27.03.2025 12:23
A legal regulation that includes some increases in traffic fines has been approved in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM). With this regulation, there will be a significant increase in the amounts of fines to be applied in traffic. This situation will make compliance with traffic rules even more important.
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Discussions were held on the draft law amending the Youth and Sports Services Law and certain laws and decrees in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. With the law, administrative fines in the Highway Transport Law are being increased.
Accordingly, transporters who operate without obtaining a license or who engage in activities that are not suitable for the scope of their license despite having one, as well as those who act as agents and freight forwarders, and those who operate freight warehouses and cargo businesses, will be fined between 17,000 and 170,000 lira.
Transporters who use their vehicles without registering them to their license, those who carry dangerous goods without obtaining permission from the relevant authorities outside of their license, and those who refrain from providing transport services will face administrative fines ranging from 8,500 to 85,000 lira.
PENALTY FOR PREVENTING TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES IS 250,000 LIRA
If a transporter obstructs the transportation activities of another transporter, a fine of between 25,000 and 250,000 lira will be imposed. Those who carry passengers without tickets and those who engage in uncontracted transportation will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira. Transporters who violate the security of passengers and goods, as well as passengers and senders who do not implement the security measures taken by the transporter, will face fines ranging from 5,000 to 50,000 lira. Additionally, transporters who act against environmental protection will also face the same amount of fines.
170,000 LIRA FINE FOR VIOLATING PASSENGER SAFETY
Transporters who do not take measures to ensure that passengers travel in a healthy, comfortable, and safe manner, and those who do not take passengers to the promised destination, will face administrative fines ranging from 17,000 to 170,000 lira. Transporters who do not apply the necessary rules regarding vehicles and drivers will also be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
PENALTIES FOR NOT TAKING MEASURES REGARDING DRIVERS WITH HIGH PENALTY POINTS
Transporters who do not take necessary measures regarding training and internal audits for drivers with high penalty points will face administrative fines ranging from 5,000 to 50,000 lira. Those who act as agents and freight brokers without obtaining a license will be fined between 25,000 and 250,000 lira. Those who do not regulate fare and time tariffs, those who do not comply with fare and time tariffs, and those who apply unlawful fare and time tariffs will face fines ranging from 8,500 to 85,000 lira. Additionally, those who do not display fare and time tariffs visibly at workplaces, terminals, and ticket sales locations will face administrative fines ranging from 3,500 to 35,000 lira.
Transporting foreign-registered vehicles within Turkey between two points without the necessary transport authorization, or foreign-registered vehicles not complying with international bilateral and multilateral road transport agreements or protocols, transporting without the necessary transport authorization, special permission, or permission obtained from the ministry, engaging in activities not suitable for the authorization, document, or permission obtained, or using incomplete, incorrect, misleading, or irregular documents for transportation will result in fines ranging from 5,000 to 500,000 lira for the vehicle owner or driver.
PENALTIES FOR DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP PASSENGERS OUTSIDE TERMINALS AND INTERMEDIATE STOPS
Those who transport passengers or goods to border gates contrary to laws and contracts between the transporter and the passenger, and those who make transfers from there will face administrative fines ranging from 8,500 to 85,000 lira. Transporters who drop off and pick up passengers outside terminals and intermediate stops will be fined between 5,000 and 50,000 lira. Operators who operate without a professional competence certificate will face fines ranging from 8,500 to 85,000 lira. Additionally, drivers operating without a professional competence certificate will face fines ranging from 3,500 to 35,000 lira, while operators will face fines ranging from 8,500 to 85,000 lira. Those who do not present the required information or documents for inspection to the designated authorities will face administrative fines ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 lira.
3-MONTH DETAIL IS STRIKING
Operators fined for operating without a professional competence certificate cannot be fined a second time for the same offense within three months. Those who act against the transport ban, those who do not regulate fare and time tariffs, will face an additional fine if the offense is repeated three times or more within the same calendar year in which the first fine was imposed. The scope and nature of offenses that constitute violations of the law, as well as the deterrent nature of the fines, will be determined by the regulations prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure regarding the administrative fines to be applied and the procedures and principles for their implementation. The provision amending the Highway Transport Law will come into effect six months after the publication date of the law.
AMENDMENTS TO THE PETROLEUM MARKET LAW
The law amends the Petroleum Market Law. Accordingly, a measure will be applied to prevent the issuance of a license to another real or legal person for the relevant facility upon notification to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) that there is a tax audit duty regarding the specified offenses. Whether this measure can be lifted will be evaluated every three months based on information obtained from the Tax Audit Board. However, the duration of this measure cannot exceed one year from the notification made to the EPDK. This provision will come into effect on July 1, 2025. With the amendment to the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law, those who leave their position as President for any reason will be granted an old-age pension amount calculated by multiplying the civil servant monthly coefficient by the indicator number of 140,690, starting from the beginning of the month following the application date, upon their request.
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