Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Hi

We have had a Turkcell pay as you go SIM card for 10 years, so it's very old with a tiny SIM card. Its registered as required. The handset is dying and I have a newer phone I'd like to use instead. However the existing SIM card is too small for the new phone.

Does anyone know if it's possible for Turkcell to transfer my old number onto a new SIM card so I can keep that?

We don't live here full time.

Thanks in advance

Yes go to the Turkcell office by cafe george and they can do it for a fee.

Great, thank you very much

From memory, it's about 15TL for the new SIM card.

It's gone up a little, was 19TL about a month or so ago.

I believe you can get a Plastic surround from any old SIM card and insert your nano or micro old SIM card directly into that and then put it in the phone.

Thanks for all replies, haven't kept any of the stuff that came with previous SIM cards unfortunately.

I'm not so bothered about the cost of new SIM card just don't want to have the hassle of following all the rules 're topping up the phone etc within a certain time scale in order to keep the SIM active!

If I can't find a plastic surround I'll go into to Turkcell7 as suggested earlier.

You may still have to register the newer phone. We had a phone we bought with us, used it for a couple of visits, then it wouldn’t work when the new registration for phones came in. Doesn’t help with your question about the sim, but something to be aware of.