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Vodafone Turkey: Tourist SIM, e-SIM and Prepaid Pack

What a visitor gets on a Vodafone line: the 28-day pack, the price in the tariff notice, SIM or e-SIM, how long the line lives, and 542 help.

ByAbdullah Habib
14 min read Updated: November 1, 2026
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A nano-SIM card with a gold chip lying beside an empty purple phone tray, under the dark edge of a phone, with a clear ruler in inches and centimetres underneath
A Nano SIM card beside its tray, with a ruler for scale. Photo: BwDraco, 10.02.2016, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0, file page.

A visitor to Türkiye can take a Vodafone line as a plastic SIM card or as an e-SIM at a Vodafone shop. The line comes with the Welcome to Turkey Pack on the New Easy Tariff: 20 GB, 750 minutes and 250 SMS for 28 days. The passport is the document, and the tariff notice of 22.10.2026 sets the price.

In short · checked 31.10.2026

A passport, a 28-day pack, a line that lives 60 or 90 days.

  • Who: a visitor with a foreign passport number. The line is a new one; a number moved from another operator does not qualify.
  • Pack: the Welcome to Turkey Pack on the New Easy Tariff: 20 GB, 750 minutes and 250 SMS for 28 days, at no fee.
  • Price: 2,300 TL for the New Easy Tariff from 22.10.2026, VAT and ÖİV (a communications tax) included.
  • Where: a Vodafone shop, airport shops included, as a SIM card or an e-SIM.
  • Days: the pack lasts 28 days; the line lasts 60 days (Tourist SIM page) or 90 days (tariff notices). Help is 542, 24 hours a day.

Try it · The SIM, pad by pad

Tap a gold pad

Eight gold pads, eight facts about a Vodafone tourist line. Tap a pad for its card, its Vodafone page and the Turkish line to say at the counter. The order of the pads carries no meaning.

  1. 1

    Passport: a foreign passport number, a new line

    A tourist line is for a subscriber with a foreign passport number, declared at registration. The line has to be a new one: a number moved to Vodafone by porting does not qualify. The passport is checked through the Passport Information Confirmation Service of BTK, Türkiye’s telecoms regulator.

    Tourist SIM page, Turkish tariff page, starter package rules (PDF, 16.01.2024). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Turist hattı almak istiyorum. İşte pasaportum.I want a tourist line. Here is my passport.
  2. 2

    Pack: 20 GB, 750 minutes, 250 SMS

    The Welcome to Turkey Pack is added to a new line on the New Easy Tariff by itself, once and at no fee: 20 GB valid in Türkiye, 750 minutes, 250 SMS, and unlimited data for WhatsApp (calling included), Telegram and Facebook Messenger.

    Tourist SIM page, starter package rules (PDF, 16.01.2024), New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Hoş Geldin Paketi hattıma tanımlandı mı?Has the Welcome to Turkey Pack been added to my line?
  3. 3

    Price: 2,300 TL from 22.10.2026

    The price of the New Easy Tariff is 2,300 TL from 22.10.2026. VAT (KDV) and ÖİV, a communications tax, are included in the specified fees. The price stated is the recommended price, and a new SIM card fee may vary from shop to shop.

    Tourist SIM page, New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Fiyata KDV ve ÖİV dahil mi?Are VAT and ÖİV included in the price?
  4. 4

    SIM: a plastic card from a Vodafone shop

    The tourist line comes as a plastic SIM card from the nearest Vodafone shop, airport shops included. The e-SIM switch shows the other form.

    Tourist SIM page, Turkish tariff page. Checked 31.10.2026.

    Fiziksel SIM kart istiyorum.I want a physical SIM card.
    4

    e-SIM: a QR code from a Vodafone shop

    The shop builds the e-SIM profile and hands over a QR code to scan in the phone’s settings. The shop has to finish first, the QR code has to be kept, and the phone needs a Wi-Fi connection for the install.

    e-SIM page, Tourist SIM page. Checked 31.10.2026.

    e-SIM istiyorum.I want an e-SIM.
  5. 5

    28 days: the pack’s span

    The pack is valid for 28 days and does not renew by itself. Unused allowance is deleted on day 28, and Vodafone informs the subscriber of the expiry date. A tariff change keeps the pack until day 28; porting the number, moving to postpaid, freezing or cancelling the line ends it.

    starter package rules (PDF, 16.01.2024), New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Paketim ne zaman bitiyor?When does my pack end?
  6. 6

    60 or 90 days: how long the line lives

    60 days (Tourist SIM page): the tourist SIM is deactivated automatically. A tariff change before day 60 keeps it.

    90 days (New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026)): the line is cancelled at the end of 90 days without a TCKN or YKN; an SMS comes 3 days before.

    • 542 call it before day 60
    • CHANGE SMS text
    • 7000 SMS number

    Tourist SIM page, New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Hattım kaç gün sonra kapanır?After how many days does my line close?
  7. 7

    Fees: standard prices after the pack

    With no other pack active, standard prices apply: voice 5.35 TL a minute and SMS 3.82 TL from 23.10.2026, MMS 1.28 TL, internet 25 Kr per 100 KB from 10.08.2026. Kr is kuruş, a hundredth of a lira.

    New Easy Tariff notice (PDF, start 22.10.2026). Checked 31.10.2026.

    Paket bittikten sonra ücret nedir?What is the fee after the pack ends?
  8. 8

    Help: 542 and the IMEI

    Dial 542, or +90 542 542 00 00, for the Vodafone call center, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A phone brought from abroad has its own IMEI rule, set out in Phone Registration in Turkey.

    The shop finder is the Vodafone page vodafone.com.tr/bayi.

    • 542 help line
    • *#06# shows the IMEI

    roaming page. Checked 31.10.2026.

    En yakın Vodafone mağazası nerede?Where is the nearest Vodafone shop?

The tourist line, New Easy Tariff

Vodafone Türkiye’s tourist line is a prepaid line (faturasız, “without a bill”; a postpaid line is faturalı) on the New Easy Tariff. The tariff is for foreign nationals, and two more tariff notices carry a larger Welcome pack.

TariffWelcome packPrice from 22.10.2026
New Easy Tariff20 GB2,300 TL
New Tourist Tariff50 GB2,600 TL
Large Tourist Tariff100 GB3,400 TL
Vodafone Türkiye tariff notices, start 22.10.2026. Checked 31.10.2026.
Three SIM cards of different sizes lying on a pale surface, each with a gold chip: a large card, a medium one and a small one
Three SIM card formats: Mini-SIM, Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM, left to right. Photo: Bidouille82, 20.10.2012, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0, file page.

Who the tariff is for

Document
A foreign passport number, declared at registration.
Line
A new line. A number moved to Vodafone by porting does not qualify.
Check
Passport Information Confirmation Service of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), Türkiye’s telecoms regulator.
Window
The New Easy notice limits the tariff to foreign-national prepaid subscribers on a new activation verified through that service within the last 30 days.

The Welcome to Turkey Pack: 20 GB for 28 days

The pack · New Easy Tariff

20 GB · 28 days

750 minutes and 250 SMS to local mobile or fixed lines of any operator (allnet).

Unlimited data for WhatsApp (calling included), Telegram and Facebook Messenger. The 20 GB is valid in Türkiye.

No fee. It is added to a new New Easy line by itself, once.

  • A second pack, Sosyal Pass, adds unlimited data for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for 7 days. It is added once, at no fee.
  • Unused allowance is deleted on day 28. The pack does not renew, and Vodafone informs the subscriber of the expiry date.
  • A tariff change keeps the pack until day 28.
  • Porting the number, moving to postpaid, freezing the line or cancelling it ends the pack.
  • The pack cannot be bought from any channel and cannot be transferred.

Vodafone Türkiye starter package rules, document of 16.01.2024, and the New Easy Tariff notice, start 22.10.2026. Checked 31.10.2026.

What it costs, and what is included

Tariff price
2,300 TL for the New Easy Tariff, from 22.10.2026.
Taxes
VAT (KDV) and ÖİV, a communications tax, are included in the specified fees.
Kind of price
The price stated is the recommended price.
SIM card
A SIM card is given with the tariff. A new SIM card fee may vary from shop to shop.
The pack
No fee.
Changes
Vodafone may change the tariff after notifying BTK.
Fiyata KDV ve ÖİV dahil mi?Are VAT and ÖİV included in the price?

Vodafone Türkiye: New Easy Tariff notice (start 22.10.2026) and Tourist SIM page. Checked 31.10.2026.

SIM or e-SIM, from a Vodafone shop

Vodafone Türkiye hands out the tourist line as a SIM card or as an e-SIM, from the nearest Vodafone shop (bayi, a dealer; mağaza, a store), airport shops included. An e-SIM is a SIM built into the phone, so no card is needed.

  1. Shop Go to a Vodafone shop and ask for the tourist line as a SIM card or an e-SIM.
  2. Passport The foreign passport number is declared at registration and checked.
  3. Activate Vodafone: “Activate your SIM in seconds.” The pack comes with the new line.
  4. Install A SIM card goes into the phone. An e-SIM is installed by scanning a QR code.

Installing the e-SIM: which phone?

iPhone

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Open Cellular.
  3. Choose Add Cellular Plan.
  4. Scan the QR code from the shop.
  5. Enter the PIN if the SIM is locked.

Android

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Open Connections.
  3. Choose SIM Manager.
  4. Choose Add mobile plan.
  5. Choose Use operator QR code.
  6. Scan the QR code from the shop.
The Add eSIM row of a phone’s SIM manager: a green plus sign, the words Add eSIM and a line saying an eSIM can be downloaded to connect to mobile networks without a physical SIM card
The SIM manager of a Samsung phone, cropped to its “Add eSIM” row. Photo: Sinafe, 26.01.2023, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0, file page.

In the shop, the QR code is made while the shop completes the transaction: the shop has to finish before the install starts, the QR code has to be kept, and the phone needs a Wi-Fi connection. iPhone support depends on the model and on the country where the phone was bought; Settings > Cellular shows an Add eSIM or Add Cellular Plan entry when the phone supports it.

A small embedded SIM chip on a printed adapter board, next to a plain card for scale
An embedded SIM chip on an adapter board, the kind built into machines. Photo: Paul Marshall UK (Benboy00), 21.09.2013, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0, file page.

Both at once

On a phone that supports e-SIM, a physical SIM card and an e-SIM run together, so two lines work on one phone. The settings choose the line for voice and SMS and the line for mobile data.

An airport arrival hall with a clock, blue and green direction signs in Turkish and English, an exit board, a woman with a stroller and travellers with suitcases
An arrival hall at an Istanbul airport, February 2016. Vodafone shops include airport shops. Photo: T88288, 07.02.2016, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0, file page.

The line’s life: 28, 60 and 90 days

The pack lasts 28 days. The line itself lasts longer, and two Vodafone pages state two spans: 60 days on the Tourist SIM page and 90 days in the tariff notices.

  1. Day 0 The line is activated and the pack is added.
  2. Day 28 The pack ends and unused allowance is deleted. With no other pack, standard prices apply.
  3. Day 60 Tourist SIM page: the tourist SIM is deactivated automatically. A tariff change before day 60 keeps it, by a call to 542 or an SMS with the word CHANGE to 7000.
  4. Day 90 Tariff notices: the line is cancelled at the end of 90 days if no Turkish ID number (TCKN) or foreigner ID number (YKN) is stated. An SMS comes 3 days before, and a move to the Kolay Tarife tariff continues the line.

Keep the line · tap Copy

  • 542 call before day 60
  • CHANGE SMS text
  • 7000 SMS number

Vodafone Türkiye: Tourist SIM page (60 days, 542, 7000) and the New Easy Tariff notice (90 days). Checked 31.10.2026.

After the pack, standard prices

When the pack allowance has ended, or the tariff fee could not be collected, and no other pack is active, the tariff’s standard prices apply. Kr is kuruş, a hundredth of a Turkish lira (TL).

Voice
5.35 TL a minute, from 23.10.2026.
SMS
3.82 TL per message, from 23.10.2026.
MMS
1.28 TL per message.
Internet
25 Kr per 100 KB, from 10.08.2026.
Abroad
Calling abroad is charged at the standard tariff unless an extra benefit is bought.

Vodafone Türkiye: New Easy Tariff notice, start 22.10.2026, with the 23.10.2026 update. Checked 31.10.2026.

Your phone, your own SIM and 542 help

Türkiye registers phones by their IMEI number, and a phone brought from abroad has its own rule: Phone Registration in Turkey. Dialling *#06# shows the IMEI.

A phone with a blue case lying on a wooden table
A phone on a table. Photo: Lsjm, 05.2015, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0, file page.

With a home SIM or with 542

Roaming
Choose “manual network selection” in the phone’s menu and pick the network shown as VODAFONE TR.
Internet
EDGE, HSPA (3G+) or 4.5G needs a roaming agreement between the home operator and Vodafone Türkiye.
Turkish numbers
Dial 0090 or +90 before the number.
Help
542, or (+90 542) 542 00 00, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Shops
The Vodafone page vodafone.com.tr/bayi is the shop finder.

Another operator’s tourist line is on its own page, Turkcell in Turkey. Fixed lines at home are on Home Internet in Turkey.

Vodafone Türkiye: roaming page. Checked 31.10.2026.

Turkish words and counter lines

Words from Vodafone Türkiye’s Turkish pages, each with its plain meaning.

TurkishMeaning
hata phone line
faturasızprepaid, without a bill
faturalıpostpaid, with a bill
paketpack
tarifetariff
bayidealer, shop
mağazashop, store
pasaportpassport
kimlikID card, identity
abonesubscriber
aktivasyonactivation
yurt dışıabroad
TL Yükleload lira onto the line
KDVVAT
ÖİVa communications tax
IMEIthe phone’s device number
eSIMe-SIM
Words from Vodafone Türkiye’s tourist, tariff and e-SIM pages. Checked 31.10.2026.

Counter lines · tap Copy

  • Turist hattı almak istiyorum. İşte pasaportum.I want a tourist line. Here is my passport.
  • SIM kartımı aktive eder misiniz?Could you activate my SIM card?
  • Fiziksel SIM kart istiyorum.I want a physical SIM card.
  • e-SIM istiyorum.I want an e-SIM.
  • Hoş Geldin Paketi hattıma tanımlandı mı?Has the Welcome to Turkey Pack been added to my line?
  • Fiyata KDV ve ÖİV dahil mi?Are VAT and ÖİV included in the price?
  • Paketim ne zaman bitiyor?When does my pack end?
  • Hattım kaç gün sonra kapanır?After how many days does my line close?
  • Paket bittikten sonra ücret nedir?What is the fee after the pack ends?
  • En yakın Vodafone mağazası nerede?Where is the nearest Vodafone shop?
Does the tourist line need a passport?

Yes: a foreign passport number, declared at registration. The line has to be a new one.

Does the price include taxes?

VAT and ÖİV are included in the specified fees. The price stated is the recommended price.

Can a ported number get the pack?

No. A number moved to Vodafone by porting does not qualify, and porting ends the pack.

Can the pack be bought on its own?

No. It cannot be bought from any channel. It is added once to a new line on the New Easy Tariff.

What is the help number?

542, or (+90 542) 542 00 00, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A wet cobbled street curving past a stone wall and yellow-flowered bushes at night, with lit shop fronts and red car lights in the distance
A wet cobbled street in Istanbul at night, with three shop signs blurred. Photo: Sourabh.biswas003, 09.12.2024, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0, file page.

Sources and limits

  1. Tourist Prepaid SIM Card in Turkey — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  2. Yabancı Turist SIM Kartı (Turkish tariff page) — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  3. Tourist starter package rules, document of 16.01.2024 (PDF) — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  4. New Easy Tariff notice, start 22.10.2026 (PDF) — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  5. New Tourist Tariff notice, start 22.10.2026 (PDF) — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  6. Large Tourist Tariff notice, start 22.10.2026 (PDF) — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  7. Roam with Vodafone — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026
  8. eSIM — Vodafone Türkiye, checked 31.10.2026

Every figure is Vodafone Türkiye’s, checked 31.10.2026, and Vodafone can change the tariff after notifying BTK. Two Vodafone pages differ, and both spans are shown: 60 days on the Tourist SIM page and 90 days in the tariff notices. The FAQ of the Tourist SIM page also states 1,000 SMS for the pack and an older table of fees; the starter package rules and the notices state 250 SMS and the fees used here. The pack rules are from a Vodafone document dated 16.01.2024. A price is the recommended price, and a SIM card fee may differ by shop.

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Written by: Abdullah Habib
Published: December 24, 2025
Category: Famous Turkish companies

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