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Short-term/holiday-home letting is subject to a licensing regime, under the Holiday Homes Law

Rule record · last verified 20 September 2026

In force. Start date not confirmed in this record.

Rule

Letting TRNC property short-term (up to 60 days per stay) for tourism purposes is subject to a registration and operating-licence regime under the Holiday Homes Law No. 54/2025, administered by the Tourism Planning Department.[1]

Exceptions

  • This Rule states only the EXISTENCE and APPLICABILITY of the licensing regime. The Founder has explicitly not reviewed and has not approved the detailed mechanics — fee amounts, licence duration, the detailed application procedure, property classifications, enforcement practice, or administrative interpretation are NOT stated here and must not be treated as Founder-approved; those remain governed by their own evidence/research status (see q-property-holiday-home-registration-and-licence-requirement's notes and the separate, unapproved candidates on guest-registration duties and the transitional compliance window).
  • Whether the Hotels Law (Fasıl 138) or this Law is the operative instrument for a borderline case (e.g. a serviced apartment with some hotel-style services) is not addressed here.

Applies to

Who:
Owners

Where this rule comes from

Instrument
Holiday Homes Law, No. 54/2025, Articles establishing the registration/licence regime (existence and scope only)
Authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 20 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Editorial note

Narrower than the originating candidate's full summary (which included fee schedules and the transitional window) — see versions[] and exceptions for what was deliberately excluded.

History of this rule

  • — Published following Founder approval. Deliberately narrowed to existence/applicability only — fees, duration, procedure, classifications and enforcement detail from the original candidate are excluded, per the Founder's explicit instruction, and remain with the candidate/questions as unapproved detail. (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

  1. [1]
    Holiday Homes Law, No. 54/2025

    Tourism Planning Department, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · 1 December 2025 · original in Turkish · accessed 20 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/holiday-home-licensing-regime-existence

Identifier holiday-home-licensing-regime-existence · Open data · challenge this rule