Verified against primary sources as of 8 September 2026. Laws and figures change — confirm current requirements before relying on this page.
Türkiye: 5 verified country-layer records — legal permit (1), mandatory scheme (1), conditional requirement (2), legal obligation (1). 1 accreditation body is listed for this jurisdiction. Each record below carries its legal instrument, who it binds, and the date it was last verified against its primary source.
- Records
- 5
- Accreditation bodies
- 1
National accreditation
Mandatory and regulatory records
Verified from primary sources, grouped by how binding each one is. None of these is a certificate; each carries the instrument it comes from and the date it was last checked.
Legal permit
Mandatory scheme
Conditional requirement
Legal obligation
How this jurisdiction is structured
TÜRKAK is Türkiye's sole accreditation body by law
Presidential Decree No. 4, Chapter 44 (Kırkdördüncü Bölüm), Art. 632(1)(a), states verbatim: "Ülkemizde uygunluk değerlendirme kuruluşlarına akreditasyon hizmeti sunan tek kuruluş olarak…" ("...as the sole body providing accreditation services to conformity assessment bodies in our country"). This article carries no amendment note — it has been in force since 15 July 2018, not 2019 as earlier stated; a 2019 addition elsewhere in the same decree concerns Halal Accreditation and does not grant TÜRKAK's status.
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TÜRKAK is an EA MLA signatory
TÜRKAK is an EA (European co-operation for Accreditation) MLA signatory (IAF/ILAC scopes), last peer-evaluated 2024/03 (next re-evaluation 2028/03). It is separately listed in the Global ACI Full Members registry.
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Find a TÜRKAK-accredited organisation
TÜRKAK's ASİST search tool lists accredited organisations by name, accreditation number, type, status and location; it requires no login and has an English version.
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TSE is a standards body, not the accreditation body
Türk Standardları Enstitüsü (TSE), established by Law No. 132 (1960), writes standards and is itself a conformity-assessment body accredited by TÜRKAK — it does not accredit others and must not be confused with TÜRKAK.
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Employer's general duty — Law No. 6331
The Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 (accepted 20 June 2012), Art. 2, applies to "all public and private-sector workplaces and jobs, their employers and employer representatives, and all employees including apprentices and interns, regardless of field of activity," with narrow carve-outs for certain armed-forces/security activities, disaster response, domestic service, self-employment without employees, and certain penal-institution work. Art. 4 requires the employer to prevent occupational risks, take necessary measures, conduct or commission a risk assessment, and consider employee fitness when assigning tasks; outsourcing to external experts does not relieve the employer's responsibility, and OHS costs may not be passed on to employees.
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Incentive and support programs
One program is verified and active as of 2026-08-21 — no rate, cap or percentage is published here, per this library's standing policy on Turkish incentive figures pending re-verification.
KOSGEB Kapasite Geliştirme Destek Programı (Capacity Development Support Programme)
- Funder
- KOSGEB (Küçük ve Orta Ölçekli İşletmeleri Geliştirme ve Destekleme İdaresi Başkanlığı)
- What it provides
- Support for SME scale-up investments; eligible expense categories explicitly include certification, testing and analysis costs, alongside training, consultancy, marketing, design and industrial-property-rights expenses.
- Eligibility
- SMEs in manufacturing, telecom, computer programming, IT infrastructure and scientific-research sectors meeting a "fast-growing business" condition, with some exceptions.
Not yet confirmed: Confirm current rates and caps directly with KOSGEB before relying on this.
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Trade & market access
25 agreements
| Agreement | Parties | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTA (original) | EFTA | Signed 1991-12-10 · In force 1992-04-01 | |
| FTA (modernized) | EFTA | Signed 2018-06-25 · In force 2021-10-01 | |
| FTA | North Macedonia | Signed 1999-09-07 · In force 2000-09-01 | |
| FTA (original) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | In force 2003-07-01 | |
| FTA (revised) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | In force 2021-08-01 | |
| Agreement | Palestine | In force 2005-06-01 | |
| FTA | Tunisia | In force 2005-07-01 | |
| FTA | Morocco | In force 2006-01-01 | |
| FTA | Egypt | In force 2007-03-01 | |
| FTA | Albania | Signed 2006-12-22 · In force 2008-05-01 | |
| FTA | Georgia | In force 2008-11-01 | |
| FTA | Montenegro | In force 2010-03-01 | |
| FTA | Serbia | Signed 2009-06-01 · In force 2010-09-01 | |
| FTA | Chile | Signed 2009-07-14 · In force 2011-03-01 | |
| FTA | Mauritius | Signed 2011-09-09 · In force 2013-06-01 | |
| Framework Agreement + Trade in Goods | South Korea | Signed 2012-08-01 · In force 2013-05-01 | |
| FTA | Malaysia | Signed 2014-04-17 · In force 2015-08-01 | |
| FTA | Moldova | Signed 2014-09-11 · In force 2016-11-01 | |
| FTA | Faroe Islands | Signed 2014-12-16 · In force 2017-10-01 | |
| FTA | Singapore | Signed 2015-11-14 · In force 2017-10-01 | |
| FTA | Kosovo | Signed 2013-09-27 · In force 2019-09-01 | |
| Trade Development Agreement | Venezuela | In force 2020-08-21 | |
| CEPA | United Arab Emirates | In force 2023-09-01 | |
| Agreement | Qatar | In force 2025-08-01 | |
| FTA | United Kingdom | In force 2021-04-20 | preferential regime applied from 2021-01-01 |
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Trade · retrieved