OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025

Türkiye reviewed its 2006 “By-Law on Principles and Procedures of Drafting Legislation,” following constitutional amendments in 2017. The original by-laws established a framework for improving and maintaining legal and regulatory quality in Türkiye, applicable to both primary laws and subordinate regulations. The new “Regulation on the Principles and Procedures of Legislative Preparation,” commencing in 2022, requires regulatory impact assessment (RIA) for draft subordinate regulations and presidential decrees prepared by the executive. The new regulation established the Regulatory Impact Assessment Department (RIAD), inside the Presidency of Strategy and Budget within the Presidency to serve as the regulatory oversight body. It acts as a central control unit, including by providing guidance to public entities on the use of RIA.

The new regulation includes a requirement to consult stakeholders when undertaking RIA. Stakeholder engagement is with public organisations, professional organisations and NGOs, and, if the proposing ministry decides, the general public. Stakeholder engagement could be improved by instituting a systematic approach to open consultation on new regulatory proposals, and through informing the public of upcoming consultations.

Reviewing existing regulations is not yet a formal part of Türkiye’s regulatory management system. There are ad hoc opportunities for regulators to receive complaints from affected parties, although individual ministries determine whether anything further will be done with them. Formalising ex post evaluations could help ensure that existing rules are meeting their objectives.

As the executive does not initiate primary laws in Türkiye, only the scores for subordinate regulations are displayed for stakeholder engagement and RIA. There is no mandatory requirement for consultation with the general public, RIAs, nor ex post evaluation for primary laws initiated by parliament.