivalent driver’s licenses.

h) Turkey’s driver’s licenses, which correspond to the driver’s licenses given to use motor bikes (mopeds), motorcycles, rubber-wheeled tractors, construction machines or automobiles that foreigners have obtained from the countries that are party to the Road Traffic Convention, and the driver’s licenses given to use other vehicle types are in Turkey B. class is replaced with a driver’s license; If other class driver’s licenses are requested, education and examination conditions are also sought.

i) In order for people who have obtained a driver’s license from foreign countries to obtain a different class driver’s license in Turkey, they must have converted their driver’s license from foreign countries into a driver’s license in Turkey.

j) Driver’s licenses obtained from foreign countries replaced with Turkish driver’s licenses are sent to the relevant country.