The Turkish Trade Ministry announced that 360,000 firms were inspected in the first 9 months of 2026 and about 2.6 billion lira in administrative fines were imposed. With the Turkish Competition Authority's fines, the total exceeded 23 billion lira.
About 44 million products were checked during the inspections. The Turkish Trade Ministry reported that its own 2.6 billion lira in penalties and the Turkish Competition Authority's 20.5 billion lira in fines on 255 firms together passed 23 billion lira.
