Karavan Rent A Car in Baku: Azerbaijan Joined the Vienna Convention Before Turkey — What That Means for Car Rental

Azerbaijan joined the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic in 2002. Turkey joined only in 2013 — 45 years after the document was signed. Most people assume it’s the other way around. It isn’t.

Karavan Rent A Car in Baku, Azerbaijan’s largest car rental operator with a 5.0-out-of-5 rating across more than 5,000 reviews, has published a guide for Turkish travelers: how Turkish licenses are recognized, why an ID card alone might not be enough at the rental counter, and how Turkish tourists actually reach Baku given there’s no direct land border.

The documents side is simple: the Turkish alphabet is Latin-based, so licenses are recognized without complications and without an International Driving Permit, as long as the trip is under 30 calendar days. There’s a pleasant nuance worth knowing — since April 2021, Turkish citizens can enter Azerbaijan on a regular ID card, no passport required, for up to 90 days, and that same card also works at the rental counter — no separate passport needed.

The company also flags that there’s no direct land border between mainland Turkey and Azerbaijan — travelers arrive by air or through Georgia — and that rented vehicles can’t be taken out of the country, a rule that applies across every rental company without exception.

Read the full breakdown in the detailed article on the company’s website. Reach Karavan Rent A Car in Baku by phone, WhatsApp, or Telegram at +994-55-455-22-45.