Turkey

Citizens of the countries listed below are exempt from the PCR test upon entry to Turkey. Citizens out of these countries are required to have the PCR test result valid for 72 hours on arrival.

• Hong Kong
• People Republic of China
• Taiwan
• Vietnam
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Singapore
• Thailand
• South Korea
• Israel
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• Latvia
• Luxembourg
• Ukraine
• Estonia

A full-time curfew will be applied, starting at 19:00 on Thursday, April 29, 2021, and ending at 05:00 on Monday, May 17, 2021, regardless of weekdays and weekends.

• On the days when the curfew will be applied, the places and persons specified in the Annex will be exempted from the restriction in order to ensure the continuity of production, manufacturing, supply and logistics chains and the continuity of health, agriculture and forestry activities. Exemptions granted for the curfew are limited by the reason for exemption and, accordingly, the time and route, as clearly stated in our Circular No. 20799 dated 14.12.2020, otherwise it will be considered as abuse of exemptions and will be subject to administrative / judicial sanctions.
• On the days when curfew is restricted, grocery stores, markets, greengrocers, butchers, dried fruits and desserts can operate between 10.00-17.00, provided that our citizens are limited to meeting their mandatory needs and do not drive a vehicle (except for disabled citizens), the closest grocery store, market, greengrocer will be able to visit butchers, dried fruits and desserts shops. Between the same hours, grocery stores, markets, greengrocers, butchers, dried fruits, desserts and online ordering companies will be able to make sales to home / address. The above mentioned application will be valid for chain and super markets six days a week, chain markets will remain closed on Sundays.
• On days when there is a curfew, eating and drinking places (places such as restaurants, restaurants, cafeterias, patisseries) will only be able to operate as take-away services. Eating and drinking places and online food ordering companies will be able to deliver packages on a 24-hour basis until Thursday, May 13, 2021, which falls at the end of the month of Ramadan. Eating and drinking places and online food ordering companies will be able to deliver takeaway until 01:00 after the end of Ramadan.
• In the period of complete closure, the bakery where bread production is made and / or bakery products licensed businesses and only the dealers of these workplaces will be open (Only bread and bakery products can be sold in these workplaces). Our citizens will be able to go to and from the bakery within walking distance of their residences, provided that they are limited to meeting their bread and bakery product needs and do not drive a vehicle (except for disabled citizens). Bread distribution vehicles belonging to bakery and bakery licensed businesses can only serve bread to markets and grocery stores, and no sales will be made on the streets.
• During the curfew, all commercial enterprises, workplaces and / or offices will be closed except for the places where the above-mentioned basic food, medicine and cleaning products are sold and the workplaces within the scope of exemption in order not to disrupt the production, manufacturing, supply and logistics chains and face to face, except for remote work. service will not be provided.
• Having a reservation in accommodation facilities during the period when the curfew will be applied will not provide exemption from the curfew and / or intercity travel restriction for our citizens, and during this period, accommodation facilities will only be able to serve people who have a travel permit depending on compulsory circumstances.
• The exemption for the curfew restrictions for foreigners only covers foreigners who are in our country temporarily / for a short time within the scope of touristic activities; Foreigners who are in our country outside the scope of touristic activities, including residence permit holders, persons under temporary protection status or international protection applicants and status holders, are subject to curfew restrictions.
• During the complete closure process, the basic needs of our citizens in advanced age groups who are unable to meet their needs or who have severe illnesses will be met by VEFA Social Support Groups, and the necessary precautions in terms of both assignment of personnel and meeting the needs as soon as possible will be met by the Governors and It will be taken by the district governors.

Sanitary Office

A. The following documents are requested from the vessels on Daily basis beginning from 72 hours before the arrival. The documents must be sent by vessels to the relevant e-mail addresses.

• List of Last 10 port call
• Signed and Stamped Maritime Declaration of Health
• Crew list with body temperatures (for last 3 days)
• Passenger and crew information that joined the vessel in the past 14 days
• Information whether there are passengers or crew to disembark from vessel at the port
• The vessels that are considered as risky in terms of health are subject to Sanitary control at the anchorage. Free Pratique is granted by agents when the ship is found not to have any risks.
  If it is deemed necessary, the request for additional documents is under the initiative of sanitary office at the location.

B. According to the general statement, it is obligatory to disinfect the accommodation and bridge of all vessels arriving to Turkish ports by authorized companies via agent. Disinfection should be done before boarding the pilot. However, this practice varies according to the dynamics of the regions. It is only obligatory in Iskenderun and Ceyhan ports and new addition in Mersin. Therefore, you should get detailed information about the application from your agent in the region that your vessel will call.
C. On all procedures for the vessels; general measures such as protection of social distance, compliance with hygiene rules, and personal protective measures such as the use of masks, goggles and gloves are respected.

Harbour Master

• All pre-arrival documents must be delivered 48 hours before via agent. Masters must comply with this rule. Otherwise, administrative fines may arise.
• Port State Inspection practices started beginning from 01.06.2020
• Within the scope of combating the epidemic in our country, Continue to cargo, container and trailer transportation is very important. It becomes as a risk for sea transportation to want to carry passengers or truck drivers on these voyages. if passengers are required to carry, The issue should be reported to the general directorate of maritime affairs through ship agents.

Pilotage