Cash / Currency 🇹🇷 Turkey
EUR 10,000 equivalent must be declared
Can I bring Cash / Currency into Turkey?
EUR 10,000 equivalent must be declared
EUR 10,000 / TRY 25,000
- Customs declaration form
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Turkey's Decree No. 32 on Protection of Turkish Lira requires declaration of cash equivalent to USD 25,000 or more on arrival or departure. Foreign currency under USD 25,000 enters without declaration. Outbound passengers may not export Turkish lira above TRY 25,000 equivalent without prior Central Bank authorisation. Customs agents at Istanbul Airport routinely ask traveling passengers about cash carriage.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 500–100000 TRY
- Civil penalty only
Active — Customs actively enforces this rule.
Permitted in transit. Turkey's cash declaration rules apply to persons entering Turkish territory (EUR 5,000 / USD 5,000 reporting threshold for international travellers). Transit passengers at IST who do not clear Turkish immigration and remain in the international transit zone are not subject to Turkish cash declaration rules.
Leaving Turkey with cash / currency
Travellers departing from Turkey carrying cash, banker's cheques, bearer bonds, or other bearer-form negotiable instruments totalling EUR 5,000 or more must complete Turkish Customs Declaration on Currency at customs before boarding. This threshold aggregates all currencies at exchange-rate parity. Failure to declare is grounds for seizure of the entire cash amount under Turkish Customs Law Art. 145; Central Bank Circular plus criminal prosecution for aggravated cases. Source-of-funds documentation may be requested. Legitimate declared movements are not restricted; the requirement is transparency-based to combat money laundering and tax evasion.
Values at or above this threshold must be declared (TRY).
Declare cash / currency at customs on arrival in Turkey and carry any documentation specified in the rule. Verify current requirements with Ministry of Trade — General Directorate of Customs (Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı) before travel.
EUR 10,000 / TRY 25,000
- Customs declaration form
Customs Law No. 4458, MASAK regulations
This page covers destination customs rules in Turkey. Whether you can carry cash / currency through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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