How to Get the 7464 Rental Permit: Step-by-Step

Law No. 7464, in force since 1 January 2024, fundamentally changed the rules for short-term rentals in Istanbul. If you want to rent out your home on Airbnb or a similar platform for stays of up to 100 days at a time, you now need a tourism-purpose rental permit issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The process sounds bureaucratic, but with the right preparation it is a manageable, well-defined application flow. In this guide we walk through who needs the permit, what to prepare before applying, how the application works on e-Devlet (Turkey's e-government portal), and what your obligations are once the permit is issued. The goal is to give you the whole picture in one place — accurate, measured, and free of exaggeration.

Who Needs the 7464 Permit?

The rule is simple: if you rent out a residential property for tourism purposes for periods of up to 100 days at a time, you are in scope. Publishing a nightly or weekly listing on Airbnb, Booking.com or a similar platform falls squarely within this definition. It makes no difference whether you host yourself or work with a management company — either way, the permit is issued for the property and is mandatory. Classic long-term rentals with contracts longer than 100 days sit outside the scope of this law.

The permit must be obtained before you publish a listing — listing first and applying later reverses the order the law requires and exposes you to administrative penalties. In Istanbul we see enforcement becoming steadily more active, and platforms have begun acting against listings without a permit number. In short, this document is now the entry ticket to short-term rental. For current penalty amounts and details, rely on the official announcements of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Before You Apply: What to Prepare

The hardest part of the application is not the e-Devlet screen — it is the preparation that comes before it. You will need three core elements: the title deed record for the property (showing the applicant is the owner or holder of usufruct rights), your identity details, and — in buildings with more than one independent unit — a unanimous consent decision from all unit owners in the building where the property is located. That last item is where most Istanbul applications stall: a single objecting owner in that building blocks tourism-purpose rentals for the whole building.

How to gather that unanimous decision, how to draft the meeting minutes, and how to have the conversation with your neighbours is a topic of its own — we cover it in detail in our co-owner consent guide. In short: the decision must be taken properly at a homeowners' assembly and recorded in written minutes. There is no point opening e-Devlet before this step is complete; a missing document is the single most common reason applications drag on. For detached houses, this requirement does not apply and the process is noticeably simpler.

The e-Devlet Application, Step by Step

The application is submitted through the e-Devlet portal, via the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's tourism-purpose rental service. After logging in with your own identity verification, the application screen asks for the property details (title deed information, address, independent-unit number), the applicant's details, and the required document uploads. Attachments such as the unanimous co-owner decision are uploaded at this stage. Before submitting, compare every field against the title deed record line by line — a single inconsistency in the block, parcel or unit number can get the application returned.

The application screens and the list of required documents are updated from time to time, so always rely on what e-Devlet shows at the moment you apply. Application fees and related charges can also change, which is why we recommend confirming current amounts through official sources rather than third-party blogs. Once your application is received, a record is created in the system and you can track its progress through e-Devlet.

After Submission: The Review Process

Your application is reviewed by the relevant units of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. At this stage they check that the file is complete, that the deed and identity details are consistent, and that the co-owner decision was taken in the proper form. If something is missing or incorrect, the application may be returned to you or a completion request may be issued — which is why checking your e-Devlet notifications regularly after applying matters. Processing time varies with application volume and the state of your file; no official turnaround is guaranteed, so treat any source promising a fixed number of days with caution. If the review is positive, your tourism-purpose rental permit is issued.

Once You Have the Permit: Your Obligations Continue

Receiving the permit is not the end of the process — it is the start of a new routine. The most visible obligation is the plaque requirement: a plaque meeting the Ministry's specifications must be mounted at the entrance of the rented property. It signals to inspectors and building residents alike that the home operates as a licensed tourism-purpose rental. Operating without the plaque can trigger penalties even if your permit is valid.

The second ongoing obligation is keeping your information current. Any change in the property's ownership, use, or the details you declared in the application must be reported to the authorities. Beyond that, including your permit details in your listings, meeting guest-registration requirements and other accommodation rules, and following the procedure the regulations set out for situations such as a change of ownership are all part of the routine. As long as the property is run by the book, the permit remains valid without issue.

Common Mistakes and Reasons for Rejection

The mistake we see most often in practice is a defective co-owner decision: collecting signatures only from owners who attended the meeting instead of all of them, passing the decision by majority instead of unanimity, or failing to draw up minutes at all. The second most common issue is a mismatch between the title deed and the application form — particularly inconsistencies in the unit number or address records. Third is the wrong applicant: someone other than the deed holder (a tenant or a family member, for example) applying in their own name, when as a rule the permit is issued to the property's registered rights holder.

Other common pitfalls include publishing a listing before the permit is issued, trying to cover multiple independent units with a single set of meeting minutes, and missing completion requests that arrive after submission. The good news: every one of these mistakes is preventable with a careful file review before applying. And if an application is rejected or returned, you can fix the gaps and apply again.

How Professional Management Simplifies the Process

The 7464 process is manageable when taken in the right order — but it is also easy to get lost between deed records, the homeowners' meeting, e-Devlet screens, and the plaque and reporting duties that follow. At Arya Homes we run this process end to end for the owners of the Istanbul properties we manage: pre-application file review, guidance through the co-owner decision, application tracking, and disciplined handling of every post-permit obligation. Thirteen years as a Superhost and the day-to-day practice of managing an active Istanbul portfolio matter most precisely at bureaucratic thresholds like this one.

Let us also be candid: the permit is the legal foundation of the business, not the income itself. Once it is issued, listing quality, dynamic pricing, guest operations and cleaning standards take over — that is where your property's real potential is decided. If you are curious about your home's estimated short-term rental potential, you can request a free, no-obligation valuation at aryahomesistanbul.com.

To sum up, the right order is: first confirm you are in scope, then prepare the title deed and the unanimous co-owner decision, submit a complete application through e-Devlet, follow the notifications, and once the permit arrives, keep up with the plaque and information-update obligations. For exact fees, timelines and penalty figures, always rely on the official sources of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism — these numbers do get updated. And if you would rather not run the process alone, the Arya Homes team is there both during the permit stage and throughout the operating period that follows; the first step is simply to request a free valuation.