Very helpful, thanks.
We however are stuck at Cesme customs, where they have stopped issuing insurance on entry. Does anyone have a contact in Turkey to organise UK registered motorcycle insurance? Many thanks

There are lots of insurance shops with signage "Sigorta" in every Turkish town. I can see that there are several in Cesme Town, approx a 20min walk from the port. If it were me, I would ask Customs if you can leave your bike in no-mans land for an hour, then walk or taxi into town to one of the shops. They should be able to help you. You'll need your passport and V5. Good luck!

Thank you. We finally managed to get insurance via a port employee as intermediary. We paid a few Euros extra but we are through. We also had fun trying to leave the port as ‘computer said no’ a few times between border police, customs and yet another lot of officials. All good as all part of the adventure. Thanks for your help.

Last september I crossed from Bulgary into Turkey. I went through the Malko Tarnovo border crossing, and truth is that nobody asked me for my insurance or green card. I had a green card issued by my insurance company in Andorra, but they forgot to ask me and let me through after checking only my passport. They were way more interested in whether I had a drone or not, and they even searched my panniers for one (I don't carry a drone with me).

Another thread bounce, proves I've done a search anyway ;)

Will be crossing Kos-Bodrum in spring. Does anybody know if I can get insurance at the port, or if there is some way to do it online in advance? UK registered bike. Yes I know I can ride in overland but that's not what I want to do. Thanks!

Hi Tomkat,

I havent travelled yet but doing research. My bike insurance is with BikeSure. I see on their website that Greece is covered and Turkey can also be added to the green card. I've yet to ask them yet but with luck you should be covered with your own insurance.

Regards
Waffey

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"Which countries can I visit with my Green Card?

You can travel to any country that has entered into an agreement with the European Commission such as: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Slovakia.

However Bikesure’s Green Card cover could also allow you to travel to the following destinations:

Albania
Andorra
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
North Macedonia
Norway
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Vatican City"

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For the benefit of anyone else doing the search, the guy in the ticket office at Kos port was able to get me insurance, at a few days notice. Very helpful guy who also has a little car hire business down town. Note they won't let you on the ferry unless they can see proof you have insurance.

I since found another option, Abdulcelil Alkis who can arrange insurance for you via whatsapp: +90 533 695 35 42

Sorry for the late reply but ikamet also offers Turkey only insurance online 1000tl for motorcycle 30 days.

You can start here. https://ikamet.com/foreign-traffic-insurance-turkiye/

Have just spent a while on the phone to Bikesure getting my green card setup and can confirm if the policy is underwritten by Markerstudy that although they do cover additional countries they DONT cover Ukraine, Macedonia, Albania or Kosovo

thanks for the update. Albania will be an issue but i'm only planning to pass thru, assume you can buy at the border?

Last time we entered Albania (7/8 years ago, I think) there was no insurance at the border and we were told it wasn’t mandatory. We were going to seek some out in Tiranë but in the end we only stayed for a few day and got the ferry to Italy.
Sorry it’s not more current.

Albanian insurance for foreign vehicles. I haven't tried this page but it looks promising.

https://sales.sigal.com.al/OnLineIns...areOnLine.aspx