What, if anything, are you intending to
import and declare for clearance into
Turkey?
Foreign Flag
Boats: The "Turkish
Ports Yacht
Registration Certificate", which is known as transit log in short, is a
permit issued for entry / exit of Turkish territorial waters and
ports on foreign flagged
boats. The validity period of the transit log to be received by the arriving boats is one year. Transit log is required to be on board and it is mandatory to present it to the authorities.
Private Boats: If the
boat has a Private
Boat Certificate, you only need to get a transit log on your boat in case of an overseas exit.
Otherwise, you do not need a transit log document for cruising in Turkish waters and international waters.
If you wish to enter Turkey, after you have sailed through international ports and waters, then you are required to obtain a Yacht
Registration Form (Transit Log), which contains information about yachts and yachtsmen. You will need to complete this form in accordance with the explanations given there and you will need to go through the
Customs,
Health and Port procedures as per the international
regulations stated within those explanations and in accordance with your declaration.
The cost of the Yacht Registration Form (Transit Log) for foreign flagged private boats is USD 35.00 and it is valid for one year. This allows a yacht to travel freely in Turkish waters and may be inspected by any harbor official at any time. The Transit Log / Cruising
Permit is valid for 1 year but is cancelled if a yacht leaves Turkey; or there is a change of
ownership of the yacht; or for
charter yachts, at the end of the
cruise; or when the yacht owner or
captain leave the yacht in a marina for laying up. Under any of these circumstances, a new Transit long will be required. On leaving Turkey it is cancelled and at the same time the exit stamp is entered in your passport.
However, if the owner of the yacht or the
legal keeper of the yacht changes within that year and if the yacht leaves Turkish Customs Area or the Form is
lost, then the term of validity of the Form comes to an end. It is possible to obtain a new Yacht Registration Form in such occurrences.