The Ministry of Customs and Trade ("Ministry")
published the Regulation on Shopping Malls ("Regulation")
in the Official Gazette dated 26.02.2016 and numbered 29636 in
order to determine the qualifications of shopping malls and lay
down the procedures and principles to be applied in relation to
their openings, activities and audits. The Regulation has been
enacted on the basis of the Retail Trade Act No. 6585 which entered
into force on 29.01.2015.
Definition of Shopping Malls
The Regulation specifies the qualifications of the shopping
malls. Accordingly, a shopping mall is required to have at least
5,000 sqm sales area, a central management, communal areas, and
shall have
- at least 10 workplaces where a part
or whole of the eating, clothing, entertainment, recreation,
cultural and similar necessities are met provided that at least 1
of which shall be big store, or
