Turkish Regulation On Electric Vehicle Charging Station Services

IN THE PAST YEARS, with the electric vehicles' active introduction into people's daily lives, the awareness of electric vehicles' usage and the increase in electric vehicle charging stations made available a new ground to be regulated. The lack of regulation in this area caused many uncertainties and complications, especially in the charging stations' pricing, operation, and technical qualities. To fill this void of unregulated ground, in April 2022, the Regulation on Charging Services (the "Regulation") was introduced. The Regulation mainly addresses the issues such as the installation and operation of the charging stations required for charging electric vehicles.

The Regulation requires the charging network operators, meaning those who wish to provide charging services to electric vehicles with multiple charging stations and those who wish to establish and manage a charging network, to obtain a "charging network operator license". As per the Regulation, joint