Monetary Limits for Consumer Courts in 2021

On 26 December 2020, the Communique on Raising the Monetary Limits in Article 68 of the Consumer Protection Law (Law No: 6502) and Article 6 of the Consumer Arbitral Tribunals Regulation (Regulation No: 29188) was published in the Official Gazette (“Communique”).

In accordance with the Communique, monetary limits applicable to applications made before Turkish Consumer Courts have been set according to the revaluation rate of 9.11%, effective as of 1 January 2021.

Accordingly:

• complaints below TRY 7,550 must be submitted to district consumer arbitral tribunals,
• in cities with metropolitan municipality status, complaints between TRY 7,550 and TRY 11,330 must be submitted to provincial consumer arbitral tribunals,
• in cities that do not have metropolitan municipality status, complaints below TRY 11,330 must be submitted to provincial consumer arbitral tribunals,
• in the districts of cities that do not have metropolitan status, complaints between TRY 7,550 and TRY 11,330 must be submitted to provincial consumer arbitral tribunals.

All complaints above TRY 11,330 must be filed before consumer courts.

You can find the full version of the Communique here. (Available in Turkish only).