Turkey

	Picture	Date of first issue	Date of last issue	Type	Description	Remarks
	rear	1940	1952	car	H 1234	Istanbul vehicle class (H) was added later front Fox rear Europlate
		1940	1952	taxi	T 123	taxi Europlate
1		1952	1962	car	H 12345	400x145mm Hans Klotz
2		1952	1962	mc	M 1234	motorcycle 165x95mm Fox
3		1952	1962	mopd	B 12345	moped bicycle? Drew
4		1952	1962	truck	K 12345	truck Francoplaque
5		1952	1962	truck	Kt 12345	small truck stationwagon Europlate
6		1952	1962	govt	Kt 12345	small truck stationwagon Fox
7		1952	1962	bus	O 12345	bus trolleybus Europlate
8		1952	1962	1952	CD 1234	diplomatic green on white Europlate
9		1952	1962	CC	CC 12345	consular corps green on white Porth
10		1952	1962	taxi	T 12345	taxi Fox
11		1952	1962	dlr	12	dealer tecrübe means test
12		1952	1962	govt	R	government red on white minister gold on red governor gold on green
13		1952	1962	govt	A	police red on white?
14		1952	1962	govt	L	road maintenance red on white?
15		1952	1962	army	123456	army Francoplaque
16		1952	1962	army	1234	high ranking officer with stars Europlate
17		1952	1962	army	12345	air force Europlate
18		Oct 1962		car	12 AB 345	470x120mm Europlate Hans (2x)
19				mc	12 AB 345	motorcycle 150x110mm
20				CD	12 AB 345	diplomatic CA0-8 USA Hans
21				CC	12 AB 345	consular corps CU4-5 Cyprus Hans
22	square			govt	12 AB 345	foreign scientific and technical staff Hans
23		1979? 1981		car	12 A 3456	Istanbul Europlate
		1985		car	12 ABC 34	Istanbul
		Mar 1988		pers
		1997		car	12 AB 345 12 A 3456 12 ABC 34 12 AB 3456	Muschard (1st) Konuk (3x)
				govt	12 AB 345	Konuk
	bk/bl			other	12 AB 345	police
	bk/wh			army	123456
		2003?		car	12 A 34567	Balıkesir, Bursa, İzmir & Trabzon only
		?		car	12 ABC 345	Ankara only

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