Bill Introducing An Authorisation And Supervision Framework For Foreign Digital Accommodation Platforms Submitted To Parliament

September 2026 – The Bill on Foreign Digital Accommodation Platforms (the “Bill”), submitted to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye on 10 August 2026, aims to subject the activities of digital accommodation platforms established abroad to an authorisation and supervision framework in Türkiye.

The main points of the Bill are summarised below:

• The Bill captures service providers and intermediary service providers established abroad that operate domestically through an electronic commerce environment, irrespective of whether they sell on their own account. In this context, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (the “Ministry”) is designated as the competent authority.
• Platforms may operate only upon obtaining a permit certificate from the Ministry. Valid for two years and non-transferable, the certificate carries a fee of five million Turkish liras, increased annually at the revaluation rate, which the President may double or reduce by half. A platform holding a