The eSIM shop that still opens in Turkey
Most international eSIM sellers cannot be reached from a Turkish connection. We sell and support ours from Istanbul — so buying, topping up and getting help all work after you land.
Reachable from inside Turkey · checked 21 September 2026
What changed in July 2025
Between July and September 2025 Turkey's telecoms regulator, BTK, blocked access to the websites and apps of more than 50 international eSIM sellers. The technology itself was never banned: eSIMs are legal in Turkey, and Turkish operators sell them too.
The catch is timing. An eSIM you installed at home keeps working after you land — but the moment you need more data, the shop you bought it from no longer opens. That is the gap this shop exists to close.
The full story: is eSIM banned in Turkey?Still works in Turkey
- Any eSIM you installed before you arrived
- Roaming on your home SIM, at your operator's Turkey rates
- Our shop, our top-ups and our support
Does not open on a Turkish connection
- The websites and apps of more than 50 international eSIM sellers
- Buying a new eSIM from them after you land
- Topping up one of their eSIMs when it runs out
What a shop on the ground changes
Reachable after you land
Our shop, your top-ups and our support open on a Turkish connection — airport Wi‑Fi included.
A real Turkish network
Türk Telekom, one of Turkey's three national operators — 5G where it is available, 4G everywhere else.
Top up the same eSIM
Run low mid-trip and add data in a couple of minutes. No new QR code and no workaround.
No passport, no paperwork
No ID check and no shop queue. The 120-day IMEI rule does not touch a normal holiday.
One price, paid once
Pay in pounds, euros or dollars. No subscription, no auto-renewal and no roaming bill waiting at home.
Help on your trip's clock
Support answers from Istanbul, in the same time zone as your holiday.
Our eSIM, another travel eSIM or an airport SIM?
An honest side-by-side. Other travel eSIMs are fine products — the problem in Turkey is reaching their shop.
| What matters on a trip | Bosphorus Mobile | Other travel eSIMs | Airport SIM card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy it after you have landed | Yes | No — shop and app are blocked | Yes, at the kiosk |
| Top up inside Turkey | Yes, in a few taps | No | In a store |
| Set up before you fly | Yes | Yes | No |
| Passport needed | No | No | Yes — the SIM is registered to it |
| Help while you are in Turkey | Yes — we are in Istanbul | Site and app blocked | In store, in person |
| Keeps your own number on WhatsApp | Yes | Yes | Only if you keep both SIMs in |
Based on the access block on international eSIM sellers in force in Turkey since July 2025. An eSIM installed before arrival keeps working with any provider; what breaks is buying and topping up.
Based in Istanbul
Bosphorus Mobile sells one thing: prepaid data eSIMs for Turkey. We are in the same country as your trip, and we check that this shop opens on Turkish networks — most recently on 21 September 2026.
Questions before you buy?
support@buyesimturkey.comGet online before the plane doors open
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