Paphos Life

Cappielow1 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 1:54 pm Approximately 4 years ago we visited Kyrenia using a hire car, on the road in I'm pretty sure I was flashed by a speed camera (forgetting it was KPH and not MPH).

As I understand things, because Northern Cyprus is not recognised internationally, any misdemeanor is logged against your passport and should you attempt to cross the border again, or attempt to enter mainland Turkey, this will flag up and you'll be required to pay any fine plus accumulated surcharges.

I only ask as my son has booked a holiday in Turkey for July 2022 and wants us to go with them.

I wouldn't like to arrive in Turkey to find I have to pay an exorbitant fine before I'm allowed entry, or worse still, before I'm allowed to come home.

Midnight Express springs to mind

Anyone have any previous experience or knowledge of a similar situation?

WHL wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 2:57 pm To answer your question

Holirep wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:15 pm As I read it you were not stopped and issued with a ticket so surely they would not have your name unless your car hire company gave it to them. Have you checked with the car hire company whether they had received the penalty notice.

Holirep wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:15 pm As I read it you were not stopped and issued with a ticket so surely they would not have your name unless your car hire company gave it to them. Have you checked with the car hire company whether they had received the penalty notice.

Cappielow1 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:32 pm

Holirep wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:15 pm As I read it you were not stopped and issued with a ticket so surely they would not have your name unless your car hire company gave it to them. Have you checked with the car hire company whether they had received the penalty notice.

As I understand it, when you cross the border, they link the VRM to your passport and therefore have your details.

While I'm unlikely to recross from South to North in the future, if I did so and was asked to pay a fine (which I'd have no problem doing, it's the surcharges I'd object to) I could always turn around and just not cross.
However, if this was linked to my passport and I arrived at an airport and was denied entry I'd have little choice other than to pay.
Hence my post wondering if anyone had previous experience or knowledge.

Kili01 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:58 pm Sorry if I upset you, which was quite unintended. I misread your post as I thought that you would be landing here in the south and then going to the north, as many tourists have done.
We've never had a speeding fine while in the north, but I know of people who have. What others have told you about the authorities there logging your speeding fine, and then demanding payment should you return, is true also.
Not sure where you are now, but I expect that you know that Turkey has a large number of covid cases at present.
Let's hope that the Pandemic will be stopped when every country is able to vaccinate their citizens to get herd immunity.

Dee

josef k wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 4:06 pm If you have renewed your passport since you last visited the north, then you may not flag up on their system as they will have your old passport number.

Kili01 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 2:27 pm So, you will have to forget going to the north, as we all have for at least the next few years.

jeba wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 7:40 am

Kili01 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 2:27 pm So, you will have to forget going to the north, as we all have for at least the next few years.

Is the closing of the border crossings not merely because of covid?

galexinda wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 9:04 am When you hire a car you give your Passport and Driving Licence details to the hire company.

If you had been speeding the authorities would have either sent the information to the hire company which would have forwarded it to you or,
more than likely as it was a hire car and it was four years ago, decided not to pursue the fine.

From my travelling experiences between North Cyprus and Turkey for immigration, residency, custom duties etc. each country has a separate entity.