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Tourism And Travel Companies Management in Türkiye

What professionals in this field deal with in Türkiye, from official sources, and a program built for the profession that keeps your records on your own computer.

From $5 a month (about 247.67 TRY)

Official systems and rules for this profession in Türkiye

Bawabetna summaries of official publications, each linked to its source. The official text prevails. These systems are run by the authorities: you use them directly, and the program keeps your own records organised alongside them.

Travel agency certificate (Law No. 1618)

Travel agency activities may only be carried out with an operating certificate issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Carrying them out without the certificate leads to an administrative fine imposed by the local administrative authority.

Law No. 1618, Articles 2 and 30 · Official source

What the program does

  • Working screens: Customer, Travel supplier, Tour package, Trip booking, Traveller, Visa application, Itinerary day, Service, Invoice, Payment, Refund.
  • Home page alerts: Supplier payments due (7 days), Upcoming departures, Inquiries and quotes, Cancellation deadlines, Passports expiring, Visas in progress and more.
  • Reports: Bookings by status, Profit by destination, Profit by consultant, Spend by supplier.
  • Printing: Print invoice, Print itinerary.
  • Roles with their own permissions: Agency owner, Travel consultant, Operations, Accountant, Manager.

Full program details

Common to every Bawabetna program

  • Your records stay encrypted on your own devices
  • Works without internet
  • 16 languages, printing and backups
  • Import from your previous software
  • Clients control their own consent

Business rules in Türkiye included in your program

VAT (KDV): rates

VAT rates on supplies of goods and services: 20% general rate for all taxable transactions except those in the annexed lists; 1% for the goods and services in list (I); 10% for those in list (II). The 20% and 10% rates apply from 10 July 2023. Reference: Decision 2007/13033 on VAT rates, Article 1, as amended by Presidential Decision 7346.

Official source

Corporate tax: rates

Corporate tax is, as a rule, 25% of corporate profit. A 30% rate applies to banks, leasing, factoring and finance companies, electronic payment and money institutions, authorised exchange offices, asset management companies, capital market institutions, insurance, reinsurance and pension companies, and build-operate-transfer and public-private partnership project companies (for 2025 profits onwards). Advance (provisional) tax is paid at the current period's corporate tax rate. Reference: Revenue Administration, guide on corporate tax rates (no. 605, March 2026).

Official source

Domestic minimum corporate tax

From 2025 profits onwards, the corporate tax computed may not be less than 10% of corporate profit before deductions and exemptions. This minimum is also computed in the advance-tax periods. Reference: Revenue Administration, guide on corporate tax rates (no. 605, March 2026).

Official source