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  • 🇹🇷 Turkey: bunq Community Travel Tips

Withdraw from akbank cost me 5 euro something for withdrawing 1000 lyra.

    6 months later

    Does the Maestro card work, or should I order the Mastercard version?

      16 days later

      @New-Rose-Mare-3623636579#241032 Wenn du sicher sein willst, dann nimm Mastercard. Da hatte ich immer gute Erfahrungen.

        When you pin money at Halk bank it doesn’t charge anything extra

          We were able to buy our sim cards at the airport very quickly without any complications. We only had to pay for the use of one month of sim card use and that’s it; No other registration fees. Perfect!

            @Susan-Cyan-Unicorn#244020 We are flying to Antalya next month. Can you recommend a certain provider?

              Nee helaas, wij zijn hier met eigen vervoer.

                @Johannes-Red-Panda-463593470#244339 Turk Telekom bevalt ons prima. Goede dekking.

                  13 days later

                  Nog meer mensen die problemen hebben met Apple Pay in Türkiye? Mijn ervaring is echt 50/50 dat het wel of niet werkt, of ik nou Maestro of MasterCard gebruik. In de Bunq app geen enkele melding van de mislukte betalingen.

                    @NS#246565 Misschien ondersteunen veel betaalterminals in Turkije nog geen Apple Pay?

                      @thijsoost#246567 Ik was zelf eigenlijk van de veronderstelling dat overal waar je contactloos kan betalen met een fysieke kaart, Apple Pay ook zou moeten werken. Of maak ik nu een verkeerde aanname?

                        @NS#246569 Officieel zou Apple Pay inderdaad overal moeten werken waar contactloos met fysieke pas betalen ook mogelijk is, maar uit mijn ervaring was dit met Google Pay aan het begin in Nederland nog niet het geval. Tegenwoordig kan ik in Nederland geen plek meer vinden waar ik niet met Google Pay kan betalen, maar misschien is er iets vergelijkbaars aan de hand in Turkije met Google Pay als in het verleden in Nederland

                          24 days later

                          I really recommend opening the Lira local currency account!

                            @New-Rose-Mare-3623636579#251061 Is that worth it over using ZeroFX for payments? I can imagine that that is easier/less expensive? I am not really familiar with Bunq’s Local Currency accounts myself, just asking… :)

                              @New-Jade-Mink-2269923671#251104 Just for card payments, it shouldn't make a huge difference. Although, if you suspect that the exchange rate fluctuates a lot, then with a Local Currency account you can kind of "lock in" a rate at a certain time by exchanging that much money. In any case the fees for exchanging are the same.

                              As for easier, well it could be nice for some people to have an account with the same currency that they spend in. Let's say you have set yourself a 10000 TRY budget for a week, then when you order food or buy something in a store, it might be easier to compare prices when you only think in a single currency instead of doing conversions to Euro mentally. Personally, for me it wouldn't be an issue I think. Especially as the bunq app also has the option to show the balance of your Euro accounts in the local currency when traveling.

                                17 days later

                                Vodafone NL covers Turkey as an EU country for free.

                                  @NS#246569 In verenigde Staten en Frankrijk lukte dit absoluut niet

                                    3 months later

                                    Please be prepared in Turkey apple pay and google pay don't work. So if you going to Turkey you'll need physical card.

                                      6 months later

                                      @bunq#119234
                                      AKBank did charge me 5 euros for 55 euro withdrawal :( so watch out not all the banks that are mentioned are free

                                        8 months later

                                        This are the charges I have noticed with the different banks and cash machines with a 1000 TL withdrawal:
                                        AKbank: 95 TL
                                        Bankamatik 50 TL
                                        Garanti 50 TL
                                        Yapikredi 6%
                                        Ziraat 0 TL
                                        Always select to withdraw in the local currency and let your bank figure out the exchange rate.