A letter from date 07.01.2025 and numbered 6195977 sent to the Chamber of Shipping by the General Directorate of Investment and Enterprises of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is summarized as follows;
1- Within the scope of the third paragraph added to Article 29 of the Tourism Incentive Law numbered 2634, with the Approval of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism dated 03.01.2025 and numbered 6165047; The social and technical infrastructure services shares to be collected for 2025 from foreign-flagged commercial yacht operators over thirty-nine meters that request permission from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to operate for tourism purposes in Turkish Territorial Waters;
For every 30 days;
From yachts between 39 and 60 meters in length, 1,800,000.-TL
From yachts between 60 and 80 meters in length, 2,600,000.-TL
From yachts over 80 meters in length 5,200,000.-TL
For every 10 days;
For yachts between 39 and 60 meters in length, 900,000. TL
For yachts between 60 and 80 meters in length, 1,300,000.-TL
For yachts over 80 meters in length, 2,600,000.-TL
In short-term permit requests, if the requested period exceeds 10 days, the entire amount determined for 30 days will be collected, and the operating permit will be granted,
2- With the approval of the Ministry dated 02.01.2024 and numbered 6118783, In cruise permit transactions,
– For multi-owner yachts that request a cruising permit and are used by more than four owners and foreign-flagged yachts belonging to clubs, associations, and unions, an additional fee of 80 Euros according to the length of the meter, by the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Regulation,
– For foreign-flagged commercial yachts below 39 meters LOA come from abroad with passengers, an additional fee of 40 Euros according to the length of the meter, in Turkish Lira, based on the daily effective exchange rate applied by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, by the fourth paragraph of Article 47 of the Regulation, is deemed appropriate.
In addition, in addition to the social and technical contribution fee to be received for the above services within the scope of the third paragraph added to Article 29 of the Tourism Incentive Law No. 2634, according to paragraph (9) of the section titled “II-Port operations” of the tariff (7) of the General Communiqué on Fees Law published in the Official Gazette dated 30.12.2024 and numbered 32768, which was also announced with the Circular No. 2824/952 of our Chamber dated 31.12.2024, the 2025 Fees to be received from foreign-flagged commercial yachts over thirty-nine meters;
– From yachts between 39 meters and 60 meters in length, 2,077,484.60 -TL
– From yachts with a length between 60 meters and 80 meters, 3,116,226.80 -TL
– From yachts with a length over 80 meters, 4,154,969.30 -TL
If the document’s renewal period is extended, the same fee will be charged.
For more information, contact our charter department by email to [email protected]