Talk:Turkey/@comment-25360497-20171014035237/@comment-24682153-20171014095859

Hi. No, you don't have to pay a tax of €40 for importing your phone. This tax is only collected when you use a Turkish SIM card on an imported phone for more than 3 or 4 months.

What Kyivstar UA is concerned, I know they are tricky to top-up. They only accept UA-issued credit/debit cards on their website to do so. You can try a few alternatives: Easypay.UA for about 2% surcharge. Last resorts are Bing.com or Recharge.com, but they charge a hefty 20%+. But we have this discussion better in the Ukraine chapter.