Does using a wireless remote control in Türkiye require a licence or frequency assignment?
No. In Türkiye the "Regulation on Radio Equipment and Systems Exempt from Frequency Assignment" dated 27 November 2018 applies, and short-range devices within its scope require neither a frequency assignment nor a radio licence. Because the exemption is conditional, the device must comply with the regulation's annex of technical criteria in terms of band, power and duty cycle.
The 2018 regulation replaced the previously effective Short Range Devices (SRD) Regulation and the Private Radio Systems Regulation. For devices within its scope:
- No frequency assignment is made.
- No radio licence or usage fee is required.
- In return, the device must comply with the band, maximum power, bandwidth and duty cycle limits defined in the regulation's annex of technical criteria.
These criteria are largely aligned with CEPT's ERC/REC 70-03 recommendation, but do not apply the numbers in the European tables directly to Türkiye; what is binding is BTK's own annex of technical criteria.
The exemption also does not grant protection. You operate in an unlicensed band; if another device transmitting in the same band interferes with you, that is not a regulatory violation. The system's resilience against interference has to come from the design.
The concrete thing to look at when buying is the device's EU declaration of conformity and the CE marking; the declaration states the number and version of the harmonised standards applied. Changing the module, enlarging the antenna or increasing the power yourself voids the exemption.
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