PART 1 - DRIVING WITH A DISABILITY

Regulations for people with disabilities to obtain driving licences

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The legal arrangements for people with disabilities to obtain a driving licence is stipulated in the “Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Health Status Requirements and Medical Examination of Drivers and Learner Drivers” (2020)

https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2020/06/20200613-4.htm

Vehicle type and adaptation to controls

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No restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls to be driven by a person with a disability

Responsible Agencies

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Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Interior

Name of section responsible: Directorate General of Civil Registration and Citizenship Affairs

PART 2 - PARKING CARDS

Eligibility for disability parking cards

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People having vehicles which are registered to their names as “vehicle of a disabled person”.

– Disabled people possessing driver licences which are in “H” category or proper restriction code,

– People who do not have a vehicle to their names as “vehicle of a disabled person” and any restriction on their driving licences but who have a medical report stating that they have 90% or higher disability.

Reserved parking space availability

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On street,

In municipal car parks,

In regional and general car parks and car parks of shopping malls.
Disabled people can benefit from the parking spaces for people with a disability arranged in accordance with the Highway Traffic Regulation.

Parking concessions not exceeding 15 minutes the highway on the condition that they comply with the measures taken in terms of traffic safety and they do not disrupt the traffic

Parking concessions for people with disabilities

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On street,

In municipal car parks

Parking concessions not exceeding 15 minutes in the highway on the condition that they comply with the measures taken in terms of traffic safety and they do not disrupt the traffic

In regional and general car parks and car parks of shopping malls.

Application to foreign driving licence holders

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The same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting Turkiye

Disability parking spaces

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It is obligatory to reserve one of every 20 parking spaces for the disabled by placing a disabled sign, provided that it is not less than one in the closest places to the entrance-exit and lifts of public buildings and regional car parks and general car parks. The area to be reserved for on-streetcar parking are at least 2.5×5.50 metres. A parking space of1/30 is reserved for disabled vehicles.
The long side of the unit parking areas must be at least 4.90 metres wide and the short side must be at least 3.50 metres wide for the disabled and at least 2.40 metres wide for others.

Responsible Agencies

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Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Interior- Turkish National Police

Name of section responsible: Traffic Directorate

PART 3 - HIRING A CAR IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY

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