New Turkish Short Term Rental to Friends

[sybil plessey]

I never rent out my semi villa but a close friend has asked if her son and 2 children can stay in my apartment as her place will be full with her other grandchildren. This is a no charge arrangement but I hear that I still have to register as a business ! Is this correct even although it is a one off no charge arrangement ? Anybody got any experience of this ?

[trevoro]

more experienced people will kmow more than me,but begs the question.If the answer is yes you do. then her /his place should also be registered if only the grandchildren staying there

[sybil plessey]

Originally Posted by trevoro

more experienced people will kmow more than me,but begs the question.If the answer is yes you do. then her /his place should also be registered if only the grandchildren staying there

No - the grandchildren are young and she will be there when daughter, son- in -law and 3 kids come over to join her on holiday . She only has a 2 bed property- same as mine- and therefore her request to use my place for sleeping purposes only.
She doesn't have to register ( I don't think) as she will be present during the family stay- although you have set me thinking as to whether she needs to give visitor details to local Jandarma.

[Kalkan regular]

My understanding is that if family are staying with the owner then there is no registration needed. If family are staying and the owner isn't there then they should be registered. To be registered however you need a code and password from the jandarma and to get that you have to have registered as a business.

I would guess that if they were stopped by the jandarma as long as they gave the mother's address (as they would be spending their days there anyway) and not yours then who would know.

People have different interpretations of the law and the above is what I've been told.