Best Prepaid SIM Cards for Travellers in Turkey

Best taveller SIM card for Turkey

Travellers in Turkey Are you visiting Turkey and never know which prepaid SIM card is best for the internet or call. We will help you to choose the best SIM card that completes your needs while living in Turkey. There are currently two major mobile phone networks in Turkey which are Turkcell and Vodafone Türkiye.

Both networks have good coverage and good price plans. The third network in Turkey is Türk Telekom (Avea) which is a part of Vodafone Türkiye and is a 4G. Most of the famous and used networks in Turkey are Turkcell. We will compare Turkcell and Vodafone Türkiye internet packages and calling plans. By reading this post fully, you can know which network is the best for Turkey visitors.

List of Mobile Phone networks in Turkey / Turkey

  1. Turkcell
  2. Vodafone Türkiye
  3. Türk Telekom (Avea)
Network Subscribers
Turkcell Turkey 39,3 million
Vodafone Türkiye Turkey 24.4 Million (2021)
Türk Telekom (Avea) Turkey 51.4 Million (2021)

While going to Turkey you can also use the data roaming service of your current prepaid card and can talk with your friends and family at roaming plans of your country network. But doing so will make calls and internet plans very expensive and the better solution would be to buy a prepaid card from a good company in Turkey.

Here you can compare all networks of Turkey and can select the best SIM card for you. Currently, Turkcell is the No.1 network because of its good coverage and cheapest calling offer.

1. Turkcell:

Resources Price Expiry
20GB, 200 Minutes for calls in all directions, Unlimited Messages (BiP & WhatsApp) 169 TL 1 Month
7GB, 500 DK Credit for Calling in all directions 72 TL 1 Month
12GB, 500 DK Credit for Calling in all directions 112 TL 1 Month
10GB+10GB(Social) 500 DK Credit for Calling in all directions 136 TL 1 Month

Turkcell is offering a Free prepaid SIM card that is available at all airports in Turkey. If you are looking for Free Prepaid SIM card in Turkey then Turkcell is offering prepaid SIM Card to its new customers. You need only your passport to buy this card from the airport. Turkcell’s traveller SIM card offer is just for a limited time and it can change any without any notice. From this offer, all new users can buy a Free SIM card but they have to pay its package price which is just 72 TL. By getting this card, customers will get 20GB of data for 30 days.

Best mobile phone network Turkcell has a travel package for all new customers who come from abroad for visit in Turkey. Customers can get 20GB of internet, 200 Minutes for calls in all directions, Unlimited Messages on (BiP & WhatsApp) by getting a new SIM card from retailers or at the airport.

2. Vodafone Türkiye Turkey:

Resources Charges
20GB, 750 Minutes, 1000 SMS 40 TL
5GB, 100 SMS, 1000 DK (all directions), FREE Whatsapp 52 TL
10GB, 100 SMS, 1000 DK (all directions), FREE Whatsapp 62 TL
15GB, 100 SMS, 1000 DK (all directions), FREE Whatsapp 72 TL

Vodafone Türkiye is the second-largest mobile phone network in Turkey. This network has prepaid, postpaid and broadband connections in all of Turkey. All new customers who want to get a free SIM card while travelling in Turkey can get this prepaid card without any charges. Customers can use this prepaid card like the “pay as you go” service after purchasing it from any airport in Turkey.

Customers can get a free Vodafone Türkiye SIM card but they have to pay the package price with a free prepaid card. The new prepaid traveller SIM card costs about 40 TRY and they will get unlimited calling minutes and 20GB of data.

3. Türk Telekom (Avea):

Resources Charges Validity
1GB, 100 SMS, 1500 DK 50 TL 30 Days
3GB, 1000 SMS, 3000 DK 65 TL 30 Days
1GB 15 TL 7 Days

Türk Telekom (Avea) is a 4G mobile phone network in Turkey that has all types of services like Turkcell and Vodafone Türkiye networks. This network is also offering free prepaid SIM Card to all new travellers. Customers who are visiting Turkey and looking for a free SIM card can choose a Türk Telekom (Avea) SIM card. This network is offering 7 days, 15 days and 30 days packages types for travellers.

The company has monthly, weekly and daily packages which can select the package according to its review for visitors to Turkey. Recently Türk Telekom has launched an eSIM in Turkey. To use the eSIM your mobile should support this function. To get the weekly internet package simply send 1GB summer 5555 per week. The cost of this package will be 15TL.

Its packages start at 150 TL, which is normal than other companies. If you want to use more internet then you can select the lowest priced package of this SIM card which costs 150 TL. You do not have to pay for the SIM card. You can get 10 GB of data, Unlimited local minutes and 100 DK international minutes and SMS for 30 days just by paying the price of this package.

Comparison of Turkey Prepaid SIM Card with Lowest Prices

We are providing you with this price table with the low price packages for travellers of all validity.

Items Turkcell Vodafone Türkiye Türk Telekom (Avea)
Package Price 169 TL 40 TL 50 TL
Internet 20GB 20GB 1GB
Voice Call 200 Minutes for calls in all directions 750 Minutes 1500 DK (Minutes)
Text Messages 1000 SMS 100 SMS
International Calls Unlimited Messages (BiP & WhatsApp)
International SMS
Validity 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days

Turkcell and Vodafone Türkiye have more packages like this. If you want to buy other packages you can visit Turkcell’s official website turktelekom.com.tr Türk Telekom (Avea) tourist SIM card prices start from 150 TR but Turkcell and Vodafone Türkiye tourist SIM cards with packages starting from 9 TR. If customers want to activate international calling, Internet and SMS package, they can also choose visitor lines and visitor lines plus packages that cost about 40 TR to 1050 TR.

Finally, you have to decide which SIM is best for you. We have added the latest price plans, internet, SMS, Voice Call services and international calls offers. You can select any good prepaid card as per your requirement. If you are going to visit Turkey then we hope that with the help of this post you will select a good prepaid network for yourself.

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