2027 Turkish Car Rental Rules: Scope and Fleet Conditions
The final regulation was published in Official Gazette 33341 on 15 August 2026. It is no longer a draft; its general commencement date is 1 January 2027. Scope and transitional dates must still be assessed separately.
The final regulation was published in Official Gazette 33341 on 15 August 2026. It is no longer a draft; its general commencement date is 1 January 2027. Scope and transitional dates must still be assessed separately.
Check the scope first
Article 2 excludes long-term rentals, short-term rentals to customers who are not consumers, car-sharing and camper rentals. Article 4 defines long-term rental as service to the same customer for thirty days or more in a single or uninterrupted period.
The text therefore does not create an automatic electric-vehicle purchase requirement for every corporate long-term fleet or a quota for all renters. Establish the rental duration, customer status and covered activity first.
Fleet conditions in the final text
These are Article 6 authorisation conditions. The earlier draft’s five-year/100,000-km figures should not be presented as the final rule. Existing-business transition provisions also matter.
- In metropolitan districts above 30,000 residents: at least ten vehicles, at least five registered to the business, including at least two hybrid or solely electric vehicles, with at least one of those two produced in Türkiye.
- Elsewhere: at least five vehicles, including at least two registered to the business.
- Except for classic vehicles: no more than six years by model year, and no more than 300,000 km for electric vehicles or 180,000 km for other vehicles.
Keep the three dates separate
General commencement is 1 January 2027. Transitional Article 1 gives businesses already operating on that date within scope until 1 July 2027 to obtain authorisation.
For existing businesses meeting the transitional registration and continuous-operation conditions, Article 6 fleet and age/mileage subparagraphs and Article 15(2) are not applied until 1 January 2028. The Ministry may extend transitional periods; check the current text before applying.
Use a complete fleet-cost comparison
Electric or hybrid vehicles can be evaluated regardless of regulatory scope. Compare the same period and mileage, rental or purchase cost, energy consumption, AC/DC tariffs, maintenance, taxes and end-of-use charges.
Climate control and other equipment can consume energy while stationary or charging. Hybrids still require combustion-engine maintenance. No fixed fuel-saving percentage, zero-maintenance promise or automatic carbon-tax exemption is established here.