Türkiye's Climate Law No. 7552 published in the Official Gazette

What happened

Climate Law No. 7552 (İklim Kanunu) entered into force on publication in the Official Gazette (Resmî Gazete) dated 9 July 2025, issue 32951. In line with Türkiye's 2053 net zero target and green growth vision, the law brings greenhouse gas mitigation and climate change adaptation together in a single legal framework.

The main provisions that directly concern companies are:

• Emissions Trading System (ETS): The Climate Change Presidency (İklim Değişikliği Başkanlığı) establishes the ETS, prepares the National Allocation Plan and distributes allowances. A Carbon Market Board chaired by the Minister approves the allocation plan, free allocation and offsetting rules.
• Emission permit and verified report: Activities that directly emit greenhouse gases must obtain a permit from the Presidency and submit a verified emission report every year. This report is the basis for surrendering allowances.
• Carbon credits: Part of the allowance obligation can be offset with carbon credits. Projects generating credits on the domestic voluntary market must register with the registry system.
• Pilot period and transition: A pilot period is planned before full implementation, with its scope set by the Carbon Market Board. Administrative fines are reduced by 80 percent during the pilot period. Installations covered by the ETS must obtain their emission permit within three years of the law's entry into force.
• Sanctions: Administrative sanctions are defined for failing to submit the verified report on time, operating without a permit and surrendering too few allowances.

The law also provides the basis for a Türkiye Green Taxonomy and, in future, a border carbon adjustment for imported products.

Who is affected

Energy-intensive industrial installations come first: high-emitting plants in sectors such as power generation, cement, iron and steel, aluminium and fertilisers are the ETS's main target. Installations that already monitor and report under the Regulation on Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Sera Gazı Emisyonlarının Takibi Hakkında Yönetmelik) will now do this work inside a system linked to fines and allowance surrender. For 2025 reports, the Presidency made verification assignments for 758 installations through the MEDAS system. Companies developing projects on the voluntary carbon market face a registration obligation.

What companies should do

• Check that your monitoring plan and verified reports from recent years are up to date and consistent; under the ETS this data will be used to calculate allocation.
• Put the three-year transition period for the emission permit in your calendar.
• Run scenario analysis with internal carbon pricing to see how a carbon price affects product costs.
• Follow secondary legislation: draft ETS and carbon credit regulations were published right after the law (ETS draft, carbon credit draft).

Alalëa supports the transition to the ETS with monitoring plans, data quality and allocation impact analysis: ETS readiness.