In cross-checks, it was revealed that 80,000 homeowners had temporarily rented their homes to domestic and foreign tourists without registering. Taxes will be collected from the income of 51.6 billion Turkish lira earned by homeowners.
Important data regarding daily and short-term rentals emerged from the impact analysis of the draft law on the Rental of Residential Properties for Tourism Purposes.
THEY DID NOT PAY TAXES
As of September 2023, approximately 80,000 homes were rented out to 425,902 domestic and foreign tourists for daily or short periods across the country without proper registration. Homeowners made 51.6 billion 638 million Turkish lira from these rentals and did not pay taxes.
TAXES WILL BE COLLECTED FROM INCOME
With the draft law submitted by AKP Member of Parliament Oğuzhan Kaya and his colleagues, these properties will be registered, and taxes will be collected from the income. The proposal has started to be discussed in the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Planning and Budget Committee.
AKP member Kaya reported that there were 30,908 properties registered with the police and gendarmerie, and that 425,902 people had stayed in these properties as of September 2023. As a result of cross-checks and inspections, the number of properties used for short-term tourism accommodation, including unregistered ones, has reached 80,000.
MUĞLA LEADS THE WAY
In short-term rentals, homeowners rented their properties on average for 3,586 Turkish lira per day. Muğla had the highest daily rental rate at 6,800 Turkish lira.
Rize followed Muğla with a daily rate of 4,100 Turkish lira. Trabzon, Yalova, Bolu, and Düzce also ranked high. Out of the approximately 31,000 properties registered with the police and gendarmerie for short-term tourism rentals, 7,543 are located in Muğla, a tourist district with popular destinations like Bodrum and Marmaris.
Around 78,000 domestic and foreign tourists stayed in these properties. In Antalya, 5,922 property owners rented their homes for short periods, and 65,392 people stayed in these properties.
Daily Facilities (Short-term accommodation, houses, apartments, residences
City Number of Properties / Number of Staying Guests
Muğla: 7,543 77,920
Antalya: 5,922 65,392
Denizli: 2,418 43,333
Istanbul: 1,365 35,084
Balıkesir: 3,197 19,787
Edirne: 822 17,107
Aydın: 1,082 16,676
Mersin: 1,625 13,881
Eskişehir: 315 13,576
Izmir: 1,127 11,535
Bursa: 323 6,528
Ankara: 288 5,600
Note: Properties registered with the police and gendarmerie…
