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Turkey’s Foreign Digital Accommodation Platforms bill, which would require platforms such as Booking, Expedia and Airbnb to hold a permit, is on the agenda of the Turkish parliament’s General Assembly this week. According to an AA report of 8 November 2026, the General Assembly will continue debating the Turkish Red Crescent bill on Tuesday 10 November and then take up this bill. It is not yet law: it still has to be adopted by the General Assembly and published in the Official Gazette.
What happened?
- The process: The bill passed the parliament’s Public Works, Zoning, Transport and Tourism Committee in the first week of October (our report of 14 October). The General Assembly is next.
- The timetable: The General Assembly resumes on Tuesday 10 November. It will first continue with the Turkish Red Crescent bill (its first four articles have been adopted) and then move on to the accommodation platforms bill. No date for the vote has been announced.
What does the bill introduce?
The main provisions reported on 8 November:
- A permit: Platforms must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The fee is TRY 5 million, rising each year by the previous year’s revaluation rate.
- Duration: The permit is valid for two years and cannot be transferred to another company.
- Tourism levy: Platforms pay 7.5 per ten thousand (0.075%), calculated on the digital services tax base, to the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency.
- Fine: TRY 500,000 for companies that do not keep the hardware, software and programs specified by the ministry in working order.
- Access blocking: For platforms operating without a permit, or whose permit has been cancelled or has expired.
- Disputes: Turkish law applies and Turkish courts have jurisdiction.
The text approved in committee also contained a commission cap of at most 17% on domestic sales and an entry-into-force date of 1 January 2027. The 8 November reports do not mention these two points; since the General Assembly can amend the text, do not treat them as final.
What does it mean for travellers?
- Booking will not reopen in Turkey straight away. Even if the bill is adopted, the law must take effect, Booking must obtain a permit, and the legal and administrative steps relating to the access restriction that stems from a 2017 court ruling must be completed before it can sell hotels in Turkey.
- Nothing changes for hotels on the Greek islands. Users in Turkey can already book hotels on Lesbos, Chios or Rhodes. Our island guides: Lesbos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Rhodes, Kastellorizo.
- Travellers outside Turkey are not affected: the restriction concerns Booking’s sales of hotels located in Turkey to users in Turkey.
- We will update this article after the General Assembly vote.
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Sources
- Radikal / AA: New regulation on the TBMM agenda, fee and tax for foreign platforms (8 November 2026, in Turkish)
- AA: TBMM to take up the Turkish Red Crescent bill and the Foreign Digital Accommodation Platforms bill (8 November 2026, in Turkish)
- Turizm Gazetesi: New regulation for foreign digital accommodation platforms on the TBMM agenda on Tuesday 10 November (8 November 2026, in Turkish)
- Cumhuriyet: Will Booking reopen in Turkey? (8 November 2026, in Turkish)
- AA / Foreks: Bill accepted in committee (6 October 2026, in Turkish)
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