Send a parcel to Turkey

Customs, Prohibitions and Restrictions

• Certificates of origin required for most types of goods. 
• Textiles should have all details (component materials, whether raw, bleached, dyed etc) on the commercial invoice. 
• Foodstuffs containing colouring should have the details of these ingredients on the commercial invoice. 
• Chemical and pharmaceutical goods are subject to restrictions. 
• Meat for human consumption will require a halal certificate 
• In order to check that your items are not prohibited or restricted, please check our dedicated page here 
• Should you require specific customs advice and the latest rules please visit the Turkish customs website

This is for information only and should not be considered to have legal basis. Where doubt exists appropriate legal advice should be sought.

Bank Holidays & Non-Working Days

• Bank Holidays for this year in Turkey can be found here 
• Typical Non-Working Days in Turkey are: Saturday and Sunday 

Postcode Areas  (globalpriority Europe and europriority)

• Turkey currently has four delivery speed areas and these are grouped into a summary PDF attached to this section 

  TR Postcodes Apr20 v1 241224.pdf (PDF 217.13 kb) 

Additional information (globalpriority Europe)

High Level Standard Offered By Turkey Post

General Advice

• In order to ensure a delivery on time, please ensure that your parcel has the full, correct address, an email address in the correct format and a mobile or landline number for the intended recipient. This will help the delivery partner to ensure the parcel is delivered correct first time. This should be clearly marked on the parcel. 
• If for any reason a parcel is not released by the Turkish customs authority for delivery, it will not be returned to sender. 
• It is crucial to check all relevant customs paperwork is complete and all regulations met before shipping. 
• Timescales shown above do not include delays caused by destination country customs processes. Please be aware that customs could add additional time to your parcel delivery. 
• New customs regulations came into force in Turkey on the 20 October 2025. International postal items destined for Turkey containing shoes, toys, and leather goods (bags and suitcases made of real or artificial leather) now require full, detailed import customs declarations, regardless of content value and amount. In addition to payment of customs duty, addressees must arrange for a full, detailed import customs declaration to be submitted to the Turkish Customs Administration by a customs consultant in order to complete the customs clearance process. This may result in additional costs for addressees to receive their shipment.

Northern Cyprus 

• Parcels to Northern Cyprus are delivered through Turkey - parcels should have "MERSIN 10" as the postcode and "Turkey" as the country of destination 

Product Specific Advice

• The definition of 'working days' and other important information can be found here 

   globalexpress parcels

• To avoid delivery / customs issues, our carrier partners request that a full name is mandatory for globalexpress parcels (e.g. Mr John Smith) 
• Mobile phones and any other device that uses a sim card are prohibited for import for private individuals 
• Our delivery partner does not accept shipments with a value over 30 Euro for occupied Northern Cyprus
• globalexpress transit times are based upon collection times, sender and recipient locations.