Legal Statute

The DHMİ is a public-owned enterprise set up to produce and market services of a monopolistic nature, deemed to be privileged services in view of the public service that it renders, the capital for which is entirely paid by the state, and which is associated with the Ministry of Transport. It is governed, as regards its objective, its activities and its administration, by Decree-Law No. 233 and the amendments thereto, and by its Statutes which came into force on the basis of the aforementioned Decree; by Law No. 2920 (Civil Aviation Code); by Law No. 2677 on the execution of functions and services at commercial airports, ports and border posts and by Law No. 3832 on Defence and the Security of certain bodies and organisations.