Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure published a new regulation on toll fees for foreign-plated vehicles in the Official Gazette on July 29, 2026, effective the same day. The regulation repeals the previous rule from February 17, 2017.
Under the new rules, foreign-plated vehicles must subscribe to an electronic toll collection system (HGS or similar) and maintain sufficient balance. Vehicles with unpaid tolls or fines will not be allowed to exit Turkey at customs gates until full payment is made.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that debts must be collected before vehicles can exit, adding that the regulation aims to make enforcement more effective, fast, and coordinated.
If toll is paid within 15 days of violation, no administrative fine is applied.
Penalties escalate with time: payment between 15 and 45 days incurs an additional fine equal to the toll amount (1x), while payment after 45 days results in a fine of 4 times the toll.
Payments can be made at customs gates via bank/credit card or cash. Domestically, payments are accepted at PTT branches and contracted banks. HGS accounts for foreign-plated vehicles can be opened at PTT branches, agencies, contracted banks, and member workplaces.
A data-sharing infrastructure will be established among the General Directorate of Highways (KGM), Ministry of Treasury and Finance, and Ministry of Trade for real-time violation monitoring. For roads under Build-Operate-Transfer, 60% of amounts collected at customs gates go to the general budget and 40% to the operator via KGM within seven business days.
The regulation applies regardless of the driver’s citizenship, and collection is done without prior notification. Responsibility for ensuring the HGS tag works and the license plate is readable lies with the driver or owner.