He ran to the border gate who wanted to escape from the walk of mobile phones.
After the required fee for the registration of mobile phones brought from abroad at the Sarp border gate of Artvin was increased to 20 thousand TL; Those who flocked to Georgia caused the density.
The tail, which reached 15 kilometers on the Black Sea coastal highway, passed through Kemalpaşa and extended to Hopa.
With the decision published in the Official Gazette with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the fixed rates applied in 2023 increased by 50 percent. The fee required for the registration of mobile phones brought from abroad was increased from 6,000 91 lira to 20,000 TL. Before the decision came into effect tonight, there was a density at the Sarp border gate, which is Turkey’s border gate that opens to the Caucasus countries.
A TAIL FOUND 15 KILOMETERS AWAY
Those who wanted to receive a phone call from abroad or who did not want to be affected by the walk flocked to the border gate to put away their phone and get in and out of the country. Those who came from the eastern Black Sea provinces stood in long queues on the Black Sea coastal road.
The tail, which was 15 kilometers long, passed through the Kemalpaşa district and extended to Hopa. Although the corridors at the border gate were flooded with people, some people walked so as not to waste time in the line of vehicles.
QUEUES EVEN AT THE DILUCU BORDER GATE
Those who wanted to register their mobile phones that they brought from abroad formed long queues to enter and exit the Dilucu border gate, which opens from Iğdır to Azerbaijan. Medical teams intervened on those who were sick in the queue.
Especially those who came to Iğdır from nearby cities like Ardahan, Erzurum, Kars, Ağrı, Erzincan, caused a stampede of people who wanted to register their IMEI on their phones at the Dilucu border gate, which connects Azerbaijan with Turkey, in the district of December.
Those who entered and exited the Dilucu border gate put customs workers in a difficult situation. Medical teams waiting at the border intervened on those who waited in line for hours and fell ill.
TAXI DRIVER: TRANSPORTED ME 3 TIMES
After the increase in registration fees and credit taxes of phones brought from abroad in the increase in tax rates published in the Official Gazette, those with unregistered mobile phones flocked to the Dilucu border gate and began to Get in and out, and long lines formed.
Fuat Seçilmis, a taxi driver in Iğdır, said: “When I got up at 06:00, my friends called and said, ‘The mobile phone tax of 6,000 lira has increased to 20,000 lira.’
From morning until this time, I have transported almost 3 times, bringing and taking passengers. I have been waiting for the passenger for more than 2 hours. They haven’t come out yet,” he said.
Tamer Bağcı, who arrived at the border, said: “I came to Iğdır from Bursa for a vacation. When I saw the increase in phone registration fees in the morning, I came to the Nahcivan Dilucu border gate and now there is a queue.”
228 PERCENT INCREASE
In 2023, the IMEI registration fee will be increased from TL 2,732 to TL 6,091. This fee was increased to TL 20,000 with the President’s decision published in the Official Gazette on July 7, 2023. The new amount of TL 20,000 determined for the IMEI registration fee will be valid from July 8. (DHA)