Dear Members;

In the Official Gazette dated 24.12.2024, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change published the “Communication on Administrative Fines to be imposed pursuant to the Environmental Law No. 2872” with the number 32762.

Communication published in the Official Gazette on the subject can be found here.

With this Communication; administrative fines to be applied in cases of acts that harm the environment or violations of the law in Article 20 of the Environmental Law dated 9/8/1983 and numbered 2872 are determined. 

The fines to be imposed on individuals and organizations that violate the Article 20 of the Environmental Law dated 9/8/1983 and numbered 2872 were increased by 43.93 percent for 2025, which is the revaluation rate.