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I have the following specific case but it would be nice to have a general answer if one does exist:

A fellow German traveler just spent 3 months in Turkey on his passport. He just then left to Bulgaria, the rule is to wait three months before he could enter for another three months. But Germans can enter Turkey with just their ID card or if they have, a second passport, so he is going to try using his ID when going back to Turkey tomorrow.

Is there a way for the Turkish border authorities to link the two different Passports/IDs and see that he is not really allowed to enter?

I guess the name and date of birth is the same on both, but that is not unique enough.

I am sure German authorities could link the two papers but can it be done by foreign countries?

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The tupple full name, date of birth, and country (which is present in both the passport and the id card) is usually unique to an individual 1.

If the border authority stores this data in a database along with entry date, they will notice the same person attempting to enter before the allowed time, even though the passport number and the id card number are totally different.

They don't need access to the foreign issuing authority (Bewohneramt in this case) to do this, just to keep and check their own records.

Whether specifically Turkey actually does this, and also actively enforces it, is another question which I can't answer.

1 In the cases it isn't, people can often experience problems when dealing with bureaucracy.

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Of course they can. And they have the right to do it.

Will they likely do it? That's is another question.

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