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					Originally Posted by eonibm  1. Apparently phones do not become inactive until after a week if you don't register your IMEI ... | 
	
 That wasn't true when I bought a Turkcell SIM: it started off blocked and only became unblocked the next day as I described 
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		| 2. I hear conflicting reports on whether registering the IMEI is free or not.
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 I don't remember whether registration was free. But the SIM and registration cost 43TL (inclusive of 20TL credit) so you might be able to work it out.
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		| 5. Reports on here talk about texting the carrier to buy more data, etc. But, how do you do this if your credit card has not been accepted.
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 You have to have credit on the card, then the cost of the data is deducted from that. I bought top-ups for cash in shops.
I can't answer your other questions.