Challenges And Opportunities When Combatting Counterfeits In Turkey

It is not a secret that Turkey has an important geographical location for production and sales of counterfeit products as well as the ones in transit. Most of the smuggled products entering Turkey also turn out to be counterfeits. This requires brand owners to take an active role in Turkey to combat the counterfeits, cover all possible basis, and also seek alternative and creative approaches.

There are certain civil and criminal actions that can be taken while combatting counterfeits.

The fastest, most straightforward, cost effective and result-oriented way is to file a criminal complaint against the counterfeiters, obtain a search warrant and perform a raid action at the counterfeiters' addresses (production sites, warehouses, stores, etc.).