Turkey

UAS Regulations                                 Türkiye Cumhuriyeti

Turkey 
 
Drone homepage:

Turkish: https://iha.shgm.gov.tr/public/index?ReturnUrl=%2findex.html

English: https://iha.shgm.gov.tr/public/index?language=2

Information (Turkish): https://iha.shgm.gov.tr/public/yardim
 
[The information above was added in Feb 2019, David Guerin]
 

[CAUTION: the following has not been checked recently and may be incorrect:]


It is legal to purchase and fly drones, but prior permission from authorities is required for commercial use. Certain UAVs may not be imported into Turkey without submitting a Letter of Application to the customs office.

Use of model aircraft and small UAVs under 4 kg, with speed under 50 km/h and flight height under 100m is not regulated. Use is permitted in open areas for recreational and sport purposes.

There is regulation on the use of UAVs weighing above 20 kilograms. According to this regulation, flying the drones weighing less than 20 kilograms by civilians is prohibited. By the way, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Turkey published a draft directive, dated June 11, 2015, called “Instructions on Procedures and Principals of UAV System Registration, Operation, Navigation, Maintenance and Flight Sufficiency”.

According to the same, UAVs weighing less than 25 kilograms needs no permit to be obtained from the government, for uses besides commercial use, such as sports activities and amateur purposes. In the past, Turkey focused mostly on the military use of the UAV and built its 100% domestic UAV called ANKA.