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The environmental impact assessment (EIA, ÇED in Turkish) report for a “boat berthing area and ferry pier” project at Bodrum Cruise Port (Bodrum Yolcu Limanı), where some of the ferries to Kos depart, has been submitted to Turkey’s Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, and the review has started. The Review and Evaluation Commission (İDK) meets on 1 December 2026. This is not an approval: no positive EIA decision has been issued. Nothing changes at the port or on the ferries this winter.
What happened?
The project belongs to the port’s operator, Bodrum Yolcu Limanı İşletmeleri A.Ş. (listed as Bodrum Cruise Port’s operator on the Turkish Port Operators Association’s member page). According to reports by Muğla Gazetesi, Bodrum Gündem and Deniz Haber on 4-5 November 2026, the main points of the EIA report are:
- Location: Mantar Burnu, Kumbahçe neighbourhood, where the current Cruise Port terminal stands.
- Ferry pier: a new pier 106.8 m long and 8 m wide. The number of ferries that can berth at the same time rises from 3 to 4.
- Boat berths: from about 30 boats today to 130 yachts and boats of 10-60 m; about 3,823 m² of sea area plus 1,163.56 m² of land behind the berths.
- Cost: about 430 million TL. According to Muğla Gazetesi, it is to be financed by the private sector from its own funds.
- Parking: according to Muğla Gazetesi, about 3,000 m² with at least 111 car spaces (6 accessible, 6 for electric cars) and 15 bus spaces.
- Duration: according to Muğla Gazetesi, construction is expected to take about a year. No start date has been given.
- Change: a 187 m² “beach club” platform was removed from the plans after objections that it could restrict access to Giritli Teyze beach.
As reported by Muğla Gazetesi, the project aims to make ferry berthing more orderly and cut waiting times; it is not expected to increase passenger capacity.
The plan is not new. According to ANKA, the EIA process began on 16 May 2024, and a public consultation meeting in Bodrum on 4 July 2024 could not be completed because of protests by Kumbahçe residents. What is new is that the report has gone to the ministry and the commission date is set.
What does it mean for travellers?
- Nothing changes this winter. The project has not been approved and there is no construction date. Operators to Kos are sailing as usual.
- Which terminal? Bodrum has two separate ferry terminals: Kale (Castle) Port next to the castle and the Cruise Port in Kumbahçe. The project concerns only the Cruise Port. Which operator uses which terminal, parking and check-in are covered in our Bodrum ferry port guide.
- Kos sailings: winter times and operators are in our Bodrum to Kos ferry guide; Bodrum Ferryboat is one of the operators listed at the Cruise Port.
- During construction: if the project is approved and building starts, the sources do not say how ferry operations or passenger access would be affected; we could not verify this. We will update this article and the port guide when there is news.
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Sources
- Muğla Gazetesi - Bodrum Yolcu Limanı’na 430 Milyon TL’lik Dev Yatırım (4 November 2026)
- Bodrum Gündem - Bodrum Limanı Projesinde ÇED Süreci Başladı (4 November 2026)
- Deniz Haber - Bodrum Limanı projesinde ÇED süreci başladı (5 November 2026)
- ANKA - Bodrum Kumbahçe’de liman isyanı: halk ÇED toplantısını yaptırmadı (4 July 2024)
- TÜRKLİM - Bodrum Cruise Port member page (viewed 10 November 2026)
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