Transfer of a Foreign Company to Türkiye

Transfer of the Head Office of a Foreign Commercial Company to Türkiye

Documents and registration (Trade Registry Regulation, Article 115)

(1) The following documents shall be submitted to the directorate to which the application is made:

1. A document, together with its Turkish translation, issued by the commercial registry of the relevant country, or by the competent authority if there is no registry organization, showing that the commercial company whose head office is being transferred to Türkiye exists in accordance with the law of that foreign country.
2. A document obtained from the competent authority abroad stating that the change of headquarters complies with its own law, together with its Turkish translation.
3. If the commercial enterprise whose head office is being transferred is a commercial company, the articles of association adapted to Turkish law and its Turkish translation.
4. If the registration of the company transferring its head office is subject to permission, the permission letter obtained from the relevant institution.
5. The decision taken regarding the transfer of the head office

   (The decision must be certified by a Turkish consulate or in accordance with the provisions of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, and submitted to the directorate together with its notarized Turkish translation.)

6. Specimen signature/signature declaration of the company manager or managers

   (If no signature record is held in the databases of public institutions and organisations or the record cannot be obtained, the signatures of the persons concerned are submitted to the directorate either by having them physically notarised or by making a written declaration at any Trade Registry Directorate.) (1 original)

7. If it is a joint-stock company, a bank letter and receipt showing that 1/4 (25 percent) of the cash capital has been paid,
8. The bank receipt for the payment to be made pursuant to subparagraph (c) of the first paragraph of Article 39 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition dated 7/12/1994.
9. New Registration Request Petition
10. Legal Entity Registration Declaration for registration with the Chamber
11. 2 photographs of each authorized person
12. The company's Potential Tax Office View Document (1 original and 1 photocopy)

Important Notes

• (2) The documents listed in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the first paragraph, if issued in a foreign country under foreign law, must be certified by a Turkish consulate or in accordance with the provisions of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, and submitted to the directorate together with their notarized Turkish translation.

• (3) In the registration of commercial companies transferring their head office to Türkiye, the provisions on incorporation apply. During this registration, the directorates are obliged to examine whether the articles of association of the company transferring its head office, if it is a commercial company, comply with Turkish law or have been adapted to it.

NOTE:

You must submit an electronic application at http://mersis.gumrukticaret.gov.tr/.

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