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Mehmet- this is very interesting because from around mid-June next year (2014) I am hoping to temporarily store my Transalp for approximately three months somewhere in Turkey (arriving from Iran).

You see, I will need to go back to England for those three months to attend work. If I don't then I fear I will lose my job.

I will return to Turkey around the following early-mid October to ride the bike all the way home to England.

Are you suggesting that I should re-think my plans and consider temporary storage in an Eastern EU country instead?

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Unfortunately, still a nightmare here and almost impossible in big towns....Hope changes soon..Lets keep in touch..

I remember a friend who has left his bike in Tehran for a while..May be Richard (NL).Just asked him on facebook..

So definitely in an EU.country..Can recommend Doug's place in Bulgaria,Idilevo..
Chris Bright also parked his transalp there for winter sleeping!!!!
Doug,Poly,Ivo great friends...

Just been informed by Richard who did so last year....Thanks a lot.
1-IRAN..Illegal to leave the country without the vehicle.
2-GREECE..Possible and secured garage in Athens...


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Leaving bike in Turkey

Mehmet, your post that leaving the bike in Turkey is NOT recommended was pretty recent, so I assume that has not changed. In that case, would you be able to recommend a shipping agent to ship my motorcycle (Kawasaki GPs 1100) by sea or air to California? Thanks for your help.
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Rules are same..
1-Visa 90 days for you and 180 days for your vehicle.
2-that is the only legal way to keep your vehicle in Turkey while you are outside the country for a while.

But never leave the country without having the exit stamp for the bike on your same passport page next to the entrance one..

Have no recommended airfreight or seafreight agents in İstanbul anymore...

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I am hoping to temporarily store my Transalp for approximately three months somewhere in Turkey (arriving from Iran).

You see, I will need to go back to England for those three months to attend work. If I don't then I fear I will lose my job.
Keith, I have no connection to them but heard good things about MotoCamp in Bulgaria (they've hosted a HU event there too)
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Was hoping to exit turkey on my foregn bike and then come back a few months later is this possible?
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