Yacht charter Turkey
Turkey is the Mediterranean coast that still has empty bays in August. Six hundred miles of it, pine forest running down to water clear enough to read the anchor at fifteen metres, and a working boatbuilding culture that produces the gulet: a broad wooden motorsailer with more deck than anything of comparable price anywhere in the Med. If the rest of the Mediterranean has priced you out of the boat you wanted, this is the coast that gives it back.
Every rate on this page is the rate we hold. Day boats and gulets out of Bodrum and Antalya run from €1,500 to €6,000 for the boat with crew, and crewed weekly yachts cruising Turkey and the eastern Aegean start from €5,600 a week on MYBA terms. Message us the dates and the group size and we come back the same day in season with what is genuinely free.
Two coasts, two characters. Bodrum faces the Aegean and looks across at the Greek islands, so weeks here read as island hopping with a Turkish base. Antalya and the Turquoise Coast run east into the Lycian shore, where the interest is the water and the ruins standing in it rather than the harbour towns. Your quote states the VAT and fuel treatment before you commit, never after.
Day charter in Turkey: 22 crewed boats, rates published
Every boat below comes with its own professional crew and a full charter day, normally eight hours. Rates are the operator rates we hold, shown as they stand. Tap a boat for the full specification, photographs and season by season pricing.
Where you actually go
An hour out of Bodrum and the reason the gulet exists. A long protected gulf of pine covered bays with almost nothing built on them, Sedir island's shell beach, and English Harbour at the far end where the pines come to the waterline. This is the classic Turkish week and it barely needs a plan.
The town's castle harbour for the evening and the modern marina at Yalikavak for the big boats, with Kos and the Dodecanese two hours across the water. The most social base on the coast and the easiest one to reach, and the point from which a Greek leg is a genuine option rather than an ambition.
The most protected water in Turkey: a ring of wooded islands inside Fethiye bay where you can move anchorage four times a day without ever crossing open sea. The softest week on this coast and the one that suits families and first charters best.
East of Antalya, the coast the guidebooks call Turquoise. Sunken Lycian ruins running into the shallows at Kekova, Kas as a base for the day boats, and Olympos and Cirali beyond. The most striking swimming on the Turkish coast and the least crowded.
Crewed weeks: 141 yachts cruising Turkey
These are full week charters on MYBA terms, contracted with the yacht's own management. Turkey sits inside a wider Mediterranean itinerary for most of them, so a week can start here and finish somewhere else entirely. Showing the 12 largest of 141.
Turkey charter questions
How much does a yacht charter in Turkey cost?+
Day boats and gulets out of Bodrum and Antalya run from €1,500 to €6,000 for the boat, crewed, for the day. Crewed weekly yachts cruising Turkey start around €5,600 per week on MYBA terms plus expenses. Every number on this page is the operator rate we hold, published as it stands, and Turkey buys more boat per euro than anywhere else on the Mediterranean.
What is a gulet, and is it the right boat?+
A gulet is the traditional Turkish wooden motorsailer, broad in the beam with a big shaded aft deck and cabins below, built along this coast for exactly this water. It is slower than a motor yacht and much more comfortable to spend a day on, which is why it dominates here. If your week is about swimming, eating and staying put in beautiful bays, it is the right boat. If you want to cover miles, take a motor yacht.
Bodrum or Antalya?+
Bodrum for the Aegean, the Gulf of Gokova and the option of crossing to the Greek islands. Antalya for the Lycian coast, Kekova and the clearest water. Bodrum is the easier arrival and the more social base; Antalya is the quieter and more scenic cruising. Gocek sits between them and is the most sheltered of the three.
When is the best time to charter in Turkey?+
May, June, September and October are the sweet spot: warm sea, long days and bays you can have to yourself. July and August are hot and the meltemi can blow hard on the Aegean side, which is when the sheltered water around Gocek and the Gulf of Gokova earns its reputation. The season here runs later than most of the Med.
Can we combine Turkey with the Greek islands?+
Yes, and a good number of weeks do. Kos, Symi and Rhodes sit within a few hours of the Turkish coast and the crossings are routine for the crews. Border formalities take a morning and are arranged in the booking, so tell us at the start rather than mid week.
Do I need a licence, and what is included?+
No licence: every boat listed here comes with its own professional crew, so you board and the captain runs the day. Day charters are normally eight hours with the crew and the boat included, and the quote states what else is inside the rate. On a crewed week the MYBA base rate covers the yacht and crew, and running costs come out of the Advance Provisioning Allowance, accounted for by the captain and refunded if unspent.
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