Movers for Turkey: the Ministry of Trade duty relief first, then the HGS toll rule for foreign plates, then the city rules we could read, then every province named.

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Duty relief

Is there duty relief for household goods moved to Turkey?

Yes, on the Ministry of Trade’s page, if you lived outside Turkey for at least 24 months and move your residence there for good. The page names no country of departure, so a move from the UK is not yet confirmed. English renderings of the Turkish wording are ours.

Who the relief is for

The Ministry of Trade’s page on household goods and workplace moves (opens in a new window) (shown with the date 07 Ağustos 2019, so confirm it is current) lists who may bring used household goods in free of customs duty. The first group reads: “Türkiye Gümrük Bölgesi dışında en az yirmi dört ay ikamet ettikten sonra yerleşim yerini kesin olarak Türkiye Gümrük Bölgesine nakleden gerçek kişiler.” In English: private persons who, after living outside the Turkish customs territory for at least twenty-four months, permanently move their place of residence into it. The 24-month condition is waived for some: “Türkiye Gümrük Bölgesi dışında son on yıl içinde en az beş yıl ikamet eden gerçek kişiler için yerleşim yerine ilişkin bu süre şartı aranmaz.” In English: for people who lived outside the territory for at least five of the last ten years.

When the goods may come

The page says: “Ev eşyasının kişilerin beraberinde veya gelişlerinden önce veya altı ay sonraki süre içerisinde getirilip serbest dolaşıma giriş beyanında bulunulması gerekir.” In English: the goods must be brought with the person, or before arrival, or within six months afterwards, with a declaration for release into free circulation.

Papers, family and what is excluded

The papers listed are: “1) İkamet nakil belgesi, 2) Vukuatlı nüfus kayıt örneği, 3) Sözlü beyan formuna eklenecek eşya listesi”. In English: a residence transfer certificate, a population register extract with events, and a goods list attached to the oral declaration form. On who benefits: “Hayır, söz konusu muafiyet aile ünitesine (anne, baba ve 18 yaşından küçük çocuklar) tanınmıştır.” In English: the relief is for the family unit, which is parents and children under 18. On goods for work: “bir ticaret veya meslek icabı kullanılacak malzemelerin kullanılmış ev eşyası muafiyeti kapsamında serbest dolaşıma girişine izin verilmez”. In English: goods to be used for a trade or profession are not allowed in under this relief.

The UK and a car

The page does not name the United Kingdom, so how a move from the UK is treated is not yet confirmed; ask Turkish customs through your removal company. It covers household goods only. The rules for bringing a car in to stay were not read and are not stated here. The UK customs documentation checklist covers the British end.

Motorway tolls

What must a foreign-plated vehicle do about tolls?

Open an HGS account and keep enough balance for the toll. The General Directorate of Highways (KGM) says an unpaid toll must be settled within 15 days, or the vehicle may not leave at customs. No toll prices were read.

The rule

KGM’s page on foreign-plated vehicles (opens in a new window) says: “yabancı plakalı araçların cezalı duruma düşmemeleri için HGS abonesi olmaları ve HGS hesaplarında en az geçiş ücretini karşılayacak kadar bakiye bulundurmaları zorunludur.” In English: foreign-plated vehicles on toll motorways and bridges must hold an HGS subscription, with at least the toll in the account, to avoid a penalty. Where to open one: “HGS Hesabı, gümrük kapılarındaki ve ülke içerisindeki PTT Şube ve acenteleri ile banka şubelerinden açılabilmektedir.” In English: at customs gates, at PTT branches and agents inside the country, and at bank branches.

If a toll goes unpaid

After an unpaid crossing the owner must act “ihlalli geçiş tarihinden itibaren 15 gün içerisinde HGS hesabı açtırmaları”. In English: within 15 days of the crossing, open an account. The page says of the other case: “geçiş ücretlerini ödemeden ülkeyi terk etmelerine gümrük kapılarında izin verilmeyecektir”. In English: the vehicle will not be allowed to leave the country at customs without paying the tolls. The KGM page on HGS (opens in a new window) adds: “Aksi taktirde geçiş ücretine ilave olarak giriş çıkış yapılan mesafeye ait geçiş ücretinin dört katı idare para cezası uygulanmaktadır.” In English: otherwise a fine of four times the toll for the distance is applied, on top of the toll.

Background

The HGS page says: “Hızlı Geçiş Sistemi (HGS), 17.09.2012 tarihinde İzmir-Aydın Otoyolu, İzmir-Çeşme Otoyolu, Boğaz Köprüleri, Avrupa Otoyolu, Anadolu Otoyolu ve Niğde-Mersin-Şanlıurfa otoyollarındaki ücret toplama istasyonlarında PTT Genel Müdürlüğü tarafından devreye alınmıştır.” In English: HGS started on 17 September 2012 at toll stations on named motorways and the Bosphorus bridges, put into service by the PTT General Directorate. We found no toll prices on it, and a car you register in Turkey would be in a different position, which was not read.

What is not yet confirmed

Whether your removal lorry or car is a foreign-plated vehicle under this rule, what the tolls are, and how a move that ends in Turkey with a Turkish registration is treated are not yet confirmed. Ask your removal company, and see the car shipping guide for the shipping side.

City rules

Which cities publish lorry rules we could read?

Two. Istanbul has a guide of its own because news reports give lorry hours and a through-freight route, and Izmir’s Alsancak port has Ro-Ro lorry hours in one 2022 report. No moving-day rule is printed for any other city.

Istanbul

The Istanbul guide reports ban hours and permitted hours for heavy goods vehicles from a 2020 municipal decision, and a motorway for through freight. It is based on two news reports, because the municipality’s own page did not answer, and it says so.

Izmir: Alsancak port

An Ekonomist report of 27 October 2022 on the Alsancak port says: “Ro-Ro taşımacılığına hizmet edecek kamyon, tır, çekici türü araçların 07.30-09.30, 17.30-19.30 saatlerinde kente ve limana giriş-çıkış yapamayacağı belirtildi”. In English: lorries, tractor units and trucks serving Ro-Ro shipping may not enter or leave the city and the port at 07.30-09.30 and 17.30-19.30. It also says of the port: “UKOME kararıyla Ağustos 2018'de Ro-Ro taşımacılığına kapatılan limanda”. In English: the port, closed to Ro-Ro shipping by a UKOME decision in August 2018, was reopened to it with the ministry’s permission. The permission is limited: “Konteyner ve benzeri yükler hariç, yalnızca tekerlekli araçların ve yüklerinin taşınması kaydıyla”. In English: on condition that only wheeled vehicles and their loads are carried, containers excluded. This is port freight, not a household move, and a single 2022 report, so the rule may have changed since; see the report (opens in a new window).

Antalya, Ankara, Bursa and the resorts

Antalya, Izmir and Fethiye have no page of their own, and no page exists for Ankara, Bursa, Bodrum, Alanya, Marmaris, Çeşme or Didim either. No moving-day parking or permit rule for any of them is printed here, because none is sourced. Ask the district municipality where you will live.

All the places named

Where is my city or resort named?

All 81 provinces are named here with their TurkStat 2025 population, grouped by size, and the resort and market towns that had addresses on the earlier site are named inside their province. Istanbul and Izmir are in the lists too; only Istanbul has a page of its own.

Turkey had 86,092,168 residents in the 2025 results of the TurkStat population portal (opens in a new window). A province figure covers the whole province, not only its main city. Places listed after the word with are towns we found as districts of that province in an encyclopaedia’s list of districts, a secondary source; no district population is printed because TurkStat’s district table could not be read. Names follow TurkStat’s spelling, with Turkish letters.

1,000,000 or more

This band holds twenty-four provinces: İstanbul (15,754,053); Ankara (5,910,320); İzmir (4,504,185), with Çeşme; Bursa (3,263,011); Antalya (2,777,677), with Alanya; Konya (2,343,409); Adana (2,283,609); Şanlıurfa (2,265,800); Gaziantep (2,222,415); Kocaeli (2,161,171), with İzmit and Gebze; Mersin (1,956,428), with Mut; Diyarbakır (1,852,356); Hatay (1,577,531); Manisa (1,477,756); Kayseri (1,458,991); Samsun (1,392,403); Balıkesir (1,284,517); Tekirdağ (1,208,441); Aydın (1,172,107), with Didim and Kuşadası; Kahramanmaraş (1,146,278); Sakarya (1,123,693); Van (1,112,013); Muğla (1,099,547), with Bodrum, Fethiye and Marmaris; Denizli (1,060,975).

500,000 to 999,999

This band holds eighteen provinces: Eskişehir (927,956); Mardin (903,576); Trabzon (823,323); Ordu (768,087); Malatya (755,854); Afyonkarahisar (751,808); Erzurum (736,877); Batman (662,626); Sivas (631,401); Adıyaman (617,821); Tokat (614,141); Elazığ (605,678), with Karakoçan; Zonguldak (585,203); Çanakkale (573,976), with Çan; Şırnak (573,666); Kütahya (570,478), with Simav; Osmaniye (564,123); Çorum (519,590), with Alaca.

250,000 to 499,999

This band holds twenty-five provinces: Ağrı (491,489); Giresun (455,074); Isparta (445,303); Aksaray (441,136); Edirne (422,438); Düzce (415,622); Yozgat (413,208); Muş (389,127); Kastamonu (379,934); Kırklareli (379,595); Niğde (374,492); Uşak (374,405); Bitlis (360,423); Rize (346,947); Amasya (342,242); Siirt (332,369); Bolu (327,173); Nevşehir (320,150); Yalova (311,635); Kırıkkale (282,830); Bingöl (282,299); Hakkâri (279,681); Burdur (277,226); Kars (268,991); Karaman (262,355).

Under 250,000

This band holds fourteen provinces: Karabük (249,614); Kırşehir (242,777); Erzincan (239,625); Bilecik (228,995); Sinop (225,848); Bartın (206,663); Iğdır (205,071); Çankırı (200,549); Artvin (167,531); Kilis (157,363); Gümüşhane (138,807); Ardahan (90,392); Tunceli (85,083); Bayburt (82,836).

If your town is not listed, put its name in the enquiry.

Facts checked: 4 November 2026. Official wording moves on, so reread the linked sources before any deposit leaves your account.

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Questions

Quick answers before you move to Turkey

Is there duty relief for household goods moved to Turkey?

Yes, on the Ministry of Trade’s page: for people who lived outside Turkey for at least 24 months and move their residence there for good.

The page names no country of departure, so a UK move is not yet confirmed. The goods must arrive with the person, before, or within six months after.

Do I need an HGS account for a foreign-plated vehicle?

Yes, on toll motorways and bridges, with at least the toll in the account, according to the General Directorate of Highways.

An unpaid toll must be settled within 15 days or the vehicle may not leave at customs. No toll prices were read.

Does Turkey have a rule for lorries in Istanbul and Izmir?

News reports give Istanbul ban hours for heavy goods vehicles and Alsancak port Ro-Ro lorry hours in Izmir.

The Istanbul guide has the detail and says the municipality’s own page did not answer.

Is my city covered here?

Yes. All 81 provinces are named with their 2025 population, and the resort towns inside them.

Antalya, Izmir and Fethiye have no page of their own. If you cannot find your town, name it in the enquiry.

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