What to do if your mobile SIM card stops working in Antalya, Turkey
Based on 2 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 26 days ago
TL;DR
On July 24 there was a network outage affecting MTS roaming SIM users in Antalya — phone shows signal but isn't registered on the network. It's a carrier-side issue, not a defective SIM, and typically resolves itself in 2-3 hours.
What the community said
One traveler reported MTS just stopped working; support only gives a template reply about network disruptions and promises a fix soon — no service for 2 hours straight.
27 days ago MTS carrier outage
Another traveler had the same issue: phone shows signal, but the SIM isn't registered on the network — asked others for advice on fixing it.
27 days ago SIM not registering on network
Someone confirmed MTS was working poorly that day due to an outage at the local carrier — they had the same issue, but service came back on its own after about 3 hours.
27 days ago resolved after ~3 hours