New Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation Entered Into Force In Turkey

The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation [" Regulation"], repealing the previous regulation dated 2014,  entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette no. 31907 dated 29 July 2022. The new Regulation introduces significant updates within the framework of the "Green Development Goals".

The Regulation brings some notable additions and revisions, particularly in the Definitions section, while introducing changes to the authority and the inclusion of the public in the process, and broadening the scope of the activities that require carrying out an Environmental Impact Assessment ["EIA"] procedure. In a sense, the new Regulation has written up many of the amendments that had been made over the years to the previous regulation.