Air passenger rights in Turkey are regulated under the Turkish Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) regulation of 2011 (SHY-Passenger). This regulation is based on EU Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, which establishes common rules for compensation and assistance to passengers in cases of denied boarding, cancellation, or long delay of flights. SHY-Passenger regulates Turkish air carriers' obligations to passengers due to flight irregularities arising from cancellations, long delays,

A new regulation for continuing airworthiness (“SHY-CA”) has been published on 5.11.2022. SHY-CA establishes technical and administrative procedures of activities regarding installation of components, maintenance personnel licenses and institutions preserving maintenance services to the aircrafts which is registered or to be registered to the Turkish Civil Aircraft Registry.   SHY-CA, which will enter into force on 5.2.2022, has been prepared in accordance with the 1321/2014

Turkish Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) adjusts (provisionally) its air operator certification regulation in favor of airline entrepreneurs suffering from war and emergency conditions and introduces diluted requirements for (first) air operator certification process. By virtue of a change published on April 16, 2022 in the official newspaper to the afore mentioned regulation applicants of an initial issue of a Turkish aircraft operating certificate (AOC) will temporarily benef