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Turkey found 3,796 industrial products non-compliant in nine months
Turkey’s Industry and Technology Ministry inspected industrial products across the country from January to September.
The inspections covered items such as elevators, pressure equipment and gas-burning devices.
Of 40,201 products checked, 3,796 did not meet regulations, and products from 148 brands and models were ordered recalled.
The ministry also gave businesses time to correct problems with 306 products.
Overall, it imposed fines totaling about 287.5 million lira, and the average non-compliance rate was 9.44 percent.
Elevators drew the largest fines, at about 167.5 million lira, after 2,391 of the 14,343 inspected were found non-compliant.
The ministry also checked nearly 1.5 million measuring instruments and other items, including gas meters and scales.
Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology inspected 40,201 industrial products from January through September 2026.
It found 3,796 products did not comply with relevant rules.
Authorities ordered recalls of products from 148 different brands and models.
The ministry imposed fines totaling 287,473,069 lira over the violations.
Boilers had the highest non-compliance rate, at 37.50 percent.
- Who
- Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology.
- What
- It inspected industrial products and found 3,796 non-compliant items, imposing fines and ordering recalls.
- When
- January through September 2026.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- As part of market surveillance and inspection activities covering metrology and industrial products.
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- Products inspected
- 40,201 industrial products
- Non-compliant products
- 3,796
- Recall decisions
- 148 brands and models
- Total fines
- 287,473,069 lira
- Highest non-compliance rate
- Boilers: 37.50 percent
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