A Turkish company needs an address for its registration, its tax office and its post. A founder without premises can use a virtual office: a provider supplies a business address, receives the post and passes it on, and some also rent desks or meeting rooms by the hour. Before you sign, check that the address is acceptable both for your company’s registration and for the tax office, and ask whether the provider’s earlier clients had any trouble with either. Banks look at the address too when they review a new company.
Firms offering virtual office services in Turkey
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Ask whether the address can serve as the registered address for your legal form and activity. Ask how post is handled: scanned the same day, forwarded abroad or held for collection, and how official letters with a deadline are flagged to you. Ask about the contract term, the notice period and what happens to your registration if you end the contract. If the provider also keeps your books, ask whether tax office letters go straight to the accountant.
Firms on Accountanty
Twelve firms on Accountanty offer a virtual office in Turkey: seven accounting firms, four corporate service providers and one law firm, 11 small and one medium-sized. All 12 also handle company formation and accounting, and 11 have a foreign-client focus. English is offered by all 12, Turkish by 11, and Arabic and Russian by two each. Three publish pricing. Istanbul has seven of them. An address is one part of the setup, and the rest is covered under company formation in Turkey.
Frequently asked questions
Can a virtual office be the registered address of a Turkish company?
It can be, provided the address is accepted for registration and by the tax office for your kind of business. Ask the provider for examples of companies registered there and how it supports you if officials check the address.
Does a virtual office in Turkey include forwarding post abroad?
Some providers scan post and forward it, others hold it for collection or charge per item. Three of the 12 firms on this page publish pricing, so compare what each package covers and how letters with deadlines are handled.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules, rates and fees change: check them with the official sources linked on this page or with a qualified adviser before you act.