The cheapest question in this whole process: may we actually sell it here?
It is also the one most often asked last — after the distributor is appointed, the price list is agreed and the first container is at sea. Non-compliant goods do not wait politely at the border while the paperwork is arranged.
We establish what your product must satisfy to be placed on the Turkish market — classification, registration, certification, labelling and any sector approval — and what evidence is required for each.
Where a formal determination belongs to an authority or a certification body, it is made by them. We tell you what applies and get the file into a state that survives contact with it.
Aligned is not the same as identical.
Türkiye has aligned substantial parts of its product legislation with EU technical regulation, and for many product groups a CE-marked product already meets the essential requirements. This is genuinely helpful and it is why European manufacturers often find market access easier here than expected.
What it is not is a universal answer. Some sectors add national registration, a local representative requirement or Turkish-language obligations. Some product groups sit under a separate national regime. The answer depends on the product group, not on the mark.
Non-compliant goods do not wait politely at the border. They occupy storage on a clock you do not control.
Why this is checked before the shipmentWhat sits under this capability.
Regulated sectors are specialist work and we coordinate them with sector specialists. A provider claiming equal depth across pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics and machinery is describing an ambition.
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Product classification
Which regime your product falls under, and the customs code that follows. The two questions are connected and answering them separately is how obligations get missed.
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Registration and approval
Where a product must be registered or approved before it can be placed on the market — the file, the evidence and the process.
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Certification and testing
Conformity assessment where required, coordinated with the bodies empowered to carry it out. The assessment is theirs; the preparation is ours.
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Labelling and language
Turkish-language requirements for consumer-facing information where they apply, and the packaging consequences — which affect decisions taken long before shipment.
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Sector-specific market access
Regulated sectors with their own registration systems and authorised representative requirements, coordinated with specialists in that sector.
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Importer obligations
What the party placing goods on the market is responsible for — and therefore what the importer-of-record decision actually commits you to.
We establish what applies, what evidence is needed and what the process involves. Where a formal determination is required — a binding classification ruling, a registration decision, a certification body's assessment — it is made by the authority or body empowered to make it.
We are specific about that boundary because an assurance from a consultant is not a defence when an inspection takes a different view. What we can do is make sure the position is reasoned, documented and prepared by the right party.
Questions we are actually asked.
Beginning with the CE question, which has a longer answer than most providers give it.
Our product is CE marked. Is that enough?
Often it is a large part of the answer and occasionally it is none of it. Türkiye has aligned substantial parts of its product legislation with EU technical regulation, so for many product groups a CE-marked product meets the essential requirements.
But alignment is not identity. Some sectors carry additional national registration, local representative or language requirements, and some product groups sit under a separate national regime entirely. The answer depends on the product group rather than on the mark.
Who is responsible if a product does not comply?
The party placing it on the market — which in an import is normally the importer of record. This is one of several reasons that decision deserves more thought than it usually gets.
If a distributor imports on their own account, the obligation sits with them, and so does the commercial control. If a provider imports on your behalf, the allocation has to be written down before the first shipment.
When should we check this?
Before manufacture where labelling or language requirements affect packaging, and always before the first shipment. A consignment that arrives non-compliant does not simply wait — it occupies storage, may require re-labelling or re-export, and the clock on it is not yours to control.
The check is cheap. The discovery is not.
Do you handle medical devices, food or cosmetics?
These are regulated sectors with their own registration systems, authorised representative requirements and approval processes, and they are specialist work. We coordinate them with specialists in the relevant sector rather than presenting ourselves as expert in all of them.
A provider claiming equal depth across pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics and machinery is describing an ambition.
What about labelling in Turkish?
Many product groups carry Turkish language requirements for consumer-facing information, and the detail differs by sector. It is usually discovered late because packaging decisions are taken in another country by people who were never told.
Where it applies, it is one of the reasons goods may need to sit somewhere before release — which connects to whether they should be held in bonded or free storage.
Can you tell us definitively that our product is approved?
We can tell you what applies, what evidence is needed and what the process involves. Where a formal determination is required — a classification ruling, a registration decision, a certification body's assessment — it is made by the authority or body empowered to make it, not by us.
We are specific about that boundary because an assurance from a consultant is not a defence when an inspection disagrees.
Opportunity Scan
Whether there is demand under your code at all — free, and before any of this matters.
Customs & Foreign Trade
The code that determines your regime also determines your duty and your importer.
Warehousing & Fulfillment
Re-labelling and repacking before release, and which customs status that requires.