To obtain a driver's license in North Cyprus, you must:

1) Completed application form in English or Turkish.

2) Original and copy of passport

3) Work visa or residence permit

4) 2 photos size 3,5*4,5 (color, on a white background)

5) Applicable rights of your country (original and copy)

P.S.: On certificates where there is data written in Latin, translation is not required (for example, international) Upon initial receipt, the above documents must be personally presented to the tax committee of the city.  Lefkoshi. Pay the required amount. The employee accepts the documents, returns the original documents and issues a receipt. After a month, you can pick up the finished rights there.

To renew a driver's license, you must:

1) Copy of passport and original

2) Expired IC certificate

When renewing the driver's license of the IC, you can contact the tax city of Girne. As with the initial receipt, the documents and payment are accepted by the employee, a receipt is issued and within 3 weeks you can pick up the license there.

Prices for rights:

2 years: 774.80 TL

3 years: 1034 TL

5 years: 1589 TL

10 years: 2639 TL

Student Driving Licence Exam: 775 TL

Student Rights: 774.90 TL

Driving test: 1065 Tl

Temporary Driving License: 774.90 TL

International Driving License: 1620 TL

380 TL for lost, damaged, worn out or copies of a student driver's license.

P.S: In 2023, in order to obtain the first license, you need to undergo training at a driving school and pass an exam (these rules, as practice shows, change every 6 months with new conditions). To get the first rights to the IC, you need to take a training course at a driving school for 6000-8000 liras (the price includes rights), which usually lasts a month (but together with the new amendment until May 2023, third-country nationals reduced this period to 5 days of full-time practice), then apply for a license. After May 2023, absolutely everyone will have to undergo training, pass an oral and practical exam. Regulation on the validity of foreign driving licences in the territory of Northern Cyprus of 23 February 2017: According to the  rules of the Traffic Police of Northern Cyprus, foreigners who have entered the territory of the TRNC have the right to drive a car using their internal driver's license only for one month from the date of entry. If a foreigner plans to stay in North Cyprus for more than one month, then he needs to obtain a TRNC driver's license.  Otherwise, in the event of an accident, the issued insurance will lose its validity. Obtaining rights from a tourist is carried out on another document (check with the city police)