What are Turkey's Provincial License Plate Codes? License Plate Meanings

License plates are a kind of identity of the vehicle and many transactions related to the vehicle are easily done thanks to the license plate. In our country, vehicle license plate code refers to the license plate codes of vehicles registered in Turkey. License plates are associated with geographical location and a number systematic is used accordingly.

License plates are rectangular. The body is made of aluminum and on the left side, there is a 4x10 cm blue stripe like in the European Union countries. The country code is written on the blue stripe, and in our country there are white letters on the blue stripe and the letters TR, the code for Turkey.

The license plate application was first introduced in France in 1893 and started to be applied in our country in 1962. Since the number of provinces at that time was 67, a total of 67 license plate codes were created. Over time, new provinces and license plate codes were added to the end of this list as new provincial statuses became available. Today, we have 81 provinces and 81 business license plates.

What Does a Vehicle License Plate Do?

License plates are a kind of identity card for vehicles. Many transactions can be made about vehicles through license plates. From tolls to paying tax debt, from fines to insurance, many transactions are carried out through license plates that distinguish vehicles from each other.

Turkey Provincial License Plate Codes in Table Form

What are Turkey's Provincial License Plate Codes?

The provincial license plate codes of the vehicles are as follows:

01 Which province's license plate?

01 licence plate code belongs to Adana province.

02 Which province's license plate?

02 licence plate code belongs to Adıyaman province.

03 Which province's license plate?

03 license plate code belongs to Afyon province.

04 Which province's license plate?

04 license plate code belongs to Ağrı province.

05 Which province's license plate?

05 license plate code belongs to Amasya province.

06 Which province's license plate?

06 license plate code belongs to Ankara province.

07 Which province's license plate?

07 license plate code belongs to Antalya province.

08 Which province's license plate?

08 license plate code belongs to Artvin province.

09 Which province's license plate?

09 license plate code belongs to Aydın province.

10 Which province's license plate?

10 license plate code belongs to Balıkesir province.

11 Which province's license plate?

11 license plate code belongs to Bilecik province.

12 Which province's license plate?

12 license plate code belongs to Bingöl province.

13 Which province's license plate?

13 license plate code belongs to Bitlis province.

14 Which province's license plate?

14 license plate code belongs to Bolu province.

15 Which province's license plate?

15 license plate code belongs to Burdur province.

16 Which province's license plate?

16 license plate code belongs to Bursa province.

17 Which province's license plate?

17 license plate code belongs to Çanakkale province.

18 Which province's license plate?

18 license plate code belongs to Çankırı province.

19 Which province's license plate?

19 license plate code belongs to Çorum province.

20 Which province's license plate?

20 license plate code belongs to Denizli province.

21 Which province's license plate?

21 license plate code belongs to Diyarbakır province.

22 Which province's license plate?

22 license plate code belongs to Edirne province.

23 Which province's license plate?

23 license plate code belongs to Elazığ province.

24 Which province's license plate?

24 license plate code belongs to Erzincan province.

25 Which province's license plate?

25 license plate code belongs to Erzurum province.

26 Which province's license plate?

26 license plate code belongs to Eskişehir province.

27 Which province's license plate?

27 license plate code belongs to Gaziantep province.

28 Which province's license plate?

28 license plate code belongs to Giresun province.

29 Which province's license plate?

29 license plate code belongs to Gümüşhane province.

30 Which province's license plate?

30 license plate code belongs to Hakkâri province.

31 Which province's license plate?

31 license plate code belongs to Hatay province.

32 Which province's license plate?

32 license plate code belongs to Isparta province.

33 Which province's license plate?

33 license plate code belongs to İçel(Mersin) province.

34 Which province's license plate?

34 license plate code belongs to İstanbul province.

35 Which province's license plate?

35 license plate code belongs to İzmir province.

36 Which province's license plate?

36 license plate code belongs to Kars province.

37 Which province's license plate?

37 license plate code belongs to Kastamonu province.

38 Which province's license plate?

38 license plate code belongs to Kayseri province.

39 Which province's license plate?

39 license plate code belongs to Kırklareli province.

40 Which province's license plate?

40 license plate code belongs to Kırşehir province.

41 Which province's license plate?

41 license plate code belongs to Kocaeli province.

42 Which province's license plate?

42 license plate code belongs to Konya province.

43 Which province's license plate?

43 license plate code belongs to Kütahya province.

44 Which province's license plate?

44 license plate code belongs to Malatya province.

45 Which province's license plate?

45 license plate code belongs to Manisa province.

46 Which province's license plate?

46 license plate code belongs to Kahramanmaraş province.

47 Which province's license plate?

47 license plate code belongs to Mardin province.

48 Which province's license plate?

48 license plate code belongs to Muğla province.

49 Which province's license plate?

49 license plate code belongs to Muş province.

50 Which province's license plate?

50 license plate code belongs to Nevşehir province.

51 Which province's license plate?

51 license plate code belongs to Niğde province.

52 Which province's license plate?

52 license plate code belongs to Ordu province.

53 Which province's license plate?

53 license plate code belongs to Rize province.

54 Which province's license plate?

54 license plate code belongs to Sakarya province.

55 Which province's license plate?

55 license plate code belongs to Samsun province.

56 Which province's license plate?

56  license plate code belongs to Siirt province.

57 Which province's license plate?

57 license plate code belongs to Sinop province.

58 Which province's license plate?

58 license plate code belongs to Sivas province.

59 Which province's license plate?

59 license plate code belongs to Tekirdağ province.

60 Which province's license plate?

60 license plate code belongs to Tokat province.

61 Which province's license plate?

61 license plate code belongs to Trabzon province.

62 Which province's license plate?

62 license plate code belongs to Tunceli province.

63 Which province's license plate?

63 license plate code belongs to Şanlıurfa province.

64 Which province's license plate?

64 license plate code belongs to Uşak province.

65 Which province's license plate?

65 license plate code belongs to Van province.

66 Which province's license plate?

66 license plate code belongs to Yozgat province.

67 Which province's license plate?

67 license plate code belongs to Zonguldak province.

68 Which province's license plate?

68 license plate code belongs to Aksaray province.

69 Which province's license plate?

69 license plate code belongs to Bayburt province.

70 Which province's license plate?

70 license plate code belongs to Karaman province.

71 Which province's license plate?

71 license plate code belongs to Kırıkkale province.

72 Which province's license plate?

72 license plate code belongs to Batman province.

73 Which province's license plate?

73 license plate code belongs to Şırnak province.

74 Which province's license plate?

74 license plate code belongs to Bartın province.

75 Which province's license plate?

75 license plate code belongs to Ardahan province.

76 Which province's license plate?

76 license plate code belongs to Iğdır province.

77 Which province's license plate?

77 license plate code belongs to Yalova province.

78 Which province's license plate?

78 license plate code belongs to Karabük province.

79 Which province's license plate?

79  license plate code belongs to Kilis province.

80 Which province's license plate?

80 license plate code belongs to Osmaniye province.

81 Which province's license plate?

81 license plate code belongs to Düzce province.

What are the Meanings of Vehicle License Plates?

License plates are generally written in black characters on a white background. Some official vehicles use different colors. All vehicles must have license plates. Except for motorcycles and tractors, all vehicles must have license plates on the front and back. 

The first two digits on the license plates indicate the code of the province where the vehicle is registered. When the license plate system was first created, the first digits indicated the province and the first letter following the digits indicated the first letter of the district where the tax office to which the vehicle was registered was located. For example, it was 06 PXX 99 for a vehicle registered in Polatlı district in Ankara. Today, however, due to the increase in the number of vehicles, license plates are distributed in an order starting from AAA 999 to ZZZ 999.