Costs are multiplying: Driving license course fees will burn a hole in your pocket in the new year

Driving school fees in Turkey are set to rise sharply from the start of the new year, with schools in Ankara and Istanbul requesting increases of at least 50%, according to the report. The total cost of obtaining a driver's license is projected to approach 50,000 Turkish lira by 2027. The scale of the requested increases matters because licensing costs feed directly into household budgets and could weigh on demand for driving courses. What to watch next is whether regulators approve the full 50% increase or scale it back, and how the final fee schedule compares with the projected 2027 total.