Cabotage is reserved to ships flying the national flag. Ships belonging to legal persons set up in accordance with Turkish laws, with the majority of managerial staff and representatives of Turkish nationality and with the voting majority held by partners of Turkish nationality are accepted as Turkish and have the right to fly the Turkish flag.
"ARTICLE 940 - (1) Every Turkish ship hoists the Turkish Flag.
(2) The ship owned only by a Turkish citizen is a Turkish ship.
(3) Ships owned by more than one person;
a) In case of joint ownership, the majority of the shares,
b) In case of joint ownership, majority of the owners,
They are considered as Turkish ships provided that they are Turkish citizens.
(4) Established in accordance with Turkish laws;
a) Ships belonging to organizations, institutions, associations and foundations having legal personality, majority of the persons constituting the management body are Turkish citizens,
b) Ships belonging to Turkish commercial companies, the majority of those authorized to manage the company are Turkish citizens and the majority of the votes are in Turkish shareholders according to the company agreement, in joint stock companies and limited partnerships whose capital is divided into shares, the majority of the shares are registered and the transfer of the shares to a foreigner is subject to the permission of the company's board of directors,
provided that they are considered as Turkish ships.
(5) Ships owned by armament subsidiaries registered in the Turkish trade registry are considered Turkish ships, provided that more than half of their shares are owned by Turkish citizens and majority of shareholder shipowners authorized to manage the subsidiary are Turkish citizens.[...]" (Commercial Code (No. 6102 of 2011), last amended 3.2.2021, Article 940 [google translation])
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"Article 1 – Transporting goods and passengers from one point of the Turkish coast to another, and carrying out all port hidemats of any nature, within the ports or on the coasts or in the brain, is exclusive to the carrier and curiosity of the Turkish flag.
[...]" (Law concerning coastal shipping (cabotage) along Turkish shores and performance of trade and business in Turkish ports and territorial waters (No. 815 of 1926), last amended 11.6.2013, Article 1 [google translation])
Commercial Code (No. 6102 of 2011), last amended 3.2.2021, Article 940
Law concerning coastal shipping (cabotage) along Turkish shores and performance of trade and business in Turkish ports and territorial waters (No. 815 of 1926), last amended 11.6.2013, Article 1
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