Turkey is Strengthening Its Customs Control Capacity

A New Breath for Turkey's Customs Regulations

Turkey is accelerating its fight against the informal economy with the aim of maintaining public order in customs areas and preventing smuggling. In this context, the goals include reducing smuggling activities, ensuring public order in free zones, and increasing entry-exit controls.

Development of Domestic Technology and Inspection with MİLTAR

Turkey plans to integrate systems developed with domestic resources, such as the National Scanning Systems (MİLTAR), in order to overcome low efficiency issues. Increasing local production of the technical systems used in combating smuggling is also among the long-term goals.

Under the MİLTAR-III Project, the production of semi-fixed, mobile, and ghost systems hybrid scanning systems is planned between 2025 and 2027. Additionally, the development of artificial intelligence and image sharing systems is targeted.

Strengthening Inspection Teams

It is expected that the number of detector dogs will be increased in the fight against customs smuggling. In this context, it is considered to continue cooperation with foreign institutions for training teams to receive training according to international standards.

Aim to Increase Inspection Capacity

The targeted growth in inspections is as follows:

• Number of detector dogs: 255 in 2023, 260 in 2027
• Data analysis teams: 36 in 2023, 40 in 2026
• Technical equipment count: 2,190 in 2023, 2,375 in 2024
• Annual inspection count: 3,700 in 2024, 3,800 in 2025, 3,875 in 2026

In order to achieve all the targets, a budget allocation of 8 billion 270 million 215 thousand lira has been set aside from next year's budget.