Port State Control: the Implementing Regulation of 20 September 2025 is in force — objection within one month, to the Administration, not by the agent.

The Port State Control Implementing Regulation was published in the Official Gazette on 20 September 2025 and entered into force the same day, repealing the Port State Control Regulation of 26 March 2006 (Port State Control Regulation, arts 26, 27). What changes for a foreign-flagged vessel detained in a Turkish port:

• Objection. The owner, the operator or the flag state may object to a detention; the agent's application is not considered. The objection goes to the Administration within one month of the date of detention and does not suspend the detention; the officer informs the master of the right (Port State Control Regulation, art. 20). An unnecessary detention or delay may be taken to court, with the burden of proof on the owner or operator (Port State Control Regulation, art. 20).
• Refusal of access. Leaving port in breach of a detention, in Türkiye or in a Memorandum port, or failing to present at the agreed repair yard, brings a six-month ban; three or more detentions in Turkish ports within thirty-six months bring a twelve-month ban, twenty-four months on a repeat, and a permanent ban after that (Port State Control Regulation, art. 17).
• Fees. Second and subsequent attendances are charged — 18,000 lira for the second, doubling thereafter, revalued yearly — and the detention continues until the fees are paid (Port State Control Regulation, art. 24).
• Repairs elsewhere. A vessel that cannot be rectified in port may be allowed to proceed to the nearest suitable yard on conditions set by the flag state and accepted by the officer (Port State Control Regulation, art. 21).

The full position is on the Port State Control page and in the guide Port State Control detention in Türkiye: the objection route. References to the 2006 Regulation in older material should no longer be relied on.

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