Business & Commerce

Regulation Amending the Price Tag Regulation

🇹🇷Türkiye··Regulation·Medium Impact0·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation prohibits restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments in Turkey from charging customers any additional fees under names such as service charge, table charge, cover charge or any other designation. The only prices that can be demanded from the customer are those explicitly listed in the tariff and price list. The amendment explicitly states that this prohibition applies while preserving the provision in Article 51 of the Labor Law No. 4857. The change takes effect on the date of publication.

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Key Changes

  • Prohibits all additional charges (service fee, table fee, cover fee, etc.) in restaurants, cafes, restaurants, patisseries and similar food-beverage venues
  • Only prices shown in the official tariff and price list may be charged to customers
  • Explicit reference to preserving Article 51 of Labor Law No. 4857

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments must not charge customers any additional fees under names such as service charge, table charge, cover charge or any other designation

Restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments
prohibition
high

Only prices explicitly listed in the tariff and price list may be demanded from customers

Restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments
operational
medium

If any charge beyond the tariff and price list is imposed under any name, it must be explicitly shown in the tariff and price list

All establishments subject to price tag regulation
disclosure
high

The prohibition on additional fees applies while preserving the provision in Article 51 of Labor Law No. 4857

Restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments
operational
high

Comply with this regulation effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (30 January 2026)

Restaurants, cafes, eateries, patisseries and similar food and beverage establishments
operational

Affected Parties

RestaurantsCafes+3 more…

Tags

price labeling,restaurant pricing,consumer protection