Turkey Overstay Fine: What Happens If You Overstay Your Visa

The Turkey overstay fine is made up of two different charges, and the consequence that matters most is usually the entry ban, not the money. The first charge is the residence fee for the period you stayed beyond your visa, visa exemption or residence permit; the law collects it at one fold more, without any penalty or late interest (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu (6) sayılı tarife III/1). The Presidency of Migration Management sets that fee by nationality group: for group A, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is 25 US dollars for the first month and 5 US dollars for each further month. The second charge is an administrative fine under Article 102 of Law No. 6458, which applies only in defined situations, such as failing to leave within a period granted by a removal decision. Whether an entry ban follows depends on how long you overstayed and whether you left voluntarily, before detection, having paid.

This guide is for foreign nationals who entered Turkey with a visa or visa-free and stayed beyond ninety days, and for residence-permit holders whose permit expired without renewal. It follows the order in which those questions arise: when the overstay starts, how much the Turkey overstay fine is and where it is paid, how long an entry ban lasts for each length of overstay, how deportation works, and which court hears each challenge and within what deadline.

Turkish legislation is published in Turkish, and the governorship and the courts work with the Turkish titles, so we cite them in Turkish. The main statute is 6458 sayılı Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu (Law on Foreigners and International Protection) and its implementing regulation is the Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik. All English renderings in this article are unofficial.

1. Turkey Overstay Fine: Key Points

• The Turkey overstay fine is essentially the residence fee for the overstayed period, collected at one fold more, with fractions of a month after the first month counted as a full month (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu (6) sayılı tarife III/1).
• The official table of the Presidency of Migration Management sets that fee by nationality group, from 25 US dollars for the first month and 5 for each further month (group A) down to 5 and 0.50 (group E); the table is administrative guidance, not legislation.
• A removal decision becomes possible after an overstay of more than ten days beyond a visa or visa exemption, or more than ten days beyond a residence permit without an acceptable reason (6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-e; 6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-g).
• Under the published notice of the Presidency of Migration Management, a person who overstayed less than three months and leaves voluntarily before detection, having paid, receives no entry ban; from three months upwards the ban rises with the overstay, from one month to five years.
• The legal maximum for an entry ban is five years, and for a person being removed it starts on the date of departure (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/3; Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-a).
• A deportation decision can be challenged within seven days before the administrative court; a stand-alone administrative fine within fifteen days before the criminal judgeship of peace (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/3; 5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/1).

2. Turkey Overstay Fine: When Does the Overstay Start?

The Turkey overstay fine starts the day after your permitted stay ends, but its legal effects come in steps. The residence fee for the overstayed period is owed from the first day, while a ground for removal arises only once the overstay exceeds ten days. The first task is therefore to find the last day you were allowed to stay.

2.1. Turkey Overstay Fine and the 90/180 Rule

The Turkey overstay fine does not arise while you are within the ninety-day limit. The stay given by a visa or visa exemption cannot exceed ninety days in any one hundred and eighty days (6458 sayılı Kanun m.11/1). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs page Visa Information for Foreigners states, for example, that ordinary passport holders of the United States, Canada and Ireland are exempt from visa for up to ninety days in any one hundred and eighty days, that UK ordinary passport holders travelling for tourism are exempt for up to ninety days in any one hundred and eighty days, and that Australian ordinary passport holders are exempt for touristic visits and transit for the same period. Ordinary passport holders of India, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa are listed as requiring a visa. That page is the ministry’s administrative guidance, not legislation, and each nationality should be checked on its own entry.

A person who comes with a visa or visa-free for up to ninety days is exempt from a residence permit only for the duration of the visa or the exemption (6458 sayılı Kanun m.20/1-a). The exemption is tied to the entry document, not to the visitor’s plans. Anyone who wants to stay longer needs one of the residence permit types in Turkey before the ninety days end. The law does not set a method for counting the days, so if your count is close to the limit, confirm the last day with the competent authority.

2.2. Turkey Overstay Fine and the Ten-Day Threshold for Removal

The Turkey overstay fine turns into a removal ground once the overstay exceeds ten days. A removal decision is taken against those who exceed the period of their visa or visa exemption by more than ten days, or whose visa is cancelled (6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-e). It is also taken against those who held a residence permit and exceeded it by more than ten days from its expiry without an acceptable reason (6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-g).

The difference between the two grounds is the phrase “without an acceptable reason”, which appears only in the residence-permit ground. A former permit holder who was late for a reason they can prove, such as illness, can rely on it in their file. The threshold is “more than ten days”, but because the law does not say how the days are counted, do not rely on a single day at the edge of the threshold.

2.3. Turkey Overstay Fine and Residence Permit Applications: Does an Appointment Protect You?

The Turkey overstay fine does not arise for someone who applied for a residence permit in time, provided the application was actually completed. In-country applications are made to the governorship before the legal period required for the application ends, and applications from people who exceeded their residence permit, visa or visa exemption by up to ten days are also accepted (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.21/2). Beyond the tenth day, an application can be taken only where the person’s situation and administrative needs require it, and the fee for the period before the application is then calculated under Law No. 492 (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.21/2-3). Claims that an application made on the ninety-first day can never be accepted therefore go further than the regulation.

What gives you the right to stay is the residence permit application document (ikamet izni müracaat belgesi). It is issued to those who have completed their application and entitles them to stay in Turkey until the application is decided (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.21/8, m.21/9-ç). Check whether the paper you hold is that document or only an appointment confirmation. If documents are missing and not completed within thirty days of notification, the application is removed from processing (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.22/1).

Extension applications are made from sixty days before the permit expires and in any case before it expires; the applicant receives a fee-free document and may remain in Turkey with it until a decision is made, even if the permit has expired in the meantime (6458 sayılı Kanun m.24/2). Applications are decided within ninety days of the complete file being submitted (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.22/2). One financial point: the residence permit application of someone who has not paid debts from a visa violation or a previous residence permit is refused (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.22/10).

2.4. Turkey Overstay Fine After a Rejected Extension

The Turkey overstay fine can also start from the rejection of an extension application rather than from expiry. A foreigner whose extension application is rejected and who does not leave Turkey within ten days falls among those against whom a removal decision is taken (6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-j). These ten days run from the rejection and are not the same as the ten-day threshold after expiry in ground (g). The steps after a refusal are covered in residence permit rejection in Turkey.

3. Turkey Overstay Fine: How Much Is It?

The Turkey overstay fine you are asked to pay at the airport is not a single item in the law. Its main part is the residence fee for the overstayed period, collected at one fold more; an administrative fine is added only in defined situations. The two have different legal bases, calculation methods and challenge routes, and treating them as one is the source of most of the conflicting figures found online.

3.1. Turkey Overstay Fine: The Residence Fee Collected at One Fold More

The Turkey overstay fine is, in the language of the law, not a fine at all but a residence fee. Not obtaining or not extending a residence permit does not prevent collection of the fee calculated under the tariff for the overstayed period; the fee so calculated is collected at one fold more, without any penalty or late interest (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu (6) sayılı tarife III/1).

The same tariff provides that, for the months after the first, fractions of a month count as a full month (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu (6) sayılı tarife III/1). Someone who overstayed one month and a few days pays a full month for those few days. For residence permits issued to children under eighteen, half of the basic fee is charged (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu m.91).

The tariff gives the Ministry of Finance the power to set residence fees with regard to reciprocity (492 sayılı Harçlar Kanunu (6) sayılı tarife III/1). That is why the amount depends on nationality and why a figure that is correct for one country is not a rule for another.

3.2. Turkey Overstay Fine by Nationality: The Official Fee Table

The Turkey overstay fine by nationality is set by the table “Ülkelere Göre Harç Miktarları” on the Belge Bedeli ve Harç Miktarı page of the Presidency of Migration Management. The table groups countries into five bands, each with an amount for the first month and an amount for the other months. It is the Presidency’s own publication, not legislation, and it is not published in the Official Gazette; we read it on 25/09/2026 and reproduce the figures unchanged.

Group	First month	Other months	Examples from the table
A	25 US dollars	5 US dollars	United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Netherlands, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, South Africa
B	14 US dollars	3.5 US dollars	Philippines
C	9 US dollars	2.5 US dollars	Spain
D	7 US dollars	1.5 US dollars	Russia
E	5 US dollars	0.5 US dollars	Egypt, Iraq, Morocco

The table states amounts for months, not for days. The same page says that the general Turkish lira tariff applies only to nationals of Serbia, Fiji, Norway and the Northern Mariana Islands, which belong to no country group. Daily dollar or lira rates quoted online for other nationalities do not match this official page. The table is in US dollars and no official rule for converting it into lira has been published.

To count the months and see the fee for your own dates and nationality, use our Turkey overstay calculator. It applies the same nationality table and shows the result in US dollars; confirm the final amount at the border gate or with the competent authority.

3.3. Turkey Overstay Fine and the Article 102 Administrative Fine

The Turkey overstay fine, in the sense of an administrative fine, rests on Article 102 of Law No. 6458, but that article does not name a simple overstay. The grounds that concern the foreigner personally are three: unlawful entry or exit contrary to Article 5 (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/1-a), entering despite an entry ban (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/1-b), and not leaving within the period granted under Article 56/1 (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/1-c).

The only ground connected with staying is ground (c), and it depends on a removal decision that granted a period to leave. For someone who simply overstayed and has no removal decision, no ground names their situation. Paragraph 6 of the same article gives a general power to fine those who breach obligations in the ministry’s regulations (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/6), but it does not mention overstaying and we do not attach it to that situation.

Current amount for ground (c). The amount applied in 2026 to someone who does not leave within the period of a removal decision is 20,605 Turkish lira. The source is the schedule “2026 Yılı İdari Para Cezaları” published by the Directorate General of Security (Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Asayiş Daire Başkanlığı). That schedule is an administrative document, not legislation, and it is not published in the Official Gazette; the figure was read on 22/09/2026. We give no amount for the other grounds because the law does not apply them to a simple overstay.

Older figures are not reliable because administrative fines are increased from the start of each calendar year by the revaluation rate, and fractions of a lira are disregarded (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.17/7). Article 102 fines are paid within thirty days of notification (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/5). Payment within that period earns a twenty-five per cent reduction and does not affect the right to challenge (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.17/6). Where the person’s finances do not allow it, payment can be spread over four equal instalments within a year, with the first paid in advance (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.17/3). A repeat within the same calendar year increases the fine by half (6458 sayılı Kanun m.102/3).

3.4. Turkey Overstay Fine: Where and How Is It Paid?

The Turkey overstay fine is paid at the border gate on exit, according to the Implementing Regulation. A foreigner who exceeded their visa, visa exemption, work permit or residence permit by more than ten days, comes to the border gate voluntarily before any removal decision and has paid the fees and fines arising from the violation may not receive an entry ban for that violation (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-c). A person who comes to the border gate within the period granted to leave and pays the fines for the visa or residence violation is not subject to an entry ban (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/7).

At Istanbul Airport this is done at the Visa Violation Office in the terminal. According to the airport operator’s own page, the office is next to ticket sales island A and passengers who overstayed use it on departure after obtaining their boarding pass. That page is location information from the airport operator, not the authority that applies the charge, and it does not state amounts or payment methods.

3.5. What Happens If You Do Not Pay the Turkey Overstay Fine?

The Turkey overstay fine does not disappear when you leave the country. A person given time to leave receives an exit permit document that is subject to no fee, but the obligations for visa and residence fees and their penalties remain (6458 sayılı Kanun m.56/2). A free exit document does not mean the debt is forgiven.

An unpaid debt reappears when you try to return. A visa is not issued to someone who does not accept paying debts arising from a visa violation or a previous residence permit (6458 sayılı Kanun m.15/1-ğ). Governorships may also make a foreigner’s admission subject to prior permission because of administrative fines and public debts (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/7). Inside Turkey, the residence permit application of someone who has not paid those debts is refused (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.22/10). The published notice of the Presidency of Migration Management also states that a person who has not paid administrative fines and public debts is not admitted, even after the entry ban has expired, until they are paid.

4. Turkey Overstay Fine and Entry Bans: How Long for Each Length of Overstay?

The Turkey overstay fine matters to most travellers because it can lead to a Turkey entry ban. Entry of a foreigner removed from Turkey is banned by the Directorate General of Migration Management or by the governorships (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/2). The ban lasts at most five years, and only where there is a serious threat to public order or public security may the Directorate General extend it by up to ten more years (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/3).

For a person being removed, the ban starts on the date of departure, not the date of the decision (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-a). The regulation says that a person who arrives at the border gate after the period granted to leave has passed receives an entry ban “according to the length of the visa or residence violation” (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/8), but it does not itself give a table of those periods.

4.1. Turkey Overstay Fine: The Official Entry-Ban Schedule

The Turkey overstay fine and the length of the resulting entry ban are linked in the notice of the Presidency of Migration Management on the entry ban applied to foreigners who violate the right to legal stay, dated 09.06.2020. The notice is administrative guidance, not a law or regulation, and it is not published in the Official Gazette; the periods below are reproduced unchanged from its Persian-language version on the Presidency’s site, and they do not replace the written decision in your own file.

Under the notice, a person who violated the right to legal stay for less than three months (three months itself not included) receives no entry ban in either of two situations: they come to the border gate voluntarily to leave before the authorities detect the violation and pay the fines arising from Law No. 492; or they were invited to leave under a removal decision, reach the border gate within the period given and pay the same fines.

A person who overstayed three months or more and comes to the border gate voluntarily before detection, having paid, receives the following ban under the notice:

Length of overstay (voluntary exit before detection, fines paid)	Entry ban
3 to 6 months	1 month
6 months to 1 year	3 months
1 to 2 years	1 year
2 to 3 years	2 years
More than 3 years	5 years

The notice’s second schedule is stricter and applies to: a person who came to the border but did not pay; a person who overstayed less than three months, was invited to leave and did not leave within the period and/or did not pay; a person who overstayed three months or more and was invited to leave, whether or not they paid; a person whose residence permit or work permit application was refused or whose permit was cancelled and who did not leave within the period set; a person who used the full ninety days in one hundred and eighty, was admitted on condition of applying for a residence permit within ten days and did not apply; a person placed under alternative obligations after administrative detention ended; and a person removed under escort.

Length of overstay (second schedule)	Entry ban
Up to 3 months	3 months
3 to 6 months	6 months
6 months to 1 year	1 year
1 to 2 years	2 years
More than 2 years	5 years

So even for a person removed under escort or who left without paying, the notice sets the ban by the length of the overstay and reserves five years for overstays of more than two years. The notice does not deal separately with applying to the governorship before leaving; for that route the regulation sets a one-year ceiling, explained in the next section.

4.2. Turkey Overstay Fine and Voluntary Departure: Three Legal Rules

The Turkey overstay fine has a different effect on the entry ban depending on who acts first, you or the authorities. The Law and the Implementing Regulation give three graded outcomes to a person who acts first.

First, in the Law: a foreigner whose visa or residence permit has expired, who applies to the governorship to leave Turkey before the competent authorities detect the situation and against whom a removal decision is then taken, may not receive an entry ban, provided they have paid the administrative fines and have not exceeded the violation periods set by the Ministry (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/4).

Second, in the Regulation: a person who overstayed by more than ten days and applies to the governorship to leave before a removal decision is taken or notified receives an entry ban of no more than one year, provided the fees and fines arising from the violation have been paid and there is no other ground for a ban (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-b).

Third, also in the Regulation: a person who overstayed by more than ten days, comes to the border gate voluntarily before any removal decision and pays may not receive an entry ban because of the visa or residence violation (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-c). The first and third rules use the words “may not be taken”, which leaves discretion; the one-year ceiling in the second rule is worded as “cannot exceed”.

4.3. Turkey Overstay Fine and the Period to Leave After a Removal Decision

The Turkey overstay fine does not always lead to detention and transfer. A person against whom a removal decision is taken is given, provided the decision says so, a period of not less than fifteen days and up to thirty days to leave Turkey (6458 sayılı Kanun m.56/1). That period is not given to those who pose a risk of absconding or disappearing, have breached the rules of lawful entry or exit, used false documents or obtained or tried to obtain a residence permit with unfounded documents, or pose a threat to public order, public security or public health (6458 sayılı Kanun m.56/1).

A person who leaves within that period may not receive an entry ban (6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/5). The Regulation is clearer: a person who reaches the border gate within the period and pays the fines for the visa or residence violation is not subject to an entry ban (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/7), and whenever they come to the border to leave, their exit is processed regardless of the period (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/6).

During the period no application can be made for a residence permit or a work permit (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/3). A person who does not leave within the period without an acceptable excuse is placed under an administrative detention decision by the governorship (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/2), their removal is carried out from a removal centre (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.58/9), and the ground (c) administrative fine under Article 102 applies.

4.4. Turkey Overstay Fine and Checking Whether You Are Banned

The Turkey overstay fine and any resulting entry ban are notified, so a ban should not remain hidden until you reach the airport. Notification of an entry ban or a prior-permission requirement is made by consular staff when you apply for a visa, residence permit or work permit, by the governorship if you are in Turkey, and, for a person against whom a ban has been decided, by the police unit responsible for entry and exit at the border gate on departure (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.9/1). The notification must also explain how to use the right to challenge it effectively (6458 sayılı Kanun m.10/1).

Many people first learn of a ban when a visa application is refused. A visa is not issued to someone whose entry into Turkey is banned (6458 sayılı Kanun m.15/1-b), and such a person, even if visa-exempt, is an inadmissible passenger and is turned back without being allowed to enter (6458 sayılı Kanun m.7/1-c). Restriction codes, lifting a ban and temporary entry are covered in the Turkey entry ban guide.

5. Turkey Overstay Fine and Deportation

Turkey deportation for an overstay is decided by the governorship, on the instruction of the Directorate General or on its own initiative (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/1). If a foreigner within the scope of Article 54 is apprehended by the police, the governorship is notified immediately so that a decision can be taken, and the assessment and decision may not take more than forty-eight hours (6458 sayılı Kanun m.57/1).

The removal decision is notified with its reasons to the foreigner, their legal representative or their lawyer. If the foreigner has no lawyer, they or their legal representative are informed of the outcome and of the challenge procedures and deadlines (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/2). The date of notification is the date the challenge deadline starts, so keep the document.

5.1. Turkey Overstay Fine and Being Caught Before You Leave

The Turkey overstay fine takes a different path for someone stopped by the police before going to the border. The voluntary-departure rules above all depend on acting before detection or before a removal decision (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-b, m.8/2-c); after apprehension, the person is referred to the governorship at once and a decision is taken within forty-eight hours (6458 sayılı Kanun m.57/1).

For a person subject to a removal decision who poses a risk of absconding or disappearing, has breached entry or exit rules, or did not leave within the period granted without an acceptable excuse, the governorship takes an administrative detention decision or imposes alternative obligations instead. A detained person is taken to a removal centre within forty-eight hours (6458 sayılı Kanun m.57/2). Administrative detention in a removal centre may not exceed six months, but it can be extended by up to six more months if removal cannot be completed because the person does not cooperate or does not give correct information about their country (6458 sayılı Kanun m.57/3). The second schedule of the Presidency’s notice covers removal under escort, with a ban of three months to five years depending on the overstay. Visiting and contact rules for the Istanbul centres are covered in deportation centres in Istanbul.

5.2. Turkey Overstay Fine: Appealing Deportation Within Seven Days

An appeal against Turkey deportation, including deportation for an overstay, must be filed within only seven days. The foreigner, their legal representative or their lawyer may apply to the administrative court within seven days of notification of the removal decision and must also inform the authority that issued the decision (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/3). The current wording of this paragraph comes from Law No. 7533 of 21/11/2024; sources that still quote fifteen days describe the earlier text.

This case has an effect the other challenges do not: unless the foreigner consents, they are not removed during the filing period or, if a case is filed, until the proceedings end. The court decides within fifteen days of the file being complete, or of any interim decision or hearing being completed; holding a hearing is at the court’s discretion, and its decision is final (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/3).

5.3. Turkey Overstay Fine Without Deportation: Who Is Not Removed?

Turkey deportation has exceptions that apply even when an Article 54 ground exists, including an overstay of more than ten days. No removal decision is taken against: a person for whom there are serious indications that they would face the death penalty, torture or inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment in the country of return; a person for whom travel is risky because of serious health problems, age or pregnancy; a person receiving ongoing treatment for a life-threatening illness that is not available in the country of return; victims of human trafficking benefiting from the victim support process; and victims of psychological, physical or sexual violence until their treatment is completed (6458 sayılı Kanun m.55/1).

The assessment is made individually, and those covered may be required to live at a specified address and report in the form and at the intervals required (6458 sayılı Kanun m.55/2).

6. Turkey Overstay Fine: Which Court and Which Deadline?

A challenge to the Turkey overstay fine is not filed with the court that hears deportation, and mixing up the two routes is the costliest mistake. A challenge to an administrative fine on its own is filed with the criminal judgeship of peace within fifteen days at most of notification or announcement of the decision; if no challenge is filed in that period, the decision becomes final (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/1). If the deadline was missed because of force majeure, the challenge can be filed within seven days of the obstacle ending (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/2). The challenge is made by petition from the person, their legal representative or their lawyer, in two copies (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/3).

That rule changes when another decision accompanies the fine. If, within the same act and concerning the same person, a decision falling within the jurisdiction of the administrative courts, such as a removal decision, was also taken, the claims that the fine is unlawful are heard by the administrative court together with the request to annul that decision (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/8). Someone who received a record containing both a fine and a removal decision challenges both together before the administrative court, within the seven-day deportation deadline.

An entry ban is an administrative decision and Law No. 6458 sets no special deadline for challenging it, so the general sixty-day deadline before the administrative courts applies (2577 sayılı İdari Yargılama Usulü Kanunu m.7/1), running from the day after written notification (2577 sayılı İdari Yargılama Usulü Kanunu m.7/2-a).

Decision	Court	Deadline	Starts from	Basis
Administrative fine alone	Criminal judgeship of peace	Fifteen days	Notification or announcement	5326 m.27/1
Fine together with a removal decision in the same act	Administrative court, with the request to annul removal	The deportation deadline	Notification of the removal decision	5326 m.27/8 · 6458 m.53/3
Removal (deportation) decision	Administrative court	Seven days	Notification of the decision	6458 m.53/3
Entry ban	Administrative court	Sixty days	Day after written notification	2577 m.7/1 · m.7/2-a

The three deadlines differ, the court’s decision on removal is final and only the deportation case suspends enforcement by operation of law. Treating these three decisions as one is how the shortest deadline gets missed.

7. Turkey Overstay Fine: What to Do Once You Realise You Have Overstayed

The Turkey overstay fine does not mean every option is closed, but the order of the steps affects the outcome. The steps below come from the provisions above, not from a prediction of the result in any particular file:

1. Work out the exact period. The expiry date of the visa, visa exemption or residence permit, the number of days and months since then, and whether ten days have passed (6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-e; 6458 sayılı Kanun m.54/1-g).
2. Act before detection. Applying to the governorship to leave before a removal decision is taken or notified caps the ban at one year, provided you pay (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-b), and coming to the border gate voluntarily and paying may prevent a ban (Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanununun Uygulanmasına İlişkin Yönetmelik m.8/2-c).
3. Pay before you leave. The fee for the overstayed period and the fines do not lapse on departure or with a free exit document (6458 sayılı Kanun m.56/2), and an unpaid debt can lead to a visa refusal or a prior-permission requirement (6458 sayılı Kanun m.15/1-ğ; 6458 sayılı Kanun m.9/7).
4. If a removal decision is issued, read the documents at once. Does it grant a period to leave (6458 sayılı Kanun m.56/1)? Are the fine and the removal decision in the same document? The seven-day deadline runs from notification (6458 sayılı Kanun m.53/3).
5. Calculate each challenge deadline separately. A fine alone is fifteen days before the criminal judgeship of peace (5326 sayılı Kabahatler Kanunu m.27/1), removal is seven days before the administrative court, and an entry ban is sixty days (2577 sayılı İdari Yargılama Usulü Kanunu m.7/1).

The information in this article is general and the facts of each file can differ. If you hold a removal decision, a fine record or an entry-ban notification, a lawyer can review it before the shortest deadline in it expires.