COMPANY DIVISION APPLICATION
COMPANY DIVISION APPLICATION
PROCESS
Following the announcement in the Trade Registry Gazette regarding the “partial division” of the company within which the Travel Agency is located, the company within which the travel agency is located must apply to TÜRSAB with the documents specified below.
The file completed by our Association regarding the partial division application is forwarded to the Ministry. The amendment file is reviewed by the Ministry. If the Ministry's review and evaluation reveals any deficiencies, TÜRSAB is notified of the need to complete them. If the request is deemed appropriate, an Official Approval is prepared.
After the Official Approval, a travel agency operating license is issued according to the new trade name following the partial division. The issued travel agency operating license is sent to the relevant Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism to be delivered to the applicant, and TÜRSAB is notified of the situation. After the documents proving that the license fees have been paid into the accounts specified by the Ministry are presented, the license is collected from the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism.
PENAL SANCTIONS
Article 17 of Law No. 1618 on Travel Agencies and the Travel Agencies Association: “(*) The owners of travel agencies, authorized managers on behalf of the board of directors in legal entities, shall notify the Ministry in writing within 30 days of any changes that occur in the matters stated in their petitions and in their operating licenses.” The same applies to Article 27(a)(2) of the same Law: "In the event of a violation of Article 7, 17, 19, or 21 of this Law or any of subparagraphs (c), (ç), or (d) of paragraph 10 of this Law shall be punished with an administrative fine in accordance with subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of Article 27 of Law No. 1618."
(*) Subparagraph 1 of Article 21 of the Travel Agencies Regulation states: “Written notifications to TÜRSAB regarding change applications shall be deemed to have been made to the Ministry.” Subparagraph 8 states: “If the application petition is submitted directly to the Ministry, it shall be forwarded to TÜRSAB for evaluation.”
In this context, the application regarding this change must be submitted to TÜRSAB within 30 (thirty) days after the change is made.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
1. Application Form
2. Annex - 4 (Turkey Trade Registry Gazette Declaration)
3. Original Trade Registry Certificate
4. Annex - 2 (Criminal Record Declaration)
5. Original Signature Circular or Notarized Copy
6. Original Travel Agency Establishment Guarantee
7. Annex - 1 (Agency Title Commitment) Original
8. Original Travel Agency Information Update Form
Warning: If your business address changes along with your company division process, you must add the documents requested on the address change page to your application file.
REQUIRED FORMS AND APPLICATIONS
1. Annex - 1
2. Annex - 4
3. Travel Agency Information Update Form
4. Company Split Petition Example
5. Letter of Guarantee Example
6. Signature Circular
The original document or a notarized copy containing the signature samples of the representative of an institution or organization.
7. Guarantee
- If a letter of guarantee is to be provided, the letter of guarantee must be definitive and indefinite and must include the agency name and trade name.
- Guarantees other than guarantee letters: The receipt deposited into the account of the Central Accounting Directorate of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, “Collection Account TR89 0000 1001 0000 0350 1540 21 IBAN” account, or deposited to the Ministry's Central Accounting Unit or the accounting units of provincial or district general budget departments via the Ministry's Central Accounting Unit. (The receipt must be stamped and signed, and the sender section must include the commercial name (no personal names are allowed), while the description section must include the agency title obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey.)
- For Group A: 7,000.00 TL (Seven thousand Turkish Lira)
- For Group B: 6,000.00 TL (Six thousand Turkish Lira)
- For Group C: 5,000.00 TL (Five thousand Turkish Lira)
and 25% of these amounts must be paid for each branch.
8. Trade Registry Certificate
Trade Registry Certificate issued in accordance with Article 16 of the Trade Registry Regulation;
This document indicates the MERSIS number, trade name, name and surname of the owner of the business in the case of real person commercial enterprises, place of residence and identity number, headquarters of the business, address of the branch along with the headquarters address, field of activity of the business, capital allocated to the business, and persons authorized to represent the business at the time the document is issued.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. How are the Travel Agency business certificates located in the branches of the transferring company transferred to the acquiring company after a partial division?
In a partial division, for the travel agency operating license of the company being divided, the number of operating licenses must be registered in the Trade Registry as company branch registrations outside the headquarters of the company created by the division. Additionally, the operating licenses must be matched with the aforementioned Trade Registry company branch registrations upon the decision of the authorized body of the company created by the division and upon declaration to our Association.
2. Does the establishment guarantee held by the Ministry remain valid in the event of a partial division?
If the establishment guarantee is in cash, it remains valid if the Travel Agency issues a letter, or if it is a letter, the relevant bank issues a letter confirming that the existing guarantee remains valid in light of this change.