Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism gave accommodation providers 29 days' notice. The circular was issued on 16 April 2026, and the requirement comes into effect on 15 May. If your hotel isn't yet connected to the TGA Central System, or if you're still unclear on exactly what's required, this guide walks you through everything you need to know and do.
What Is TGA Reporting and Why Does It Now Apply to You?
The TGA Central System (Konaklama Tesisleri Merkezi Veri Tabanı) is a national data platform introduced by Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism under Laws No. 2634 and 7183. Every licensed accommodation facility in Turkey is now legally required to report daily operational data to the Ministry: guest counts, booking channel breakdowns, and room revenue.
It's a regulatory obligation under a ministerial circular signed by Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri ERSOY, not a voluntary scheme or a pilot programme. The Ministry's goal is a real-time, standardised picture of tourism performance across the country, and they've made it mandatory for every property to contribute to it.
One thing that often surprises hotel managers: this isn't a one-time submission. Once you're connected, your data flows to the Ministry automatically every night, for as long as your property operates. Think of it less like a form you fill in once and more like a background process that just runs.
For the full legal framework, data requirements, and FAQs, see the full TGA information page.
Who Needs to Comply?
All licensed accommodation facilities in Turkey, with no published exceptions based on size, category, or type. Whether you run a 200-room resort or a 10-room boutique hotel, the obligation is the same.
This includes:
- Hotels and boutique hotels
- Apart hotels
- Holiday resorts and all-inclusive properties
- Guesthouses and pensions
- Hostels
- Eco-lodges and rural tourism facilities
- All other licensed accommodation types
If your property has an official operating licence, you're in scope.
What Data Does Your Hotel Need to Report?
Most hotel managers assume this is going to be complicated. It's actually more manageable than you'd expect. The TGA system collects aggregated operational data, nothing personally identifiable. No guest names, no passport numbers, no individual records.
Data is organised into three categories, all sent daily:
Property performance: How many rooms and guests were in-house on a given night, how many checked in that day, net room revenue, and a weekday/weekend split.
Guest demographics: The same figures broken down by nationality, not by individual guest but by country of origin. Aggregated data only.
Booking channels: Where your bookings came from: agencies and tour operators, online platforms (OTAs like Booking.com or Expedia), direct bookings, and other sources, with guest counts and revenue per channel.
No F&B revenue, no spa bookings, nothing ancillary. Only confirmed, stayed reservations count. Cancellations and no-shows don't come into it.
For PMS-connected properties, everything above is transmitted automatically via secure API every night at 02:00, across a rolling seven-day window. Properties without a PMS can use manual entry instead, with monthly submission due by the 15th of each month.
How to Prepare: A Step-by-Step Checklist for Hotel Managers
Step 1: Confirm Your PMS Has a Live TGA Integration
Before you attempt to activate anything, check that your PMS actually supports TGA. Ask your provider one direct question: "Is your TGA integration live right now?"
Not "are you working on it." Is it live. The obligation is already in force. If your current PMS doesn't support TGA reporting, or if you're still managing things manually, you have two options:
- Switch to a PMS that already has the integration built and active, like SabeeApp.
- Use the manual entry route via the Tesis Künye portal (monthly submissions, in USD).
Manual works, but it's ongoing admin and the margin for error is higher. For any property doing real volume, automated reporting through a connected PMS is a much cleaner long-term setup.
Step 2: Activate the TGA Integration in Your PMS Account
Setup, activation, and monitoring of TGA data submissions are the property's responsibility. Your PMS provides the tool. You activate it.
If you're using SabeeApp, here's how to do it:
- Log in to your SabeeApp account
- Go to Settings → More → TGA Integration
- Click "Add New" and enter your property information: Company Name, Property Name, License Number, and Tax Number
- Link your rooms to your License Number
- Activate the "Enable data submission" button
Once enabled, SabeeApp will transmit your data to the Ministry automatically every night at 02:00. If you're using a different PMS, the same principle applies: find their TGA integration settings and activate it yourself. Your provider will have documentation on where to find it.
The Tesis Künye portal (tesis-kunye.tga.gov.tr) is available to log in and verify that your data is being received correctly, but this is optional verification, not a prerequisite for the integration to run.
Note: Properties without a PMS need to register on the portal to enter data manually. If you are connecting via PMS, that registration step does not apply to your setup.
Step 3: Submit Your 2025 Historical Data
This is the one that catches people off guard. The circular doesn't just ask you to start reporting going forward. It requires you to submit all 2025 data in a single bulk transmission when you first connect.
That means occupancy figures, check-in counts, channel distribution, and room revenue going all the way back to January 2025. If you're connecting through a PMS, ask your provider whether this bulk send happens automatically on activation, or whether you need to export the data yourself first.
If you're going the manual route, start compiling your 2025 monthly figures now. The earlier you have them ready, the less stressful your first submission will be.
Step 4: Understand the Daily Reporting Cycle
Once you're live, reporting runs on an automated daily cycle. Every night at 02:00, your system sends the previous seven days' worth of data. That rolling seven-day window is actually useful: if a single transmission fails, the data gets picked up and resent automatically the next night, so nothing falls through permanently.
If you see errors persisting for three or four consecutive days in your reporting dashboard, that's when to act. Start with your PMS provider, and if the issue isn't on their side, contact the Ministry directly: info@tga.gov.tr or +90 212 970 98 42.
Step 5: Build a Quick Monitoring Routine
TGA compliance won't require daily attention once you're up and running, but "set it and forget it forever" isn't quite right either. It's the property's responsibility to verify that data is being transmitted correctly. A two-minute check once a week in your SabeeApp TGA dashboard, confirming recent transmissions completed without errors, is enough to stay ahead of any issues before they compound.
It's also worth keeping an eye on communications from your PMS provider. The TGA API is versioned, which means the Ministry can update the data format or requirements over time. That's your provider's job to manage technically, but being aware of any changes means you won't be caught off guard.
Where Things Go Wrong: A Few Patterns Worth Watching
Waiting to see if enforcement kicks in. The regulation is in force. Circular 2026/1 is signed, published, and legally binding. Whether or not there's active enforcement from day one doesn't change the obligation.
Assuming the PMS handles everything, including activation. Your PMS provides the tool, but setting it up, switching it on, and monitoring it are entirely your responsibility. A PMS with TGA capability that you haven't activated is not reporting anything. Go to your settings and enable it. Then check the TGA section of your dashboard regularly to confirm transmissions are completing without errors.
Missing the 2025 historical data requirement. It's in the circular, and it applies to every property connecting for the first time, whenever that is. If you're setting up in June or September, the 2025 bulk send still applies.
One Thing Worth Knowing If You Accept Multiple Currencies
If your property takes payments in TRY, EUR, USD, or a mix, you can report in the original transaction currency. No conversion needed. If a single day has revenue across multiple currencies, you submit separate records for each. The system is built to handle it.
What Life Actually Looks Like After You're Connected
Once you're live and reporting, the day-to-day impact on your operations is genuinely minimal. The data goes out automatically, your team doesn't touch it, and your morning doesn't change. The main ongoing task is the brief weekly check and staying current with anything your PMS provider flags.
There's also something useful that often goes unmentioned: the Tesis Künye portal gives you access to your own submitted data. So alongside compliance, you end up with a running, verified record of your occupancy, revenue, and channel performance, which has its own value for internal reporting and benchmarking.
Getting Set Up: What to Ask Any PMS Provider
If you're looking for a PMS that handles TGA reporting, because your current system doesn't support it or because you're getting set up properly for the first time, a few questions worth asking any provider:
- Is the TGA integration live right now, not just in development?
- Where exactly do I activate it in my account?
- Does it handle the 2025 historical bulk send automatically when I enable it?
- How do I check whether transmissions are completing correctly?
- What documentation or support is available during setup?
SabeeApp has the integration built in and active, handles the historical data send on activation, and includes dedicated onboarding support to walk you through the setup from day one.
TGA Compliance Doesn't Have to Be the Hard Part
Twenty-nine days' notice for a nationwide legal obligation was a tight window. But the actual process of getting compliant, once you know what you're doing, isn't particularly complex. Activate your integration, make sure the 2025 data goes out, and do a quick weekly check.
Where hotels tend to lose time is in the setup itself, especially if they're on a system that doesn't support TGA or figuring it out without any guidance. That's the part worth solving properly, and the sooner the better.
Last updated: May 2026. Based on Ministry Circular 2026/1 and official TGA Integration Portal documentation at tga.gov.tr/tesis-entegrasyon.