Law No. 7574 on Amendments to the Highway Traffic Law
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This Turkish law significantly increases administrative fines for traffic and vehicle violations and introduces stricter rules on vehicle registration after death of owner. It expands police powers by allowing highway traffic police to act as general law enforcement when authorized. Major changes include much higher penalties for plate tampering, using fake or altered plates, driving without proper documents, and tampering with tachographs or speed limiters. The law also requires heirs to register inherited vehicles within 90 days or face 3,000 TL fines and vehicle impoundment. Fines for serious plate and tachograph offenses now reach 140,000–370,000 TL with license suspension and vehicle bans lasting 30–60 days.
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Key Changes
- Heirs must register inherited vehicles within 90 days of death or face 3,000 TL fine and vehicle ban until registered; registration dated to death
- Fines for altered or unreadable plates increased to 140,000 TL (280,000 TL for repeat within 1 year) with 30-60 day vehicle ban
- Driving with fake, stolen or unissued plates now punished with 140,000 TL fine, 30-day license suspension and 30-day vehicle ban (280,000 TL and 60 days for repeat)
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Obligations
What this law requires
Tachograph driver card holders must take necessary measures to prevent unauthorized use of their card by others
Heirs of deceased vehicle owners must register inherited vehicles within 90 days from date of death by submitting required documents to the competent registration authority
Vehicle owners/operators must ensure registration plates remain in proper condition and must not be altered, tampered with, or made illegible
Drivers must not use vehicles without proper registration plates or with fake, altered, unauthorized, or plates belonging to other vehicles
Vehicle operators must ensure tachographs, speed limiters, and taximeters (where required) are installed, functional, and used correctly; drivers must not tamper with these devices or produce false data