The short answer
You hold a Rogers plan and a flight to Istanbul, and the choice is whether to buy the Rogers Europe Travel Pass or a travel eSIM first. The Rogers FAQ lists Turkey under Europe, not Asia, and I read those prices on 10 November 2026. I set them against the travel eSIMs I priced on 10 November 2026 and against Ringo Light. For any stay from three days I would buy Ringo Light and keep my own SIM in for calls and texts.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $16.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $24.50 for one week and $69 for the month.
The Europe Travel Pass puts your own Rogers plan to work in Turkey at C$30 for 3 days, C$70 for 14 and C$90 for 30, so nothing needs installing and a phone with no eSIM slot works. Ringo Light is cheaper at every length.
10 GB for 30 days at $13, on sale on its own site today against $15 regular. 20 GB is $20.
10 GB for 30 days at $13 on Türk Telekom and Turkcell. Its app and site do not open from inside Turkey, so install before you fly.
Prices read on 10 November 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, European Central Bank on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 10 November 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks and Nomad 5 days, so those are the nearest lengths.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited for Turkey. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The bucket most people buy for a two-week holiday. Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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Get Ringo Light for Turkey, from $8.99.
Installed once, next to your own SIM. Your eSIM arrives by email in seconds.
- 3 days $8.99
- 2 weeks $16.99
- 30 days $26.99
- 90 days $36.99
We sell data eSIMs for now to fund the full Ringo service. Ringo is self funded. Every plan bought here pays for the build of one plan that works everywhere.
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What to see in Turkey, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most trips from Canada include, from Istanbul to Cappadocia and down the Aegean and Turquoise coasts. Whichever plan you pick, the tip under each one is where your phone matters.
Roam with Rogers, or buy an eSIM
Turkey sits on the Europe list of the Rogers Travel Pass FAQ, not on the Asia list, even though most of the country is in Asia. I read the prices on 10 November 2026 on the Rogers roaming page with the Europe filter selected: C$30 for 3 days, C$55 for 7, C$70 for 14 and C$90 for 30. At the ECB reference rate of 10 November 2026, C$1 = $0.707, so the passes are about $21, about $39, about $50 and about $64. The International pass is dearer at C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120, and International Daily is C$18 a day, about $13. A pass day runs from 12 a.m. Eastern time on the activation date to 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the last day, and Istanbul is eight hours ahead of Eastern time at this time of year.
Ringo Light is one payment per trip, with three trips for Turkey: $8.99 for 3 days, $16.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, all unlimited data at full speed. A long weekend in Istanbul is $8.99 against about $21 on Rogers, two weeks on the coast is $16.99 against about $50, and a month is $26.99 against about $64.
Among the travel eSIMs, Ringo Light is the cheapest unlimited at every length. For 3 days Airalo asks $11.50 and Holafly $11.90. For a week Ubigi asks $22, Airalo $24.50, Saily $26.99 and Holafly $27.50, all under the Rogers 7-day pass at about $39. For a month the rivals run $64 to $73.90, and Ubigi at $64 is level with the Rogers 30-day pass at about $64.
What Rogers wins is real. Your Canadian number keeps ringing, calls and texts use the talk and text in your own plan, nothing needs installing, a phone with no eSIM slot works, and the charge lands on a bill you already pay. The page says you can use your plan's talk, text and data only within the destination you are visiting. The pages I read do not state a data amount, a speed cap or a hotspot rule, so I would ask Rogers before leaning on the pass for a laptop.
Networks in Turkey, and what changes for a visitor from Canada
Turkey has three big networks, Turkcell, Türk Telekom and Vodafone. Airalo and Nomad name Türk Telekom, Holafly names Turkcell and Türk Telekom, Saily names Turkcell or Vodafone, and Ubigi names Türk Telekom and Turkcell. Ringo Light uses a local partner network. For Istanbul, Cappadocia and the coast I would not choose on network.
Rogers does not say on the pages I read which Turkish network its pass uses, so I cannot tell you how its coverage compares. One catch with Ubigi: its app and site do not open from inside Turkey, so I would install before flying.
The travel eSIMs here are data only, with no Turkish number. Calls go over apps such as WhatsApp or FaceTime, while your Rogers number stays on your own SIM.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Ubigi
- Nomad, $13 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, tied with Ubigi, at a sale price against $15 regular. 20 GB is $20.
- Ubigi, $13 for 10 GB. On Türk Telekom and Turkcell with 5G. Install it before you fly.
- Airalo, $15.50 for 10 GB. Its Merhaba plan rides Türk Telekom.
- Saily, $15.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $22.99.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $16.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $26.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Nomad or Ubigi at $13 is the better buy, and Nomad sells 20 GB at $20, under Ringo Light's 30 days. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write for Ringo, so weigh that. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Turkey it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds, installs in one scan with a QR code, and needs no app.
It is data only: no number, no calls, no texts. It sits next to your own SIM, so your Canadian number stays on the Rogers SIM in the phone for calls and texts. I would pay once, before the flight, and switch the eSIM on for data when I land.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against C$30 (about $21) on the Rogers Europe pass and $11.50 at Airalo.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, against C$55 (about $39) for 7 days on Rogers. Ubigi 7 days at $22 if you want a week exactly.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, or Nomad or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $13.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99, against C$90 (about $64) on Rogers.
Keep your own SIM in beside the eSIM. Rogers carries calls and texts on your number and the travel eSIMs do not; the full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Turkey on 10 November 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Bell and Telus. I did not read their own roaming pages for Turkey on the day, so they stay out rather than being guessed. This page prices Rogers only.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/turkey-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on airalo.com, network Türk Telekom (Avea), read 10 November 2026; fixed-data buckets from the esimdb listing dated 5 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-turkey/, prices in dollars from its own page, read 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-turkey/, dollars, read 25 October 2026; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/turkey-esim, dollars, read 10 November 2026; 10 GB at the sale price, $15 regular
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/?destination=TUR&one-off=on, one-off plan list in dollars, read 22 October 2026; the site returned no plan list on 25 October 2026, figures confirmed against the esimdb listing dated 5 October 2026; the same prices stood on the esimdb listing read 10 November 2026
- Rogers: www.rogers.com/mobility/roaming, Travel Pass prices on rogers.com/mobility/roaming, which show when the Europe filter is selected, C$30, C$55, C$70 and C$90 for 3, 7, 14 and 30 days, the International pass at C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120 and International Daily at C$18 a day, and the pass FAQ at rogers.com/mobility/roaming/faqs-about-travel-pass naming Turkey on the Europe Travel Pass list, the day running from 12 a.m. ET on the activation date to 11:59 p.m. ET on the last day, and the line that you can use your plan's talk, text and data only within the destination you are visiting, read 10 November 2026
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 10 November 2026, the latest published that day, used for the dollar figures (C$1 = $0.707)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 10 November 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
