The Turkish Standards Institution () is a public

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whose mission is to increase the competitiveness of

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, facilitating trade on national and international levels and develop society's

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by providing standardization and conformity assessment in diverse fields. TSE HQ Building Ankara

History and Structure

The institution was established in 1954 within the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey. With the passage of Turkish Law No. 132 in

Turkish Parliament The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...

on November 18, 1960, it gained a separate legal entity and completed its establishment process. It is recognized by the Turkish government as the only national standards body of the country and represents Turkish interests at international standardization platforms. The head office is in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

; it has ten regional coordination departments in major metropolitan areas of Turkey and a large campus in

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, hosting most of its quality testing laboratories in a close proximity to main industrial and commercial hubs around

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. It has representation and coordination offices in

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and

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Activities

The institution publishes and adopts standards in order to enable industrialists to produce goods and services in compliance with rules, laws, codes and standards applicable in global markets. It also conducts training programs, and it has operations in various fields of

conformity assessment Conformance testing and also known as compliance testing or type testing, is testing or other activities that determine whether a process, product, or service complies with the requirements of a specification, technical standard, contract, or regu ...

such as

inspection An inspection is, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation exercise. In engineering activities inspection involves the measurements, tests, and gauges applied to certain characteristics in regard to an object or activity. ...

and surveillance,

product certification Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance tests and quality assurance tests, and meets qualification criteria stipulated in contracts, regulations, or specification ...

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certification, personnel certification, testing and

calibration In measurement technology and metrology, calibration is the comparison of measurement values delivered by a device under test with those of a calibration standard of known accuracy. Such a standard could be another measurement device of known ...

. As a notified body of several international schemes, it enables clients based in Turkey and other countries to gain access into the European and Gulf markets by ensuring that their products meet all

CE mark The presence of the logo on Product (business), commercial products indicates that the Manufacturing, manufacturer or importer affirms the goods' conformity with European Environment, health and safety, health, safety, and environmental prote ...

requirements according to European Directives/Regulations and G-mark requirements according to GSO regulations, as well as by providing

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certificates in compliance with

SMIIC Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC; ; ; ) is an intergovernmental and one of the 17 affiliated organizations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Its primary focus is on standardization and metrology technical ...

standards. The institution cooperates with other public bodies in Turkey over inspection and surveillance activities concerning consumer safety. It is authorised by the Ministry of Trade as the sole body that performs import controls of fertilizers as well as a large group of mechanical and electronic items before the release into Turkish market. It is authorised by the Ministry of Industry and Technology to perform country-wide inspections of measuring devices such as dispensers, counters, volumetric meters of petroleum products and scales weighing above 2000 kg. Under a similar authorisation of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, it inspects the projects related to production, modification and assembly of vehicles as it has vehicle inspection centers in 69 provinces of Turkey.

International membership

It is a member of: *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ...

International Electrotechnical Commission The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; ) is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronics, electronic and related technologies. IEC standards cover a va ...

, since 1956 *

Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC; ; ; ) is an intergovernmental and one of the 17 affiliated organizations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Its primary focus is on standardization and metrology technical ...

, since 2010 *

European Committee for Standardization The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, ) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global trading, the welfare of European citizens an ...

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization CENELEC (; ) is responsible for European standardization in the area of electrical engineering. Together with ETSI (telecommunications) and CEN (other technical areas), it forms the European system for technical standardization. Standards harmon ...

, since 2012 *

European Organization for Quality The European Organization for Quality (EOQ) is an autonomous, non-profit making association under Belgian law, having its legal office in Brussels. EOQ is the European interdisciplinary organization striving for effective improvement in the sphere ...

, since 1976 *

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, since 2008

References

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* {{authority control Organizations established in 1960 Government agencies of Turkey Standards organizations in Turkey ISO member bodies