Just to be able to bring the car with you from abroad(but not import the car), you need to spend at least 185 days abroad. Once you are in Turkey, only you are

Just to be able to bring the car with you from abroad(but not import the car), you need to spend at least 185 days abroad. Once you are in Turkey, only you are allowed to use the car(you may let someone else drive but you must be present in the car). So you can't just go to Greece, buy a cheap car and bring it to Turkey. The laws are designed to allow the Turkish diaspora or foreign visitors to come for work and a holiday in Turkey but to block any attempts of the citizens buying cheap cars from a neighbouring country and use them in Turkey. When the 2 year period is up, you obviously start building up fines. Turkey sucks at collecting taxes, there are a few areas where the country is effective at collection of taxes and automobiles is one of them and they are damn serious about it. Another original Turkish tax collection method is on cellphones. Like the cars, taxes are very high on cellphones and to block bringing phones from abroad all the foreign devices need to be registered within 90 days of the first time the device picks up signal in Turkey(once the 90 days expire, the phone can no longer connect to the GSM network until registered). The registration price is hefty, making it not worth it. You are also allowed to register 1 device every few years and you need to register within the first 90 days of your arrival from abroad.