The blaze at the 12-storey hotel with wooden cladding in the Kartalkaya ski resort broke out at 3:27 am (0027 GMT), Ali Yerlikaya said on X.
The Grand Kartal Hotel (GKH) is located on top of a mountain. The fire, believed to have started in the restaurant section at around midnight, spread quickly.
Yerlikaya said firefighters quickly intervened. It was not immediately clear what started the blaze.
Television footage showed plumes of smoke rising into the sky with a snowcapped mountain behind the hotel.
Local media said 234 people were staying at the hotel, where the occupancy rate was between 80 and 90 percent due to the current school holidays.
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