Alanya Customs

Yachtforeverfreedom
Wed 7 Oct 2009 16:04
Well, have spent most of the day arranging the Customs Clearance of the two antennas for our new SSB radio (the antennas have arrived but the radio is stuck in Customs in Istanbul!). Luckily we have had the assistance of the Marina Deputy Manager, Savas and the Marina Receptionist, Sibel, without whom we would still be trying to get our heads around Turkish Bureaucracy. UPS delivered the 2.5m box to the marina and we duly parted with 530 Turkish Lira (TRY) for the privilege (220 TRY was the duty and the remainder their fee for delivering it from Istanbul to Alanya); but, of course, things were not that simple; we had then to take the box (unopened) to the Customs in Alanya to have it cleared into Turkey - luckily Sibel accompanied us and also managed to arrange an estate-car taxi which could take the box (although it did stretch right through the car from windscreen to tail-gate. The Customs office was on the 3rd floor, so up we go with Peter carrying the 2.5m long box! When we arrive we find that the senior Customs Officer, who is the only person who can handle the documentation, is down in the main port clearing-in a cruise ship. Nearly 2 hours later he returns and, within about 15 minutes all formalities have been completed and we can go - everyone is all smiles and cordial handshakes (after-all we have paid nearly £100 duty on things valued at about £200 in the UK). No doubt there will be a similar, equally expensive, arrangement when the radio finally arrives.

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