Permit Price
£73
Getting Your Firearms Permit for Turkey
Last Updated:
March 5, 2026
Processing Time
4 to 6 weeks via Turkish Ministry of Interior
Authority
Turkish Ministry of Interior via Turkish Consulate General, London
Difficulty
Moderate
Best Hunting Months
Boar year-round, woodcock Oct–Nov, migratory birds Sep–Nov
Tristan Dummer
Founder
Turkey offers a distinctive hunting experience — European wild boar are abundant across agricultural regions, Anatolian red deer and roe deer are found in forested areas, and migratory bird shooting (woodcock, quail, dove) is excellent. Turkey’s firearms regulations are strict and the process for visiting hunters requires careful preparation. Note one critical restriction: under Turkish law, only smooth-bore (non-rifled) shotguns may be temporarily imported by visiting foreign hunters. Rifled firearms cannot be imported for hunting purposes — discuss rental rifle availability with your outfitter before booking. No UK export paperwork is required for temporarily travelling with your own firearms.
Step 1: Confirm Your Hunt Through an Approved Agency
Foreign tourist hunters in Turkey may only hunt in authorised areas through approved hunting agencies. Your outfitter must hold the appropriate permissions from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdurlugu (General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks). Confirm all permissions are in place before proceeding with your permit application.
Step 2: Obtain the Certificate for Temporary Entry of Firearms
Under Turkish Regulation No. 91/1779, visiting foreign nationals must obtain a Certificate for Temporary Entry and Origin of Firearms and Ammunition (Geçici Silah ve Mermi için Giriş ve Menşei Belgesi) prior to entry. Contact the Turkish Consulate General in London to confirm current application procedures. Allow a minimum of 6 weeks for the full process.
Step 3: Firearms and Ammunition Records
On entry, your shotgun details — brand, model, calibre, serial number — and the quantity of ammunition are recorded in your passport. Ammunition consumed during the hunt must be accounted for on departure: at the frontier gate you must submit a document confirming the quantity of ammunition used, prepared by your outfitter or an accompanying ranger.
Step 4: Carrying and Use Restrictions
Your shotgun may only be carried and used in hunting grounds appointed by the Central Hunting Commission or shooting polygons belonging to the Federation of Shooting and Hunting. Suppressors, semi-automatic rifles, and fully automatic firearms are prohibited. Hunting with more than three rounds capacity in the firearm is prohibited under Turkish hunting law.
We can manage your application for you
We handle the forms in collaboration with the authorities to make sure everything is in your hands or on your phone before you fly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some hunting and sporting competition shoots ask outfitters and hosts to organise their guests temporary firearms permits. Your outfitter will be able to do this on your behalf through the Ambulo platform or you can do it yourself.
For outfitters and hosts organising permits for their guests, please contact tristan@ambulo.co to streamline this process.
To amend your application and your permit, before you travel, you need to contact us at least 14 days before your departure date. If you need to make amends to your permit, please email tristan@ambulo.co
Generally, you do not need to buy an additional permit for your stopover. However, some countries may require you to buy an additional permit. This is generally on a country by country basis. For example, if you are travelling to Poland, but flying to Germany and driving across, you may have to buy a permit for Germany, depending on the location.
Permit costs vary depending on the country you are travelling to. Once our permits go live you will be able to see a full pricing break down. We have priced this to be roughly the same price as hiring a rifle or shotgun at your final destination. Nothing beats taking your own equipment across!
At the moment, extending the length of your permit duration is not possible. We advise that you ask your host to either add a buffer time frame to the end of your trip in case you would like to stay longer. You can of course come back earlier if needs be but the duration and date of validity for your permit is linked to your arrival and departure dates you set out in your application.
For business and partnerships, please contact tristan@ambulo.co
At the moment, Ambulo only provides permits for the destination you are hunting within. If you are driving to your destination and crossing countries, you will have to follow each countries firearm rules and restrictions. This generally means you will need a permit for each country, if you are driving through Europe, for example.
We do not offer refunds at the moment, but is something we are working on. The reason we do not offer refunds is based on the agreements set by consulates, embassies and police forces of the destination countries.
You can either scan your Firearms License, Passport and letter of invitation through a traditional printer scanner, or use an application like Turbo Scan.
If you are using an app that converts photos into a scanned file, ensure all areas of the pages you scan are clear and legible and are saved as a PDF. For people with a UK firearms license, where your certificate contains multiple pages, ensure all pages are photographed and collated into one PDF.