Problems with turkish sim cards?

Travel Info
I'm told that you have to register your phone in Turkey to buy a Turkish sim card or it will be blocked. is this true in practice? the official line seems to be yes but in practice, who knows? I don't

Travel Tips

Yes, my phone just got blocked two weeks ago. It wasn't my sim cart- which is Turkish and registered before but the device itself which was bought abroad.

You have to make sure your passport gets stamped and with your passport at arrival, as soon as you get to customs, ask the police what you are supposed to do.
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My girlfriend lives in Holland, and uses a simcard(which is registered to my name) on her phone. There has been no problems.
i need help, i need best answers , i have not been getting it , very ssad now.
yes mate its true,, i bought a cheap phone from Turkey and a sim card.. they put a new rule to stop da phone bootlegging
It's true. The same situation happened to me with my phone last year.
yes that's true, I cant use my mobile phone which I brought from England, I advice you to get your phone unlocked before entering T眉rkiye as I can`t get mine unlocked now which means you can`t even register the phone without unlocking it first...
well from my knowledge if you bringing a gsm phone to Turkey you need to get it approved once u get off the plane (you can ask its a desk you go and they stamp your passport so u can use it, if you dont do it then after 2 weeks your phone will get locked automatically where its annoying)once u get it stamped they get your mei # from your phone and allow u to use it in Turkey:) then u purchase phonecards AKA sim cards then u use it:) this whole passport stamping came cause alota people used to bring in cheap phones & sell them for $$. so they're tryin to make a system i guess:)
i hope i helped?