The Ministry of Trade released market inspection data for the January-July period of 2026. During this period, 282,153 firms and 34,278,291 products were inspected.
The inspections examined practices that could negatively affect citizens’ economic welfare and the stable course of the domestic market. Administrative fines totaling 1.874 billion liras were imposed in areas where violations were identified.
633.4 million liras in fines from sectoral inspections
A total of 48,735 individuals and legal entities were inspected in the automotive, hoarding, real estate, jewelry, excessive pricing, unfair commercial practices and payment-period sectors. Administrative fines totaling 633.4 million liras were imposed on 4,686 individuals and legal entities found to have committed violations.
Inspections by the Directorate General of Domestic Trade resulted in fines of approximately 400 million liras for excessive pricing, 135 million liras for the automotive sector, 34.4 million liras for the real estate sector and 11.3 million liras for the jewelry sector. Inspections concerning commercial electronic messages, working hours and licensed warehouses resulted in 51 million liras in administrative fines.
Inspections targeting consumer transactions
The Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance carried out inspections in areas including contracts involving consumers, advertising, unfair commercial practices and product safety. During the seven-month period, 31,446 individuals and legal entities were inspected, and 1,206 individuals and legal entities involved in violations were fined a total of 613.5 million liras.
Fines totaling 418.3 million liras were imposed over violations involving prepaid housing sales, subscription and distance-sales contracts, installment sales, package tours and timeshare transactions. Administrative fines of 185.8 million liras were imposed for advertising and unfair commercial practices, while 9.4 million liras in administrative fines were imposed for violations identified in product-safety inspections.
Inspections in Istanbul and Ankara
A total of 201,972 firms were inspected through provincial directorates of trade. A total of 627.3 million liras in administrative fines were imposed on 39,547 of these firms.
Administrative fines totaling approximately 494 million liras were imposed in Istanbul over violations identified in 103,414 products. During the same period, 12,204,904 products were inspected in Ankara, 4,793,233 in Istanbul and 3,915,575 in Antalya.
Fines imposed by the Competition Authority
The Competition Authority imposed administrative fines totaling 13.2 billion liras on 227 firms in 2025. In the first seven months of 2026, the Authority imposed fines totaling 17.2 billion liras on 218 firms operating in labor markets, information technologies and platform services, the automotive sector and the food industry.
