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Turkey Departure Fee 2027: 1,590 TL Under the Law

Turkey's revaluation rate is 27.83%. By law the exit fee for Turkish citizens rises from 1,250 TL to 1,590 TL on 1 January 2027; final notice pending.

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With the October price data published by Turkey’s statistics office TÜİK on the morning of 3 November 2026, the revaluation rate for 2026 has been set at 27.83%. Turkey’s departure fee rises automatically by this rate each year, so unless the President decides otherwise, the fee will be 1,590 TL per exit from 1 January 2027 instead of 1,250 TL. The fee applies only to Turkish citizens: if you travel on a non-Turkish passport, you do not pay it. For Turkish passport holders taking a ferry to the Greek islands, it means 340 TL more per person.

What happened?

  • Rate announced: The revaluation rate is the change in the twelve-month average of Turkey’s domestic producer price index (Yİ-ÜFE). With the October 2026 figure, it came to 27.83% (25.49% last year). According to the TÜİK data reported by Kocaeli Kent Gazetesi, the index rose 1.65% in October and 27.41% year on year. Foreks reported the same rate that morning.
  • How it applies to the fee: Under Article 1 of Law No. 5597 on the departure fee, the fee is increased every year by the revaluation rate set for the previous year, and fractions of up to 10 TL are dropped. 1,250 TL × 1.2783 = 1,597.88 TL; dropping the fraction gives 1,590 TL. The same method took the fee from 1,000 TL to 1,250 TL in 2026 (from 1,254.90 TL) and from 500 TL to 710 TL in 2025.
  • Why some reports say “1,599 TL”: Some articles published before the October data used an estimated rate and came to 1,599 TL or about 1,600 TL. Those figures do not apply the rounding rule in the law.
  • Not final yet: The law allows the President to raise the fee, or the revalued amount, up to three times or cut it to zero. The rise from 710 TL to 1,000 TL in September 2025 was made this way. The official 2027 amount will be confirmed in a communiqué from the Revenue Administration (GİB) at the end of the year; the 2026 amount was published in the Official Gazette on 31 December 2025.

What does it mean for travellers?

  • Until 31 December 2026: Turkish passport holders pay 1,250 TL. This applies if you cross to the islands in December or over New Year.
  • From 1 January 2027: 1,590 TL under the formula in the law. The fee is charged per exit, also on a same-day trip to Kos or Rhodes; for two adults and two children aged 7 or over, the total goes from 5,000 TL in 2026 to 6,360 TL in 2027. Children under 7 and Turkish citizens with a residence permit abroad on the day of departure are exempt.
  • Paying in December, leaving in January: The fee due is the amount in force on the day you leave. At the start of 2026, GİB accepted payments made at the old amount for exits until 10 January; whether there will be a similar transition rule for 2027 has not been announced. If you leave in early January, wait for GİB’s New Year notice or be ready to pay the difference.
  • Total cost: On top of the fee come the ticket, port charges and, for Turkish passport holders only, the visa-on-arrival fee. Exemptions and how to pay are explained on our Turkey departure fee page, family totals in the trip cost calculator, and fares route by route on our ferry prices page. Which companies have published their 2027 timetables is tracked on when the 2027 ferry season starts.

We calculated the effect of the same rate on Turkish passport fees in our 5 November report.

We will update this article and our guides when the official communiqué is published.

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