In Turkey, after the 1999 Earthquake disaster they introduced "luxury consumption tax" or ÖTV on pretty much everything that is not essential goods, which is compounding with VAT(you first add the ÖTV, then you add VAT to the total amount).
To enforce the sky high tax on stuff like mobile phones, carriers are required to register every single IMEI with the government(the pretext was that they are doing it against terrorist who might use phones to do nasty things). So, if you buy a phone from abroad you can use it for 3 months(was extended to 1 year during the pandemic) and then carriers block your phone until you personally register your IMEI with the government. The registration fee is absurd(200$ at the last update) and you can do it once every 2 years and the phone can be used only with the number you registered with.
Also, Apple(which has multiple Apple Store's in Turkey) is prohibited to provide repairs to phones bought from abroad.
Import taxes is also much higher.