Official Gazette / June 22-28, 2026

With the amendment made to the Regulation on Jewelry Trade, a requirement has been introduced to clearly state when laboratory-grown precious synthetic stones are being sold. Furthermore, natural and synthetic jewelry must be offered for sale in separate display cases and sections in stores, and they will also be sold in different categories for online sales. 

The Communiqué on Import Inspection of Products with Halal Conformity Certificates has been published, requiring companies to first register through the Risk-Based Control System in Foreign Trade, known as TAREKS, to verify halal conformity marks and certificates for products entering the domestic market via imports. The said communiqué will enter into force in 3 months.

With the Regulation on Refurbished Products, which will enter into force on August 1, 2026, computers, game consoles, modems, and televisions have been added to the scope of refurbished products. Companies performing refurbishment are now required to obtain authorization from the Ministry of Trade. Under the new regulation, there will be a mandatory minimum 1-year warranty on refurbished products, and consumers will have a 14-day right of withdrawal for refurbished products purchased from stores. 

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the right to respect for private life was violated in the case of an applicant who was dismissed from public service after their name was included in the list attached to an emergency decree-law due to an assessment of their affiliation and connection with a terrorist organization.

With the amendments made to the Regulation on Home Health and Palliative Care Services, the previously separately conducted Home Health Services and Palliative Care Services have been merged. Applications for home health services will now be finalized by the Home Health Coordination Center following an initial assessment by the family physician, and the first home visit will be carried out within this period. Additionally, Home Health Services teams will be obligated to make official notifications to the Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services and judicial authorities for individuals they identify during home visits as being in need of care, destitute, or at risk of neglect or abuse. 

With the amendment to the General Communiqué of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board, the remote identification methods used to verify customer identity under the Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime have been changed. Obligated institutions will be able to perform remote identification of non-Turkish nationals using passports that comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. It will be mandatory to verify the address information obtained during remote identification through a residence certificate, a bill for a service requiring address-based subscription, a document issued by any public institution, or the publicly available databases of the relevant country. Money transfers and cash withdrawals will not be possible without address verification.