The procedures and principles regarding how technological products arising from R&D and innovation activities will be certified before public authorities and how such certificates will be used, particularly in public procurements, have been comprehensively regulated under the Regulation on the Certification of Technological Products (“Regulation”) prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The Regulation was published in the Official Gazette dated 18 December 2025, numbered 33111 and entered into force.
With the new Regulation, a two-stage certification system is envisaged for technological products that are the outputs of R&D and innovation projects. In this context, the Technological Product Certificate (“TÜR Certificate”), which demonstrates that a product has been developed as a result of an R&D and innovation project, and the Technological Product Experience Certificate (“TÜR Experience Certificate”), which enables the relevant product to be used to satisfy the work experience requirement under Public Procurement Law No. 4734, are regulated. While the TÜR Certificate remains valid indefinitely, the TÜR Experience Certificate is limited to a specific period.
The scope of application of the Regulation has been kept broad so as to cover not only projects supported by public resources, but also R&D and innovation projects carried out with companies’ own equity or financed by foundations established by law or international funds. Goods, software and services developed as a result of these projects may be subject to the certification process, provided that the prescribed conditions are met.
The certification process is based on the principle that applications are submitted electronically. In applications made via the portal established by the Ministry by persons authorised to represent the undertaking, a project completion certificate must be submitted for publicly supported projects, whereas for ongoing projects, documents demonstrating that the product has been developed within the scope of the relevant project must be provided. For projects carried out with own equity, TÜBİTAK is involved in the process for the purpose of technically evaluating the R&D and innovation content of the product.
With regard to the TÜR Experience Certificate, the Regulation also stipulates a specific condition concerning the period elapsed since the product was placed on the market. Accordingly, at the time of application, the period of five years as of the date on which the product was placed on the market must not have expired, and the validity period of the issued TÜR Experience Certificate is likewise limited to five years. As a rule, the submission of a Domestic Goods Certificate issued in the name of the applicant is mandatory when applying for this certificate. However, applications for the TÜR Certificate and applications for the TÜR Experience Certificate relating to software or services are excluded from this obligation.
The Directorate General of National Technology has been authorised for the examination and resolution of applications, and if an application is deemed appropriate, the relevant certificate is issued through the electronic system within five business days following the completion of the review. Issued TÜR Experience Certificates are automatically transferred to the Electronic Public Procurement Platform (“EKAP”) for use in public procurements.
In order to ensure the reliability of the certification system, the Regulation also includes provisions regarding sanctions. In this context, it is possible to cancel certificates issued on the basis of applications containing false information or documents, and it is explicitly stipulated that, in the event of the cancellation of the Domestic Goods Certificate pertaining to a product, the TÜR Experience Certificate issued in relation thereto shall also be deemed invalid as of the same date.
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DT Law