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ANTI-COUNTERFEITING · IP ENFORCEMENT · TÜRKİYE
ANTI-COUNTERFEITINGAND IP ENFORCEMENTIN TÜRKİYE
Casework IP works for fashion and retail brands whose products are copied in Türkiye. We file customs applications, survey the markets, remove online listings and bring cases, and we report each month what was done, what it cost and what it achieved.
CUSTOMS, MARKETS, MARKETPLACES, SOCIAL, COURTS, İSTANBUL, ANTALYA, İZMİR, MERSİN, BURSA
Who we are
Casework IP is an anti-counterfeiting and IP enforcement practice based in Istanbul. We work for brand owners in every province of Türkiye, in English and Turkish, either directly or as the local team for your in-house department, your monitoring vendor or your outside counsel. Our work starts where a copy of your product turns up, whether that is a container at Ambarlı, a shop in a wholesale district, a Trendyol listing or a stall in a resort market. We collect the evidence ourselves, take it to customs, the prosecutor or the IP court, and send you a monthly report you can forward without editing.
About us →What we do
CUSTOMS. MARKETS.ONLINE. COURTS.
- 01Customs enforcementWe file and renew your customs application, train officers at the main ports and border gates, and act within the statutory deadline when a shipment is held.
- 02Market enforcementWe survey Istanbul's bazaars and wholesale districts and the resort markets, make test purchases with receipts, and file criminal complaints with the prosecutor.
- 03Online brand protectionWe monitor Trendyol, Hepsiburada, n11, Instagram and Telegram, have listings removed, and identify the sellers behind accounts that come back.
- 04LitigationWe bring criminal complaints and civil actions under the Industrial Property Code No. 6769 and follow them through the appeal courts.
Where fakes appear
WHERE COPIESTURN UP IN TÜRKİYE.
- 01Ports & border gatesAmbarlı, Mersin and İzmir by sea, and the Kapıkule road gate into the EU.
- 02Airports & couriersSmall parcels and air cargo through Istanbul's two international airports.
- 03Wholesale districtsIstanbul districts such as Laleli, where stock is bought in bulk and resold across the country.
- 04Bazaars & resort marketsThe tourist trade from April to October on the Antalya, Muğla and Aegean coasts.
- 05MarketplacesTrendyol, Hepsiburada, n11, Amazon.com.tr, Dolap and others.
- 06Social media & messengersInstagram shops and Telegram resellers.
- 07Websites & domainsCopycat stores and look-alike .tr domains.
TÜRKİYE IN NUMBERS
01 · TÜRKİYE
WHYTÜRKİYEMATTERS.
Türkiye is a large producer of textiles and leather goods, a road corridor into the EU, a summer destination for millions of visitors and home to some of the region's busiest marketplaces. Copies of a fashion product tend to appear here early, and the law gives brand owners usable tools to act on them.
Counterfeiting in Türkiye →22%
of seized fakes bound for the EU came from Türkiye (2020–21 seizures), second only to China
USD467BN
global trade in counterfeit goods (2021)
4.7%
of EU imports were counterfeit or pirated (2021)
81
provinces covered
Source for the first three figures: OECD/EUIPO, Mapping Global Trade in Fakes 2025.
How we work
DETECT. CONFIRM. ACT.REPORT EVERY MONTH.
- 01
Detect
We find the copy through monitoring, a tip or a notice from customs.
- 02
Confirm
Your product team confirms the fake from our photographs.
- 03
Act
We ask customs to hold the goods, the platform to remove the listing or the prosecutor to seize the stock.
- 04
Remove
The goods are seized and destroyed, or the listing is taken down.
- 05
Report
We send you a monthly report of actions, seizures and costs.
Industries
THE PRODUCTSWE PROTECT.
- 01Apparel
- 02Footwear & sportswear
- 03Leather goods
- 04Watches & jewellery
- 05Cosmetics & fragrance
- 06Eyewear
Report a fake
SEEN ACOUNTERFEIT?
Tell us what you found and where. Brand staff, shoppers and anyone else can report, anonymously if they prefer.
Report a counterfeitInsights
GUIDES FORBRAND OWNERS.
All insights →Guide
Customs applications in Türkİye: a step-by-step guide
What an application for action does, which documents to prepare, how filing works and how to keep it valid, with the one-year renewal.
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Guide
Criminal or civil? Two routes against counterfeiters in Türkİye
When a prosecutor-led search and seizure is the better route, when a civil injunction is, and how the two are combined under Law No. 6769.
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TALK TO US ABOUT PROTECTINGYOUR BRAND IN TÜRKİYE.
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