Membership Agreement

THIS MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) has been concluded and is effective between the TGA (“Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency”)  and users who create a membership account and wish to apply for a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate ("Member"), hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as the “Party/Parties“. Members of the applying for a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate shall be referred to collectively as the “Members”. NOW THEREFORE, the TGA agrees to admit Member on the terms and consideration contained herein, and Member agrees to abide by the terms and conditions contained herein:

SCOPE and CONDITIONS of the TGA’s Digital Nomad Identification Certificate

The TGA’s Digital Nomad Visa platform is public to all users. To apply for a Digital Nomad Visa, users need to create a membership account on the digitalnomads.goturkiye.com website. The information required to create an account and the digital nomad visa can be found at the registration form.

To obtain a Digital Nomad Identity Document, you need to access your account after becoming a member of the platform. You are expected to scan and upload the documents on the website and documents proving that you are a Digital Nomad between the ages of 21-55 and upload them to the portal.

 

This portal will provide you with a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate after reviewing the documents you have submitted and determining that you are a Digital Nomad. You can apply for a Digital Nomad Visa at the visa center/consulate in Turkey with the Digital Nomad Identification Certificate and other required documents.

 

OBLIGATIONS of the TGA

TGA's obligation will be to provide you with a Digital Nomad Identification Certificate after reviewing your declared documents and determining that you are a Digital Nomad.

 

MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

 

This type of visa is suitable for people who can run their business online. To stay and work in a foreign country for a long time, you need a residence permit or a work visa. With a digital nomad visa, it is possible to live freely even if you do not work in a workplace in that country.

 

Members shall provide to TGA “Identity card, passport, sarital status, photograph, income certificate, university certificate of graduation, proof of employment or contract for the project he/she carries out, nationality” information in order to register.

 

Compliance with Policies: As it pertains to their activities with the TGA Digital Nomad Identity Document agrees to abide by, and shall have all applicable rights and obligations as set forth in the TGA’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and all additional policies, procedures and other governance rules, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with relevant Laws and Regulations.

 

Use of the TGA’s Names, Logos, and Trademarks. Member agrees to comply with the TGA’s policies and procedures, which govern the use of any names, logos, or trademarks.

 

Member/s (data subject) shall have a right to data protection and privacy over his/her personal data processed by the TGA during membership and Digital Nomad Identity Document processes. Details of data subject rights and methods to use that rights are available over digitalnomads.goturkiye.com website and also the TGA’s Privacy Policy.

 

TERM AND TERMINATION

The term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and, except as provided below, shall continue indefinitely subject to the rights of termination set forth in 3.1. of this Agreement.

 

Member may terminate its membership in accordance with Article 3.1. of this Agreement. Upon termination of Member’s membership, this Membership Agreement shall terminate.

 

GENERAL

Authority to Execute Agreement. Member hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the TGA that (a) it has the authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (b) the execution and performance of this Agreement does not and will not violate any agreement to which Member is a party or by which it is otherwise bound; and (c) when executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Member, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

No Other Licenses. By executing this Agreement, Member neither grants nor receives, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any rights under any copyright, patents or other intellectual property rights of the TGA or another Member.

No Employment Relationship. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to give rise to an employer/employee relationship between Member and the TGA.

Limitation of Liability. To the extent permissible by law, in no event will either the TGA or Member be liable to each other under this Agreement for the cost of procuring substitute goods or services, lost profits, lost revenue, lost sales, loss of use, loss of data, or any incidental, consequential, direct, indirect, punitive or special damages, whether or not such Party had advance notice of the possibility of such losses or damages.

Governing Law. Any dispute arising out of or in relation with the conclusion, validity, existence, enforcement and termination of this Agreement, and its interpretation, on contractual or extracontractual grounds shall be construed and governed by the laws of Türkiye and depending on circumstances enshrined in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) by the data protection law of the EU without reference to conflict of laws principles.

Dispute resolution. Both the TGA and Member irrevocably agree that the Courts of the Ankara, Türkiye shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim.

All notices or other communications to or upon any Party will be served by electronic mail with acknowledgment of receipt. In the absence of reaction from the other Party within three (3) days or if no acknowledgement of receipt is served within this period, the notifying Party will serve this notice by written mail.

Member shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of the effective date of an amendment to this Agreement. If Member does not agree, such disagreement to be confirmed in writing, Member may terminate this Agreement.