Turkey proxies
Turkey comes with a characteristic none of the European countries on this list share, and it is better learned before the purchase than after. A Turkish exit inherits the restrictions that apply inside the country: some external resources may not open through it, and that is a property of the route rather than a fault in the proxy. For collecting Turkish data it does not matter at all; using a Turkish address as general transit is another story.
What we have in Turkey
Prices are the same as in every other country we cover.
What Turkish addresses get used for
Marketplace price monitoring
Trendyol, Hepsiburada, n11, Amazon.com.tr, Çiçeksepeti: Turkish storefronts are separate and prices on them move often.
Classifieds and second-hand
sahibinden.com and arabam.com: among the most automation-resistant platforms across all the countries on this list.
Local search and SEO
google.com.tr and the local map pack: results are their own set and can only be checked from inside.
Ad verification
Hürriyet, Sabah, Milliyet, Sözcü, NTV: campaigns bought for a Turkish audience do not render for a foreign address.
What looks different from outside Turkey
These serve a Turkish visitor something other than what a foreign one sees, because of broadcast rights and local catalogues. We sell addresses rather than a way past detection.
Which type to take for a Turkish job
Home connection addresses, billed per gigabyte, rotating by default.
Marketplaces, classifieds, search results, ad checks
Consumer registration on datacenter hardware. Static and dedicated for the term.
Accounts, long sessions, anything that must not change address
Addresses in Turkish datacenters, traffic unmetered.
Volume collection where the target ignores address class
Cities people ask for here
Cities are set with the _city_ suffix. Istanbul holds most of the population and the connectivity, so country level is almost always enough.
The setups people take here most often
- 01Residential, country levelThe default: targets check the country and the address class rather than the city.
- 02Static ISPAccounts and long sessions: the address holds for the whole term.
- 03Datacenter, IstanbulVolume collection where the target is neutral.
- 04A separate exit for external targetsIf the job reaches beyond Turkish sites, do not route it through a Turkish address.
Connection strings for Turkey
The country code is TR, upper case. The city goes after it with _city_, hyphens instead of spaces, in the order country, city, session, lifetime.
Turkish static addresses take no suffixes: the host is the IP from your dashboard, port 50100, SOCKS5 on 50101.
Turkish exits, four ways
curl -x login_c_TR:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://api.ipify.org
# held for fifteen minutes on session 42
curl -x login_c_TR_s_42_ttl_15m:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://api.ipify.org
# Istanbul explicitly, though country level usually suffices
curl -x login_c_TR_city_Istanbul_s_43_ttl_1h:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://api.ipify.org
# a Turkish static address: no suffixes
curl -x login:password@YOUR-TR-IP:50100 https://api.ipify.orgA Turkish exit inherits local restrictions
This is the main technical difference between Turkey and the European countries on our list.
Inside the country some external resources are at times unreachable, and an exit physically located in Turkey sees the internet the way a local user sees it. The consequence catches people out: a request to an external site through a Turkish address can fail while the same request through a German one succeeds.
It is worth being clear that this is neither a fault nor a property of our network: it is how the route works, and no proxy provider controls it. We sell addresses in a country, not a separate internet for it.
The practical conclusion is straightforward. For collecting Turkish data it does not get in the way at all: Turkish sites open normally through a Turkish address. Using a Turkish exit as general transit for mixed work is the part to avoid, because some of that work will run into something the proxy has nothing to do with. Keep a Turkish address for Turkish targets and use another country for external ones.
What actually blocks you on Turkish targets
The familiar split, but the strict end is noticeably harder than average.
The classifieds platforms are the most automation-resistant group in the country and treat any atypical traffic with suspicion. A datacenter address there will almost certainly be refused, and residential will additionally want a careful pace and a sticky session.
Marketplaces filter hosting ranges but more gently than classifieds: residential is usually enough.
Publishers and reference sites serve datacenter addresses normally.
Search results are reachable but rate limited per address: more addresses rather than a different type.
Which exits you get here, and how stable they are
The Turkish pool in practical terms.
Population and connectivity concentrate in Istanbul, with Ankara and Izmir behind it. The pool is a decent size, so country level answers reliably, while city targeting works for the large cities and less well for the rest.
Sticky sessions behave normally. Home line quality is uneven, fast in the large cities and slower away from them, which is why a thirty second client timeout earns its keep here.
Istanbul is also a bridge between European and Middle Eastern routes, so a Turkish datacenter address sometimes gets bought for routing. With the caveat from the previous section: as transit for arbitrary external targets it suits worse than it looks.
Choosing the type for a Turkish target
The usual order, adjusted for how strict the classifieds platforms are.
- Start with datacenter. Publishers and reference sites serve it, and it is the cheapest option.
- A 403 on the first request means hosting ranges are filtered. On marketplaces move to country-level residential.
- For classifieds go straight to residential with a sticky session and a moderate pace: that is the strictest group in the country.
- A 429 after many requests is a per-address rate limit: more addresses, not a different type.
- Accounts belong on ISP: static, dedicated, Turkish consumer registration.
What Turkish sites check beyond the address
A Turkish address opens the first gate; language and timezone decide the rest.
Send tr-TR in Accept-Language. English versions exist on the larger platforms and will go to whoever did not ask for Turkish.
There is one timezone for the whole country, Europe/Istanbul, and it does not observe daylight saving. A profile copied from a European setup that does will be out of step with its own address for half the year.
Then the usual: consent banners hide content, and a scraper that does not handle them captures an empty page under a successful status code.
What a month of Turkish work costs
Three scenarios at our prices, so you have something to check a quote against.
- Price monitoring across Turkish marketplaces, 40,000 listings a day with images blocked, roughly 90 KB per page. That is about 3.6 GB a day, around 108 GB a month: $108 on residential.
- Collecting from the classifieds platforms costs more at the same volume because it needs a slower pace and more sessions, not a different product.
- Twenty Turkish ISP addresses at $2.10 each on the volume tier: $42 a month, with no traffic billing at all.
The legal part, stated plainly
Turkey has its own personal data protection legislation, separate from the European one. Collecting data that identifies people in Turkey is governed by it regardless of where your company sits or which address your traffic exits through.
This is general information rather than legal advice. Our terms require lawful use and we act on abuse reports. Where the answer carries commercial risk, ask a lawyer familiar with that jurisdiction.
Verifying a Turkish exit
Under a minute. One extra check is worth running here: whether the external targets you need open through this exit at all.
Three checks
# 1. is the exit Turkish
curl -s -x login_c_TR:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://ipinfo.io/json | grep -o '"country": "[A-Z]*"'
# 2. does a Turkish target open, and does an external one
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "turkish target: %{http_code}\n" -x login_c_TR:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://example.com.tr
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "external target: %{http_code}\n" -x login_c_TR:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://example.com
# 3. does the sticky session hold
for i in 1 2 3; do
curl -s -x login_c_TR_s_42_ttl_15m:password@proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000 https://api.ipify.org; echo
doneQuestions people ask before buying Turkish addresses
Why does an external site not open through a Turkish address?
Because the exit sits inside the country and sees the internet the way a local user does. That is a property of the route rather than a fault in the proxy, and no provider controls it. For Turkish targets it does not get in the way; for external ones use another country.
Can I use a Turkish exit as transit?
Better not to. Some external work through it will run into something the proxy has nothing to do with. Keep a Turkish address for Turkish targets.
Why are the classifieds platforms so hard?
They are the most automation-resistant group in the country. They want residential with a sticky session and a moderate pace, not a more expensive type.
Do I need city targeting?
Usually not. Istanbul holds most of the population and the connectivity, and country level is enough.
Which timezone should the profile use?
Europe/Istanbul, and it does not observe daylight saving. A profile copied from a European setup that does will be out of step for half the year.
Do Turkish addresses cost more?
No. Prices are the same everywhere: residential from $1.00 per GB, datacenter from $1.15 per address per month, ISP from $1.90.