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Object storage in Türkiye: which S3-compatible buckets can stay in the country

Where S3-compatible object storage is located in Türkiye, what the AWS Istanbul Local Zone adds, and which providers have no Türkiye location in the sources checked.

Published: Updated: Türkçe oku

Direct answer

PortvMind Cloud's Object Storage is the only tracked option in this article whose regions are both in Türkiye. AWS offers S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access in its Istanbul Local Zone, which must be chosen and checked at bucket creation. Google Cloud's Türkiye region was announced but is not yet open, and Hetzner's Object Storage is in EU locations.

Executive summary

Data location is a separate question from S3 compatibility. PortvMind Cloud's Object Storage runs in the İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01) regions, both in Türkiye. AWS opened an Istanbul Local Zone in May 2026 that offers Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access and EBS Snapshots; the Local Zone extends the Europe (Frankfurt) Region. Google Cloud announced a Türkiye region, which the dataset records as not yet operational. Hetzner's Object Storage endpoints are in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki. This article does not state object storage locations for Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean or Vultr, and it gives no legal opinion on data residency rules.

Key findings

  1. 01 PortvMind Cloud lists İstanbul and Ankara as the regions for its Object Storage, and states that both are in Türkiye.
  2. 02 The AWS Istanbul Local Zone offers Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access and EBS Snapshots. The Local Zone extends the Europe (Frankfurt) Region, so a bucket's location must be checked at creation.
  3. 03 Google Cloud's Türkiye region was announced in November 2025; the dataset records it as not yet operational.
  4. 04 Hetzner's Object Storage endpoints are Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki.

Object storage locations in the sources checked

Provider Location in the source In Türkiye
AWS S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access in the Istanbul Local Zone; the Local Zone extends Europe (Frankfurt) Yes, for that storage class
PortvMind Cloud İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01) Yes
Google Cloud Türkiye region announced, not yet operational in the dataset Not yet
Hetzner Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki endpoints No

PortvMind Cloud

PortvMind Cloud’s Object Storage page lists tr-ist-01 (İstanbul) and tr-ank-01 (Ankara) as its regions. The page states that chunks of an object are placed across both regions and that a cross-region durability copy keeps an object reachable if one region is lost. Both regions are in Türkiye, so the regional placement described on that page stays in the country.

AWS Istanbul Local Zone

The AWS announcement of 20 May 2026 says that the Istanbul Local Zone brings Amazon S3 to Türkiye, with the One Zone-Infrequent Access storage class, and EBS Snapshots for in-country backups. The announcement also says the Local Zone keeps a connection to the Europe (Frankfurt) Region.

Two points follow from that. First, the storage class is part of the location: One Zone-IA is listed for the Local Zone, and the announcement does not list other S3 classes there. Second, a bucket created in the Frankfurt Region is not in Türkiye, even though the Local Zone is an extension of that Region. The bucket’s location is set when it is created.

Google Cloud

Google Cloud’s announcement describes a Türkiye region, built with Turkcell, that will provide data residency controls when it opens. The dataset records the region as not yet operational. No Google Cloud Storage location in Türkiye is recorded in this article.

Hetzner

Hetzner’s Object Storage documentation lists three endpoints: Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki. These are EU locations, and none is in Türkiye.

What this article does not cover

  • Object storage locations for Microsoft Azure and DigitalOcean. Check their profiles for the regions they record.
  • Vultr object storage locations, which are not stated in the sources used here.
  • Legal requirements for data location, which this article does not assess.
  • Throughput and latency. The object storage benchmarks cover performance.

Methodology and limitations

  • Locations come from the providers’ own announcements and documentation, checked on 2026-11-12.
  • A location is recorded only for the storage class and region named in the source. Other classes or regions are not inferred.
  • Regional listings are not complete. For the wider regional view, see cloud providers in Türkiye.

Conclusion

In-country object storage is available from PortvMind Cloud in two Türkiye regions and, for one storage class, from AWS in its Istanbul Local Zone. Confirm the bucket’s region and storage class before you assume the data stays in Türkiye.

Frequently asked questions

Is an S3-compatible bucket in Türkiye always inside the country?

Only if the bucket is created in a Türkiye location and in the storage class that the provider places there. Check the bucket's region and storage class at creation, and check any cross-region copy, because a replica can sit in another region.

Does an AWS Local Zone mean every S3 storage class is in Türkiye?

No. The AWS announcement lists S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access for the Istanbul Local Zone. This article does not claim that other S3 storage classes are available there.

Does this article say whether a location meets a legal requirement?

No. It records where the providers say their object storage runs. Whether that meets a legal or regulatory requirement is outside this article.

Sources

  1. [1] Now Open—AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, Türkiye — AWS Official documentation accessed:
  2. [2] S3-Compatible Object Storage in Türkiye — PortvMind Supplied by provider team accessed:
  3. [3] New Google Cloud region coming to Türkiye — Google Cloud Official documentation accessed:
  4. [4] Hetzner Object Storage overview — Hetzner Official documentation accessed: