# Turkey Business Directory Scraper (`nickslam/turkishyello-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes business directory data from TurkeyYello (turkishyello.com) including company information, reviews, products, and more

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nickslam/turkishyello-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nick](https://apify.com/nickslam) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 base results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Turkey Business Directory Scraper

Scrapes business directory data from [TurkeyYello](https://www.turkishyello.com), the Turkey business directory. Find companies by keyword search, category, or location and extract their contact details, descriptions, and more.

---

### What It Does

The Actor browses TurkeyYello and extracts company information into structured data. You can:

- **Filter by category** - e.g. Restaurants, Lawyers, Estate_agents
- **Search by keywords** - e.g. "Lawyers", "IT consulting", "Bakeries"
- **Filter by location** - choose one or more Turkish cities (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, etc.)
- **Browse the full directory** - leave filters empty to scrape the entire directory

Results are saved as a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

---

### Notes

- **Locations** must match TurkeyYello location slugs (as in `https://www.turkishyello.com/location/<slug>`). The input schema provides a curated list of top locations.
- **Categories** must match the category slug in the URL (as in `https://www.turkishyello.com/category/<slug>`).

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Optional: Filter by business categories.

Example: For category page like `https://www.turkishyello.com/category/Estate_agents` enter only `Estate_agents`.
## `searchKeywords` (type: `string`):

Optional: Search for specific companies or keywords. Enables premium pricing.
## `locations` (type: `array`):

Optional: Filter by Turkey cities/regions (top locations). If not provided, browse modes use the full directory or your other filters.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to scrape
## `startPage` (type: `integer`):

Page number to start scraping from. Useful for resuming previous searches.
## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages to scrape. Each page usually contains around 20 companies.
## `enableRateLimiting` (type: `boolean`):

Enable rate limiting (2 seconds delay) or disable (0.5 seconds delay)
## `hybridStrategy` (type: `string`):

`fast` = Cheerio + Impit HTTP (default). `browser` = Playwright (fallback).
## `includeContactDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Include business hours, year established, employees, contact person
## `includeExtendedCompanyInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Include website, description, and maps coordinates
## `includeRegistrationLegal` (type: `boolean`):

Include registration number and VAT number
## `includeMetadata` (type: `boolean`):

Include listing type, verified status, years with platform, tags
## `includeMediaContent` (type: `boolean`):

Include photos, logo, products
## `includeReviewSummary` (type: `boolean`):

Include review summary (rating and count) - Fast extraction
## `includeIndividualReviews` (type: `boolean`):

Include individual reviews - Slower (requires additional pages). Enables premium pricing.
## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by the crawler. Recommended: Use Apify Proxy with Residential proxies for better Cloudflare bypass.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "Restaurants",
    "Consultants"
  ],
  "searchKeywords": "restaurant, IT services",
  "locations": [
    "Istanbul",
    "Ankara"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "startPage": 1,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "enableRateLimiting": true,
  "hybridStrategy": "fast",
  "includeContactDetails": false,
  "includeExtendedCompanyInfo": false,
  "includeRegistrationLegal": false,
  "includeMetadata": false,
  "includeMediaContent": false,
  "includeReviewSummary": false,
  "includeIndividualReviews": false,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
  }
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `companyData` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped company information

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "categories": [
        "Restaurants"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Istanbul"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nickslam/turkishyello-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "categories": ["Restaurants"],
    "locations": ["Istanbul"],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "TR",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nickslam/turkishyello-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "categories": [
    "Restaurants"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Istanbul"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
  }
}' |
apify call nickslam/turkishyello-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nickslam/turkishyello-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Turkey Business Directory Scraper",
        "description": "Scrapes business directory data from TurkeyYello (turkishyello.com) including company information, reviews, products, and more",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "Qx0b2eoSUKGHXhQTv"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nickslam~turkishyello-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nickslam-turkishyello-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nickslam~turkishyello-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nickslam-turkishyello-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nickslam~turkishyello-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nickslam-turkishyello-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "categories": {
                        "title": "Categories",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional: Filter by business categories.\n\nExample: For category page like `https://www.turkishyello.com/category/Estate_agents` enter only `Estate_agents`.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchKeywords": {
                        "title": "Search Keywords ($$)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional: Search for specific companies or keywords. Enables premium pricing."
                    },
                    "locations": {
                        "title": "Locations",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional: Filter by Turkey cities/regions (top locations). If not provided, browse modes use the full directory or your other filters.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "Adana",
                                "Adiyaman",
                                "Afyonkarahisar",
                                "Agri",
                                "Aksaray",
                                "aliaga",
                                "Amasya",
                                "Ankara",
                                "Antalya",
                                "Ardahan",
                                "Artvin",
                                "Aydin",
                                "Balikesir",
                                "Bartin",
                                "Batman",
                                "Bayburt",
                                "Bilecik",
                                "Bingol",
                                "Bitlis",
                                "Bolu",
                                "Burdur",
                                "Bursa",
                                "Canakkale",
                                "Cankiri",
                                "Corum",
                                "Denizli",
                                "Diyarbakir",
                                "Duzce",
                                "Edirne",
                                "Elazig",
                                "Erzincan",
                                "Erzurum",
                                "Eskisehir",
                                "Gaziantep",
                                "Giresun",
                                "Gumushane",
                                "Hakkari",
                                "Hatay",
                                "Igdir",
                                "Isparta",
                                "Istanbul",
                                "Istanbul_Asia",
                                "Istanbul_Europe",
                                "Izmir",
                                "Kahramanmaras",
                                "Karabuk",
                                "Karaman",
                                "Kars",
                                "Kastamonu",
                                "Kayseri",
                                "Kilis",
                                "Kirikkale",
                                "Kirklareli",
                                "Kirsehir",
                                "Kocaeli",
                                "Konya",
                                "Kutahya",
                                "Malatya",
                                "Manisa",
                                "Mardin",
                                "Mersin",
                                "Mugla",
                                "Mus",
                                "Nevsehir",
                                "Nigde",
                                "Ordu",
                                "Osmaniye",
                                "Rize",
                                "Sakarya",
                                "Samsun",
                                "Sanliurfa",
                                "Siirt",
                                "Sinop",
                                "Sirnak",
                                "Sivas",
                                "Tekirdag",
                                "Tokat",
                                "Trabzon",
                                "Tunceli",
                                "Usak",
                                "Van",
                                "Yalova",
                                "Yozgat",
                                "Zonguldak"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "Adana",
                                "Adiyaman",
                                "Afyonkarahisar",
                                "Agri",
                                "Aksaray",
                                "Aliaga",
                                "Amasya",
                                "Ankara",
                                "Antalya",
                                "Ardahan",
                                "Artvin",
                                "Aydin",
                                "Balikesir",
                                "Bartin",
                                "Batman",
                                "Bayburt",
                                "Bilecik",
                                "Bingol",
                                "Bitlis",
                                "Bolu",
                                "Burdur",
                                "Bursa",
                                "Canakkale",
                                "Cankiri",
                                "Corum",
                                "Denizli",
                                "Diyarbakir",
                                "Duzce",
                                "Edirne",
                                "Elazig",
                                "Erzincan",
                                "Erzurum",
                                "Eskisehir",
                                "Gaziantep",
                                "Giresun",
                                "Gumushane",
                                "Hakkari",
                                "Hatay",
                                "Igdir",
                                "Isparta",
                                "Istanbul",
                                "Istanbul - Asia",
                                "Istanbul - Europe",
                                "Izmir",
                                "Kahramanmaras",
                                "Karabuk",
                                "Karaman",
                                "Kars",
                                "Kastamonu",
                                "Kayseri",
                                "Kilis",
                                "Kirikkale",
                                "Kirklareli",
                                "Kirsehir",
                                "Kocaeli",
                                "Konya",
                                "Kutahya",
                                "Malatya",
                                "Manisa",
                                "Mardin",
                                "Mersin",
                                "Mugla",
                                "Mus",
                                "Nevsehir",
                                "Nigde",
                                "Ordu",
                                "Osmaniye",
                                "Rize",
                                "Sakarya",
                                "Samsun",
                                "Sanliurfa",
                                "Siirt",
                                "Sinop",
                                "Sirnak",
                                "Sivas",
                                "Tekirdag",
                                "Tokat",
                                "Trabzon",
                                "Tunceli",
                                "Usak",
                                "Van",
                                "Yalova",
                                "Yozgat",
                                "Zonguldak"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of companies to scrape",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "startPage": {
                        "title": "Start Page",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Page number to start scraping from. Useful for resuming previous searches.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "maxPages": {
                        "title": "Max Pages",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of pages to scrape. Each page usually contains around 20 companies.",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "enableRateLimiting": {
                        "title": "Enable Rate Limiting",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Enable rate limiting (2 seconds delay) or disable (0.5 seconds delay)",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "hybridStrategy": {
                        "title": "Strategy",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "`fast` = Cheerio + Impit HTTP (default). `browser` = Playwright (fallback).",
                        "default": "fast"
                    },
                    "includeContactDetails": {
                        "title": "Include Contact & Details ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include business hours, year established, employees, contact person",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeExtendedCompanyInfo": {
                        "title": "Include Extended Company Information ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include website, description, and maps coordinates",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeRegistrationLegal": {
                        "title": "Include Registration & Legal ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include registration number and VAT number",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeMetadata": {
                        "title": "Include Metadata ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include listing type, verified status, years with platform, tags",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeMediaContent": {
                        "title": "Include Media & Product Information ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include photos, logo, products",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeReviewSummary": {
                        "title": "Include Review Summary ($)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include review summary (rating and count) - Fast extraction",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeIndividualReviews": {
                        "title": "Include Individual Reviews ($$)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include individual reviews - Slower (requires additional pages). Enables premium pricing.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Select proxies to be used by the crawler. Recommended: Use Apify Proxy with Residential proxies for better Cloudflare bypass."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
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            }
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    }
}
```
