Regarding Consumer and Career Awards Given Under Various Titles

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, the attached letter forwarded to our Union by the Ministry of Trade states that it has been determined that, recently, awards or certificates have been granted by certain natural or legal persons upon payment of a certain amount or a donation within the framework of a mutual-benefit relationship with organisations held under names such as award, reputation, career, consumer trust and the like, and that awards granted without being based on any objective criteria or measurement are used in advertisements in order to create trust among consumers, thereby misleading consumers; and it is stated that due care must be taken to ensure that awards are granted without obtaining any benefit and in accordance with objective criteria announced in advance, that juries competent in the field and qualified to grant awards are formed, and that the legal legislation is complied with so as not to cause unfair competition in the advertising sector.
In this context, I kindly request the necessary action for informing your members that the awards received and granted must be organised in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices and the
Regulation on Consumer Awards, so that consumers are not misled and unfair competition is not caused.

Annex: Regarding Consumer and Career Awards Given Under Various Titles

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry