28.08.2025 11:05
The draft of the Hal Law, which the Ministry of Trade has opened to public opinion, will be presented to the Parliament on October 1st. According to the draft, producer organizations will be provided with free space to establish wholesale markets, while supermarkets will purchase 20% of their goods directly from producers.
Work has resumed for the long-discussed but never implemented wholesale market law. Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat stated that efforts are ongoing regarding the draft that reorganizes the rules for wholesale markets to reduce intermediary costs in vegetable and fruit prices, allowing citizens to access products at a lower cost.
Bolat said, "Amendments have been made to the Wholesale Market Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2012, at various times, and changes are being made by taking into account the requests from the sector and the needs arising from the implementation."
"NECESSARY SANCTIONS WILL BE APPLIED"
Polat reminded that the wholesale prices of vegetables and fruits, retail prices, and wholesale transaction volumes are closely monitored, intensive inspection activities are carried out, and necessary sanctions are applied against individuals who engage in actions contrary to the legislation.
NEW RULES FOR WHOLESALE MARKETS
According to a news report in Türkiye Gazetesi, new rules are being introduced for wholesale markets with the new Wholesale Market Law draft opened to public opinion in May, particularly to reduce intermediary costs in vegetable and fruit prices, allowing citizens to access products at a lower cost.
CRITICAL MOVE TO REDUCE INTERMEDIARY COSTS
The draft by the Ministry of Trade foresees providing support for rent, land, storage, and transportation to producer organizations, and requires certain types of markets to purchase a portion of the vegetables and fruits they will offer for sale directly from producers and producer organizations without intermediaries, in order to reduce the difference between producer prices and consumer prices. Retailers who do not procure goods in a proportion not exceeding 20% of the goods they will offer for sale from producers and producer organizations will be fined 50 million TL for each year in which a violation is detected. To reduce the intermediary costs added to the goods, the transfer and sale of goods from brokers to brokers and from traders to traders within the same market is prohibited.
To prevent free competition, agreements made to create scarcity in the market, cause price increases, or prevent price decreases by collecting goods in certain hands, avoiding sales, or stockpiling will see the administrative monetary fine, currently set at 177,340 TL, increased to 1 million TL for deterrent purposes. An administrative monetary fine of 200,000 TL will be imposed on those who act contrary to the procedures and principles to be determined for the destruction of spoiled products by throwing them in the trash or another area. The draft is planned to be legislated after the Turkish Grand National Assembly begins its work on October 1.