Ministry of Commerce Starts Inspection Against Exorbitant Prices

Food prices in Turkey, in particular, have started to rise uncontrollably. In the face of this situation, which has caused citizens to revolt, the Ministry of Commerce seems to have been unable to remain indifferent to the increasing complaints recently. Mehmet Mus, Minister of TradeThe inspections, signaled by ‘s statement in the past weeks, have officially started today.

Ministry of Commerce officials are on both the Anatolian and European sides of Istanbul today. they were on the field. The authorities, which carried out simultaneous operations to the branches of some chain stores, looked at the prices in the chain stores. In operations involving the Ministry of Commerce, as well as the General Directorate of Tradesmen and Craftsmen, the General Directorate of Domestic Trade and the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Commerce, whether the prices on the product labels are correct at the checkout, and unfair price increase Investigations were made on issues such as whether or not it happened.

The highlights of the statements made during the audit are as follows:

Deputy Director General of Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance, Ministry of Commerce Oguz Sahin The following statements were made in the statements made by:

“Our friends will keep the necessary minutes. In order to determine if there is any unfair price increase. 3 months retrospectively we will receive both the purchase prices and the selling prices and information on the suppliers of the products. We evaluated this information later and stated that we thought there was an unfair price increase. Unfair Price Evaluation BoardWe will send it to

If it is found to be unfair, from 10 thousand 910 TL up to 109 thousand TL We will impose an administrative fine. We will apply it to whoever made the unfair price increase. On the other hand, if there is any difference between the label and the box price, we will impose a penalty of 452 TL per label. We’ll see if the discount sales reflect reality. In discount sales, the price crossed out must be the previous price. We will request with the receipts whether a sale is made at this price. If they cannot provide us with a receipt at any point of proof, we will also apply the penalty for this as the Ministry. We recommend our consumers to read labels carefully.“

The reports kept will be examined in Ankara.

Hüseyin Altındal, Deputy General Director of Domestic Trade at the Ministry of Commerce, also made some statements on the subject. Stating that the reports will be sent to Ankara and examined there, Altındal said:

“We will obtain and obtain information and documents from related friends and discuss them at our Unfair Price Evaluation Board in Ankara. to the decision we will connect. In this way, we have an understanding of control. Not only here, but also in our 81 provinces, especially in big cities such as Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. By the order of our Minister Our inspections for these price increases in chain markets and retail outlets, especially for price increases, as well as label prices, have started and are continuing.

I am also a member of this board. We will evaluate and discuss in that board. Administrative sanction decision, administrative fineWe have the authority to apply. Of course, this is something that will emerge as a result of evaluations. You know, last week, we started the inspections in Ankara. Today, Istanbul, Izmir mainly and all in our 81 provinces We have started these inspections through our Trade Provincial Directorates. Especially in terms of natural general food, it will be possible to carry out inspections on the basis of products aimed at the most price increase.“