Looking for a shipping company from Jeddah to Turkey? Gulf International Shipping picks up furniture, boxes and goods in any Jeddah district and delivers them straight to Jeddah Islamic Port, where they go into a container on a weekly direct sailing that reaches Mersin after roughly 5 days on the water and İskenderun after roughly 8. Turkish customs then clears the load and a truck takes it to your door in Istanbul, Bursa, Ankara or Trabzon. From hand-over in Jeddah to delivery in Turkey, Mersin and Adana take about two to three weeks (14–20 days), Istanbul and the Marmara region 18–28 days, and a flight from King Abdulaziz Airport 3–5 working days. On cost, Gulf International Shipping starts a small parcel from SAR 138, shared container space from SAR 410 a cubic metre, a whole bedroom from SAR 920, a private 20 ft box from SAR 4,140 and air cargo from SAR 14 a kilo.
Jeddah residents start the Turkey route with a head start: the port is in their own city. Every Turkey-bound container in the Kingdom is currently loaded at Jeddah Islamic Port, which means families in Riyadh, Tabuk or the Eastern Province first truck their belongings hundreds of kilometres to get here. From a Jeddah flat the quay is under an hour away, saving two to four days and a long road bill. This guide covers which Turkish port suits your destination, how long each stage takes, what Turkish customs asks for furniture and cars, and how to decide between shared and private containers, with real numbers.
In short
- Where it sails from: Jeddah Islamic Port, the single loading point for Turkey containers from all Saudi cities
- Voyage: roughly five days to Mersin and eight to İskenderun on a sailing that runs every week
- Delivery times: Mersin and Adana in 14–20 days, Ankara, Konya and Antalya 16–22, Istanbul, Bursa and İzmir 18–28, Trabzon 21–30, approximately
- By plane: Jeddah to either Istanbul airport in about 3 h 45 min of flying, at your door in 3–5 working days
- Starting prices: parcel SAR 138, shared m³ SAR 410, bedroom SAR 920, 20 ft box SAR 4,140, air kilo SAR 14
- Used furniture: duty-free for Turks resettling after two years or more abroad, and for foreign residents who meet the permit, tax-number and housing conditions
- Vehicles: only in a sealed container and only if Turkish rules allow the car in; no air, no ro-ro
Your route: Jeddah home → Islamic Port quay → north through Suez → Mersin or Marmara → truck to your address · 14 to 30 days at sea · phone and WhatsApp 0568829975
Which Turkish port does your container sail to from Jeddah?
Jeddah containers do not all end up in one Turkish port, and the right choice can save days and hundreds of kilometres of Turkish motorway. A weekly Turkish line (Turkon’s Türkiye Red Sea Service) connects Jeddah with Mersin and İskenderun on the south coast, putting Mersin roughly five sailing days away and İskenderun about eight. The Marmara ports serving Istanbul and Bursa, such as Ambarlı, Gemlik and İzmit, along with İzmir on the Aegean, are reached on other lines or through a transshipment hub, so for those we give a range instead of one figure.
Gulf International Shipping picks the discharge port according to where you live, not what is simplest for us. A move to Ankara, say, usually arrives sooner via Mersin plus a 500 km drive inland than by waiting for an Istanbul sailing, while a household bound for Bursa or Yalova is best landed at Gemlik, minutes from the door. Here is how the ports map to cities:
Ahead of each booking we look at Red Sea navigation and the real vessel schedule, then tell you which ship your goods will join and its booking cut-off; if the cut-off is missed, the load rolls to the next week. Ports and lines get fuller treatment under sea freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
How long does shipping from Jeddah to Turkey take?
The days at sea are only one slice of the timeline. Before departure we allow 3–5 days to pack, lodge the export declaration on Fasah and get the container into the terminal before cut-off. After arrival, Turkish customs typically spends 4–5 working days clearing household effects, and then comes the drive to your city. Treat the following as door-to-door estimates that can move by a few days with the vessel date and the speed of Turkish clearance:
Shared containers run slower because they are only closed once other customers’ cargo has filled them, typically adding 5–7 days. If a flight or a Turkish tenancy start date is fixed, mention it on day one so we can choose the option that lands first; that might be a small private box, or flying the urgent items separately.
Approximate shipping prices from Jeddah to Turkey
Our Jeddah rates were set by taking the cheapest figures competitors publish for this route and going below them. As the city nearest the loading port, Jeddah is never priced above a more distant city for the same item. All figures are “from” prices; volume, weight, the Turkish port and the delivery city fix the final amount.
Note: by sea, Jeddah to Mersin and Adana takes 14–20 days and to Istanbul or Bursa 18–28 days; consolidated loads are five to seven days slower, and air cargo lands in Istanbul within 3–5 working days.
Prices for single household items from Jeddah
Many Jeddah enquiries are for a handful of pieces rather than a full house: a washer for a son at university in Istanbul, a sofa set for a newly bought Bursa flat, or some boxes of clothes ahead of the holidays. Starting prices per piece:
None of these figures covers duty or tax that Turkey may levy on new goods or trade cargo; Turkish customs assesses that by item and value, and we will tell you up front whether anything is likely to be payable. Jeddah is compared with every other Saudi city on shipping prices from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
Shared (LCL) or full (FCL) container from Jeddah?
With a shared container (LCL) you are charged by the cubic metre your goods take up, and they travel beside other customers’ cargo once separated and labelled. A full container (FCL) is reserved for you alone: we fill it at your home or our warehouse and close it with a seal that is only broken at Turkish customs inspection. The sums are easy: a 20 ft box takes roughly 33 m³ and costs from SAR 4,140 out of Jeddah, against SAR 410 per m³ for shared space, so once your load passes about 10 m³ the private box wins.
As a rough guide, a single bedroom plus a few cartons comes to 6–10 m³ and suits shared shipping. A two- or three-bedroom apartment with majlis and kitchen usually exceeds 15 m³, and for that a 20 ft container is cheaper, quicker and safer. A 40 ft container, from SAR 6,440 and around 67 m³, fits villas and big homes, or furniture plus a car in one box. Send us photos of the rooms and we will estimate the volume before you commit.
A tip for Jeddah residents
With the port this close, a private container can be loaded outside your building in one day and be inside the customs yard that day or the next, which cuts warehouse time and the number of times your things are handled.
Moving household furniture from Jeddah districts to Turkey
Our crews collect all over Jeddah: northern districts such as Obhur Al-Shamaliyah, Al-Shati, Al-Mohammadiyah, Al-Naeem and Al-Basateen; central areas such as Al-Rawdah, Al-Zahra, Al-Salamah, Al-Khalidiyah and Al-Andalus; and the south and east, including Al-Safa, Al-Marwah, Al-Samer, Al-Hamdaniyah and Al-Ajwad, plus Rabigh, Khulais, Bahrah and Thuwal. Each brings its own logistics. Towers need a lift booked with building management and protected walls, the narrow lanes of older districts need a smaller truck shuttling to the container, and villas usually mean dismantling bedrooms and fitted wooden kitchens first.
Wrapping for an ocean crossing differs from wrapping for a cross-town move. Your goods will sit for two to three weeks in a closed steel box, exposed to Red Sea humidity and hot port yards, so Gulf International Shipping packs Turkey consignments in layers: blankets or foam against the wood, bubble wrap over that, stretch film to seal it, and stiff cardboard corners, with timber crates for glass, marble and antiques. Each item gets a number and a photo, and each electrical appliance gets a line on the inventory showing its brand and serial number, which Turkish officers compare against the goods during inspection.
If you ask, we also take apart and rebuild bedrooms and kitchens at the Turkish end, and hold your belongings in a Jeddah store when your own flight is after the sailing, so there is no need to vacate early. Anyone relocating a whole home should start with furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
Is your used furniture exempt from Turkish customs duty?
Turkey ties the exemption to your status in the country rather than your passport alone, and only second-hand belongings qualify. These are the two cases we meet most often in Jeddah:
Turkish citizens returning to live in Turkey
A Turk who has lived outside the country for two unbroken years, or for five of the last ten, may bring the used contents of their home in free of customs duty when settling back. The belongings must be theirs and already in use, and their arrival is tied to the owner’s: at most two months before the owner lands, or at most six months after. The key paper is the relocation residence certificate (ikamet nakil belgesi) issued by the Turkish Consulate General in Jeddah or the embassy in Riyadh, backed by the passport, an entry–exit statement, a detailed list of the goods and an authorisation for the customs broker; the owner is expected to attend clearance personally. Televisions still attract a banderole charge.
Arab and other foreign residents of Turkey
For an Arab or other foreigner living in Turkey, used furniture is admitted once three things are in place: a current residence or work permit, a Turkish tax number, and proof of a settled home, meaning a notary-certified lease of a year or longer or a tapu if you own the property. Without either document, a temporary entry secured by a bank deposit or bank bond may be allowed; otherwise taxes are paid. Nothing new is covered: an item still in its factory box counts as new and pays duty together with 20% VAT.
Before you book
Details can differ from one file to the next, so we verify your conditions with Turkish customs before shipping. Tell us which case you are (returning citizen, resident with a lease, property owner) and we will build the paperwork with you before sailing. A fuller explanation is in Turkey used household goods customs.
Car shipping from Jeddah to Turkey: when is it possible?
We ship a car to Turkey when it meets Turkish customs rules, and we start with those rules because Turkey restricts used-car imports and allows them only in a few situations. The clearest one is the Turkish citizen moving home: one car, no older than 3 years counted by model year, registered in their name in the country of residence at least six months before their last entry into Turkey, cleared within six months of returning, and a right that cannot be used again for five years. Only the customs duty falls away in that case; special consumption tax (ÖTV) and VAT remain payable by the owner, and ÖTV alone can come to more than the car is worth, because it climbs with engine size and value.
For a foreign resident of Turkey, the usual limit is a temporary entry for the car that expires with their residence, and selling or lending it to a local is not allowed. When a car qualifies, Gulf International Shipping handles the Saudi side from Jeddah: export plates via Absher, settling fines, releasing any finance lien and the Fasah export declaration. We then cover the car and strap it down inside a closed container at the port. Shipping starts from SAR 5,060, with Turkish taxes on top.
We do not sell what will not arrive
A car bound for Turkey travels with us in a closed container and nothing else: no plane, no ro-ro ship, no road route. If your car falls outside the rules, selling it in the Kingdom usually makes more sense; the details are in car shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
Air freight from Jeddah to Istanbul
Few Saudi airports are as well linked to Istanbul as King Abdulaziz International. flyadeal, Saudia and Turkish Airlines fly nonstop to the new Istanbul Airport (IST), around 55 times a week with a flight time near 3 h 45 min, and roughly five daily flights also serve Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) on the Asian shore. Freight travels in the holds of these aircraft, so there is space almost every day of the week.
From Jeddah, air cargo to Turkey begins at SAR 14 a kilo. Inside Istanbul, delivery usually takes 3–5 working days; Ankara, İzmir, Antalya, Bursa and Trabzon add a domestic flight or a truck and come to 4–6 working days. Fly documents, prescription medicines, gifts and small high-value items; for furniture, the sea is far more economical. Spare lithium batteries and large amounts of cosmetics cannot fly, and batteries come out of devices before packing. Weights and airports are covered on air freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
Phones are not shipped
Under Turkish rules a mobile phone cannot come in by post or express courier, even with the duty settled. It belongs in your hand luggage on the flight, never in the cartons.
Shipping cartons, parcels and gifts from Jeddah to Turkey
Small parcels can go two ways: consolidated by sea when time is not pressing, or by air when they are needed within days. Jeddah parcel prices start like this: SAR 138 for 1–5 kg, SAR 230 for 5–10 kg, SAR 276 for a personal carton of 10–20 kg, and SAR 92 for documents. Keep in mind that a post or courier parcel into Turkey has to stay under 30 kg gross and be personal rather than commercial, and that online-shop orders are now cleared like any standard import. Weight bands and prices continue on cartons and parcels shipping to Turkey.
Trade and commercial goods from Jeddah to Turkey
Jeddah traders and manufacturers can ship in shared or full containers: light trade goods of 10–50 kg from SAR 735, industrial equipment from SAR 2,760 and a complete container from SAR 4,140. On the Turkish side the importer must hold a tax number, the cargo travels with a commercial invoice, certificate of origin and packing list, and duty follows each product’s classification in the Turkish tariff before 20% VAT is added. Food and dates come with their own conditions and permits, which we go through before booking. Full requirements: goods shipping from Saudi Arabia to Turkey.
Delivery across Turkey, from Istanbul to Trabzon
We reach every Turkish province, each with its natural port and its own timeline. In Istanbul we cover the European side (Başakşehir, Beylikdüzü, Esenyurt, Fatih, Bakırköy) and the Asian side (Üsküdar, Kadıköy, Ataşehir, Pendik). Bursa (Nilüfer, Osmangazi, Mudanya) and Yalova (Termal, Çınarcık) normally land through Gemlik. Sapanca, Adapazarı and İzmit come off Ambarlı or İzmit. Ankara is served from Mersin, around 500 km by road, and Antalya (Alanya, Kemer) by truck from Mersin, about 480 km.
Trabzon and the Black Sea coast (Uzungöl, Akçaabat, Rize) are the far end of our network. The container lands at a Sea of Marmara port and the truck then drives some 1,050 km east from Istanbul to Trabzon, so the whole trip from Jeddah comes to roughly 21–30 days. Urgent parcels for Trabzon fly to Istanbul and connect onto a domestic flight of around an hour. Please give us an exact address and a Turkish mobile number for whoever receives the goods, since mountain lanes to some villages need a smaller truck at the end.
Documents required to ship from Jeddah to Turkey
On the sea bill of lading, the receiver’s name has to match the passport exactly; even a one-letter difference holds up clearance in Turkey until it is fixed.
Main prohibited items for Turkey
- Never shipped: firearms of any kind and their ammunition, explosives and drugs; anything flammable such as aerosol cans, paint, gas bottles and bleach; drones; cash and bonds; pornographic material; plants and animals, whether living or dried.
- Not allowed among household goods: foodstuffs, alcohol, animal products, gold, jewellery and precious stones.
- Allowed with conditions: medicine with its prescription; cosmetics and cleaning products in family quantities, not sealed trade packs; electronics in line with household needs; communications equipment.
- Saudi export side: weapons, antiquities and subsidised goods need a permit before they can leave.
Steps to ship from Jeddah to Turkey
- 1Photograph what you want to send
Take pictures of the rooms or pieces and WhatsApp them to 0568829975 with your Jeddah district and Turkish city. - 2Choose the method
We set out shared, private or air options, the arrival port and the date of the next vessel. - 3Sort out your papers
Passport and residence permit, exemption documents if you are returning or resident in Turkey, and car papers if relevant. - 4Loading day
Our crew dismantles, wraps, numbers and photographs, then fills the container. - 5Quay to sea
The export is declared on Fasah, the container enters Jeddah Islamic Port and you get the sailing date. - 6Turkish port
The broker takes over under your authorisation; you attend if the goods are exempt household effects. - 7At your door
The truck arrives, unloads and, if you wish, reassembles the furniture.
How is the cost of shipping from Jeddah to Turkey calculated?
Six things drive the bill: the cubic metres you ship by sea, or actual or volumetric weight by air; the container option (shared, 20 ft or 40 ft); the Turkish port of discharge and the drive from there to your home; how much crating and packing is needed; optional insurance; and port clearance fees in Turkey. Jeddah customers are spared the heaviest extra paid by distant cities, the long road haul to the coast.
Worked example: a two-bedroom flat in Al-Salamah with a majlis and kitchen measures about 16 m³ after packing. Shared shipping would cost at least 16 × 410 = SAR 6,560; a private 20 ft container starts at SAR 4,140 and still leaves room for cartons. That is over SAR 2,000 saved, and roughly a week quicker, since nobody else’s cargo is awaited.
What is the cheapest way to ship from Jeddah to Turkey?
- Small loads: buy shared space per m³, and sell off cheap old pieces whose freight would exceed their value.
- Whole homes: book a private 20 ft container, which undercuts shared space past roughly 10 m³.
- Land close to home: Mersin for Ankara and the south, Gemlik for Bursa and Yalova, so you do not pay for unnecessary inland trucking.
- Skip boxed new goods: they count as new and attract duty plus 20% VAT.
- Book ahead of holidays: shared space gets scarce before the summer break and the end of the school year.
Mistakes that cost time and money on the Jeddah–Turkey route
- A receiver name on the bill of lading that does not match the passport, which freezes clearance.
- A phone, or sealed new gadgets, hidden among the belongings.
- A returning Turk sending furniture more than two months before travelling, which forfeits the exemption.
- An inventory without appliance serial numbers.
- Shipping a car before confirming Turkey’s age, registration and tax requirements.
- Trusting ads for “road freight to Turkey in days” or “furniture in 3 days”; genuine shipping goes by sea or air.
Can you ship from Turkey to Jeddah?
Yes. The same line sails southbound too, taking about 8 days from Mersin to Jeddah. Customers regularly ask us to bring Turkish furniture or purchases from Istanbul and Bursa to their Jeddah homes, or to bring a student’s things back after graduation. We organise pick-up and export in Turkey, clearance at Jeddah Islamic Port and delivery to your door, and price it once we know the volume and the Turkish city of collection.
Why choose Gulf International Shipping in Jeddah?
The port on your doorstep
Loaded in Jeddah and into the terminal without a long road leg.
The right arrival port
Mersin, Gemlik or Ambarlı, chosen by your destination, not by convenience.
Numbers up front
A clear starting price per item and a timeline per Turkish city.
Straight talk on cars
Turkey’s rules first; we never ship a car that cannot be released.
Direct line
0568829975 for calls and WhatsApp, following your shipment from the first photo to the last piece.
Find out what your Jeddah–Turkey shipment costs
Photograph your belongings and tell us your Jeddah district and Turkish city; we’ll answer with a full cost and the upcoming sailing.
Related pages on shipping to Turkey
- The full picture: Shipping company from Saudi Arabia to Turkey
- Moving a whole home: furniture moving from Saudi Arabia to Turkey
- Other cities: shipping company from Riyadh to Turkey; shipping company from Madinah to Turkey; shipping company from Taif to Turkey; shipping company from Makkah to Turkey
- Before you book: air freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey, then Turkey used household goods customs, then sea freight from Saudi Arabia to Turkey
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