Al Mellah International Shipping (0580402747) is the best shipping company from Riyadh to Turkey for summer-home owners, people relocating and traders: we collect furniture, majlis seating, carpets, boxes, cargo and cars from every district of Riyadh, Al-Kharj and Diriyah, truck them to Jeddah Islamic Port, then ship by sea to Istanbul, Mersin or Derince, delivering to your flat in Istanbul, Trabzon, Bursa or Sapanca in 3 to 5 weeks. A box starts from SAR 190 from Riyadh, and other shipments get an itemised quote after the survey.
Many Riyadh residents own flats and houses in Turkey, spending the summer there or renting them out the rest of the year. Each faces the same question: carry what I need in my airline luggage, buy everything there, or ship from Riyadh? The answer depends on what you want to move and your status in Turkey. In this article we help you make that decision and explain what makes a good company on this route specifically.
🏆 What does “the best shipping company to Turkey” mean?
| Criterion | Why it matters for Turkey |
|---|---|
| Choosing the port by your city | Mersin and Istanbul are about 900 km apart; the wrong port adds days and cost |
| Knowing Turkey’s exemption rules | The tapu or notarised lease, tax number and serial numbers decide whether your shipment is exempt |
| Honesty about cars | Bringing a car into Turkey can cost more than it is worth; a good company tells you before shipping |
| Delivery inside compounds | Many flats are in compounds with access systems and service lifts |
| Coordinating with your travel | Some formalities require your presence or a notarised power of attorney in Turkey |
| Insurance and documentation | Container photos, seal number and clear marine insurance |
🚗 Your car from Riyadh to Turkey: read this first
Many Riyadh customers ask about shipping their cars to Turkey to use in summer or to sell. The short answer: permanently importing a used car into Turkey is difficult and expensive because of the high special consumption tax and restrictions on used cars, while a visitor’s temporary import is time-limited and doesn’t allow sale. So we review the purpose of the shipment with you before any step:
If your case fits, we arrange export plates from Riyadh traffic, a hydraulic flatbed to Jeddah, then RoRo to Derince or Iskenderun or a container to Istanbul or Mersin. The price is quoted by method and port.
🏠 Your summer home in Turkey: what to ship from Riyadh
In our experience with Riyadh customers, most of what is worth shipping to Turkey gives the home an Arabic character and is hard to find there; ordinary furniture is one of Turkey’s best markets. Here is a practical list:
| Item | Suggested decision | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Floor seating or Arabic majlis | Ship | Hard to find in the same size and fabric |
| Hand-made carpets and rugs | Ship | High value and compact once rolled |
| Coffee pots, incense burners and coffee sets | Ship in boxes | Personal items with sentimental value |
| An ordinary bedroom set | Buy in Turkey | Widely available at good prices |
| Fridge and washing machine | Usually buy in Turkey | New appliances may be taxed; used ones need exemption conditions |
| Made-to-measure furnishings and curtains | Ship | Made for your home and not reusable elsewhere |
📅 Your shipment from Riyadh week by week
| Period | What happens |
|---|---|
| Week one | Survey, selecting pieces, preparing the list and documents, then loading |
| Week one | Road transport from Riyadh to Jeddah and the Fasah declaration |
| Weeks two and three | Sailing via Suez to Mersin, then on to Izmir or Istanbul if that’s your destination |
| Weeks three and four | Clearance at Turkish customs |
| Week four or five | Delivery to your flat and reassembly |
Our advice for summer-home owners: book shipping at least six weeks before you travel, so your things arrive before or with you. If you won’t be there on delivery day, arrange a notarised power of attorney for someone to receive on your behalf in Turkey.
🛋️ Packing furniture in Riyadh
| Item | Treatment |
|---|---|
| Majlis and floor seating | Fabric then bubble wrap, with cushions compressed in vacuum bags |
| Carpets | Cleaned, rolled and wrapped against moisture |
| Wardrobes and beds | Dismantled, numbered, screws kept in numbered bags |
| IKEA kitchens | Photographed before dismantling, cabinets numbered |
| Air conditioners | Gas recovered by a refrigeration technician, both units wrapped separately |
| Glass, chandeliers and antiques | Lined wooden crates made to measure |
| Used appliances | Without original boxes, with brand and serial number recorded |
Inside the container we secure items with straps and air bags, add moisture absorbers, seal it in front of you and send you its photos and seal number.
💵 Shipping prices from Riyadh to Turkey
The box price includes transport from Riyadh to Jeddah; other shipments are quoted after the survey by volume, port and your city in Turkey.
| Method | Transit from Riyadh | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 🚢 Consolidated boxes | 4–5 weeks | Gifts and summer-home items |
| 🚢 Consolidated LCL | 4–5 weeks | Majlis, carpets and selected pieces |
| 🚢 20 ft | 3–4 weeks | A whole flat’s furniture |
| 🚢 40 ft | 3–4 weeks | A large house or cargo |
| ✈️ Air | 3–6 days | What you need on arrival |
Send photos of the pieces you want to ship and your city in Turkey, and we will suggest the best-value option.
📄 The Turkish documents you need
The first Turkish document you need is a tax number, which is easy to obtain and is required at clearance even without a residence permit. To be exempt from duties you also need a valid residence permit, a home address proven by a title deed (tapu) or a notary-certified lease, the required period of residence outside Turkey, and items used for at least six months.
| Document | Why it is required |
|---|---|
| Passport | Proves the shipment owner’s identity and entry date into Turkey |
| Turkish tax number | A basic clearance requirement |
| Turkish residence permit | A condition of the exemption for people relocating |
| Tapu or notarised lease | Proves your home address in Turkey |
| Detailed list with serial numbers | Matches appliances and stops them being treated as new |
| Fasah authorisation and Saudi ID or iqama | Export formalities in the Kingdom |
| Notarised power of attorney | If you can’t attend clearance |
🛃 Duties and prohibited items at Turkish customs
Whatever the exemption doesn’t cover is subject to customs duty and Turkish VAT (20% at the general rate), and some devices such as televisions may attract registration fees. We don’t load weapons, controlled medicines without a prescription, gas and flammables, or fresh food. Drones need registration and permits, old antiques may be referred for inspection, and counterfeit goods are seized.
🏭 Commercial cargo and boxes from Riyadh
For Riyadh traders exporting to Turkey we ship full or consolidated containers of dates, perfume, incense, food and plastic products with a commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin in the name of a registered Turkish importer, reefer containers for food, and periodic consolidated shipping for online stores. We use Dynas and lorries for collection in Riyadh and trailers to take containers to Jeddah.
Individuals ship boxes and suitcases by consolidation from SAR 190 per box, collected from home or at our Riyadh warehouse. It’s the best solution for sending summer-home belongings ahead of your trip so you don’t pay excess baggage.
🔑 Owning or renting: how it changes your documents
| Your status in Turkey | What you need | Effect on duties |
|---|---|---|
| Own a flat with tapu, no residence permit | Tapu and tax number | The shipment is usually dutiable |
| Own a flat and hold a property-based residence permit | Tapu, residence permit and tax number | You may qualify for the exemption if you meet the prior-residence conditions |
| Renting with a residence permit | Notarised one-year lease and residence permit | You may qualify under the same conditions |
| Visitor with no fixed home | Delivery address only | A dutiable shipment |
One condition many overlook is that the address on your Turkish residence permit must match the address on the tapu or lease; any mismatch can delay clearance or cost you the exemption.
🏢 Riyadh companies’ offices in Istanbul
Riyadh companies move staff and office furniture to their Istanbul branches. We ship desks, chairs, files and equipment numbered by department, wrap computers and printers against static, and schedule delivery to the office building according to access times. Equipment imported in the company’s name needs the company’s tax number and commercial documents.
⚠️ Summer-home owners’ common mistakes
🏙️ Delivery in your Turkish city
| City | Best port | After clearance |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | Ambarlı | 1 day |
| Sapanca, Bursa and Yalova | Derince or Istanbul | 1 day |
| Ankara | Istanbul or Mersin | 1–2 days |
| Trabzon and Uzungöl | Istanbul or Mersin, then by road | 2–3 days |
| Antalya | Mersin | 1–2 days |
| Izmir and Bodrum | Izmir | 1 day |
In residential compounds we coordinate with management on access times and the service lift, protect corridors and floors during the move, then assemble furniture and place boxes in the rooms you choose.
Delivery to Trabzon, Uzungöl and mountain areas
Many of our customers’ homes in Trabzon, Uzungöl and Rize sit on narrow mountain roads that large trucks can’t enter. In these cases the container is unloaded at a warehouse in the city and the belongings are taken to the house by small trucks, with delivery scheduled on a day with suitable weather. Tell us about the road to your home in advance so we can plan for it in the quote.
🛡️ Guarantees, insurance and storage
🗓️ Steps for shipping from Riyadh to Turkey
✈️ Air freight from Riyadh to Istanbul
If you need items as soon as you arrive in Turkey, before the sea shipment lands, air freight from King Khalid Airport to Istanbul arrives in 3 to 6 days, charged by actual or volumetric weight, whichever is higher. It suits documents, small devices and clothes for the first days, not furniture or many boxes.
| What you send | Best option |
|---|---|
| Documents, contracts and official papers | Air |
| Small valuable devices | Air or with the traveller |
| Boxes of clothes and household items | Consolidated sea |
| Majlis, carpets and furniture | Sea |
✅ Preparation checklist before shipping from Riyadh
🏘️ Sapanca, Bursa and Gulf residents’ compounds
Many Riyadh customers own villas and flats in Sapanca, Maşukiye, Bursa and Yalova, often inside gated residential compounds. Delivery in these compounds has details that differ from delivering to a flat in Istanbul:
| Detail | What we arrange |
|---|---|
| Compound gate and access system | Registering the truck and crew with management in advance |
| Narrow or steep internal roads | A medium truck instead of the container or trailer |
| Villas with gardens and outdoor stairs | Extra labour and protection for outdoor floors |
| Permitted working hours in the compound | Scheduling delivery within them |
| Owner absent on delivery day | Receipt by power of attorney, with keys held by management or an authorised person |
🛎️ Preparing your flat for holiday rentals
Some owners rent their Turkish flats for the rest of the year and need a set-up that suits Gulf tenants. Here shipping from Riyadh helps with pieces that set the flat apart: Arabic seating, carpets, coffee sets and linens of a quality Gulf tenants recognise. Basic furniture and appliances are easier to buy in Turkey for warranty and later maintenance.
📆 The best time to ship from Riyadh to Turkey
| Period | Situation | Our advice |
|---|---|---|
| March and April | Demand starts before summer | The best time to prepare the summer home early |
| May and June | Peak bookings | Book weeks ahead and expect longer dates |
| July and August | Owners are in Turkey | Suitable for small boxes only |
| September to February | Relatively quiet | A good time for furniture and refurbishing before next season |
🛃 Turkish customs clearance step by step
Riyadh customers often ask what happens to their shipment after it reaches the Turkish port and before it gets to the flat. These are the usual stages, and most delays happen at one of them: complete documents.
A shipment arriving with documents ready is usually released within a few days; if the tax number is late or the address differs between the residence permit and the lease, it may wait at port and build up storage charges — which is why we review your documents before loading in Riyadh.
🔁 From Turkey to Riyadh
Many Riyadh customers buy their furniture in Turkey and ship it to their homes in the Kingdom. We ship from Istanbul and Mersin to Jeddah or Dammam and then by road to Riyadh, with SABER platform requirements for regulated products and 15% VAT. Importing a car from Turkey into the Kingdom is subject to age and Saudi specification rules, usually no more than five years for light vehicles.
❓ FAQ: shipping from Riyadh to Turkey
❓ What is the best shipping company from Riyadh to Turkey?
One that chooses the port by your city, knows Turkey’s exemption rules, is frank about car costs, and delivers to your flat’s door.
❓ How much does shipping from Riyadh to Turkey cost?
A box starts from SAR 190 from Riyadh; other shipments are quoted after the survey.
❓ How long does shipping from Riyadh to Turkey take?
3 to 5 weeks by sea, including two to three days on the road to Jeddah.
❓ Can I ship my car to use in the summer?
Possible as a time-limited temporary import, but compare the round-trip shipping cost with renting a car there.
❓ Do I need a Turkish residence permit to ship?
Not to ship, but the duty exemption requires residence and a documented home address.
❓ Do you ship to Trabzon?
Yes, via Istanbul or Mersin, then by road.
❓ Do you ship furniture from Turkey to Riyadh?
Yes, in both directions.
❓ I own a flat with a tapu but no residence permit — am I exempt?
Usually not, since the exemption is tied to residence and its conditions, but shipping selected pieces is still possible.
❓ Do you move a company office from Riyadh to Istanbul?
Yes, numbered by department, with equipment wrapped and delivery to the office building.
We ship what you love to your flat in Istanbul, Trabzon or Bursa.
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