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 Importation of household effects and personal belonging for returning Turkish citizens:

For a duty-free importation of household effects and personal belonging the Turkish Customs require the following documents be presented for customs clearance: 

• Detailed inventory 
• Original passport on the day of customs clearance
• Turkish tax identification number
• Returning citizens must provide their spouse’s passport if they are married
• If they are a bachelor they must provide their ID certificate from Registry Office (Nüfus müdürlügünden vukuatlı nüfus kayit örnegi)
• Returning citizens must provide a list of entry and exit dates in last 3 years, obtained the nearest police headquarters
• There are four document options for returning citizens shipping household goods into Turkey:

• Option 1:  The owner of the goods must present the original permanent return certificate from the nearest Turkish Consulate in the origin country indicating that the owner of the goods has resided in the country of origin for at least 2 years.
• Option 2:  A copy of the export declaration form used to export the same shipment from Turkey previously.
• Option 3:  If the owner of the goods does not have a permanent return certificate or export declaration form, taxes must be paid if the shipment exceeds 1500€ of approximately 20%.
• Option 4:  A copy of the rental contract (minimum of 24 months), certified by a notary or an original property title / deed for permanent import is required.

Please also take a note of some specific Information

• Only used goods may be imported.
• The detailed inventory must include a description of each item in the shipment, including the brand name and serial numbers of electrical items.
• The shipment may contain no items packed by the owner (PBO).
• Customs clearance takes approximately 4 - 5 business days.
• For small air shipments entering by way of paid taxes, the owner of the goods must arrive more than 1 month prior to or 1 month after the arrival of the goods.
• The shipment must arrive no earlier than 2 months prior to owner of the goods’ arrival or no later than 6 months after the owner of the goods’ last entry into Turkey.