Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$8.57
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Samsung · 2021
Compatible
Install your Turkey eSIM
on Galaxy S21.
Yes — Galaxy S21 supports eSIM in Turkey. eSIM-capable. Some US carrier variants may have restrictions. travel.to routes you to Turkcell, Vodafone Türkiye, Türk Telekom automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.
Compatibility check
What checks out before payment.
eSIM supported
Galaxy S21 (2021) ships with eSIM hardware.
Carrier coverage
3 partner carriers in Turkey · auto-handoff between them.
Speed band
90 – 200 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT.
Install · ANDROID
6 steps from QR to online.
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01
Open Settings on your phone
Tap the Settings app from your home screen or app drawer.
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02
Tap Network & internet
On Pixel and most Android phones it's called Network & internet. Samsung Galaxy phones may label it Connections.
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03
Open SIMs (or SIM card manager)
Tap SIMs on Pixel, or SIM card manager on Samsung. You'll see your current SIM lines listed.
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04
Tap the + button or Add SIM
Look for a + icon or an Add SIM / Add eSIM action.
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05
Choose Download a SIM instead?
When the phone asks if you have a physical SIM, choose Download a SIM instead — that's the eSIM path.
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06
Scan the QR code from your email
Open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and point your phone's camera at the QR code.
Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until Galaxy S21 reaches a partner carrier's network in Turkey — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.
Turkey network
What to expect on Galaxy S21 in Turkey.
- Carriers
- Turkcell · Vodafone Türkiye · Türk Telekom
- Network
- 90 – 200 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT
- Time zone
- UTC+3 year-round
- Roaming alt cost
- $15 – 28/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Plans for Turkey
Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$20.20
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$31.86
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$43.49
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$60.98
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$90.07
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$177.41
USD
For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.
Galaxy S21 in Turkey
Common questions.
Yes. Galaxy S21 ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto Turkcell, Vodafone Türkiye, and Türk Telekom in Turkey. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
Yes. Galaxy S21 supports dual SIM worldwide, so your home SIM stays in the tray and travel.to installs alongside it as a second line. No swapping, no removing your primary number.
On Galaxy S21 open Settings → Network & internet → SIMs (Samsung calls it SIM card manager under Connections), tap Add SIM, choose "Download a SIM instead", and scan the QR from your travel.to email — 6 taps total.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on Galaxy S21. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Turkey (UTC+3 year-round) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Turkey we route on Turkcell, Vodafone Türkiye, and Türk Telekom. Galaxy S21 hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
90 – 200 Mbps urban · 45 ms RTT. Galaxy S21 negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Turkey runs about $15 – 28 per GB. A travel.to plan for Turkey sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Turkey keep limited hours (Istanbul IST · 24h) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on Galaxy S21 before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Three carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold Galaxy S21 falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Turkey eSIM profile already on Galaxy S21 — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Turkey order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Turkey eSIM fails to activate on Galaxy S21. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on Turkcell, Vodafone Türkiye, and Türk Telekom (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
A few Galaxy S21-specific notes: US carrier variants (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) may need unlock before accepting a foreign eSIM. Beyond that, the travel.to install flow in Turkey is the standard Android path.
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