Turkey - counterfeiters

Hello everyone

We arrived two days ago in Turkey. I must confess I was too tired to write the blog yesterday. But no worries, I’ll make it up to you.

Yes, it is true girls: Turkey is a paradise for shoppers with a limited budget.
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is the shopping attraction. But Turkey’s counterfeit market value amounts to $388 million. In most of the big cities you can find counterfeit products like: Ds, DVDs, software, textiles, cosmetics, jewellery, pharmaceuticals, chemical products and food.
A couple of shocking incidents involving consumption of counterfeit alcohol have highlighted the seriousness of this problem in Turkey. I will give you an example:
In 2005 around 23 people in Istanbul died after consuming counterfeit raki containing lethal levels of methyl alcohol.Turkey is aware that, if the country want to join the EU in the future, it needs to adhere to international and EU legislation regarding counterfeiting. That’s one of the reasons that Turkey is taken action against counterfeiters.
An example of brand protection technology that is being applied in Turkey can be found in ProdoSafe, which markets security solutions to the Turkish government and its regional municipalities. ProdoSafe focuses on vital records, official documents, brand protection and ticketing.


So there’s an acute awareness in Turkey that significant actions need to be taken against counterfeiters. While the government is trying to solve this issue, I’m going to the beach and take a swim.

Talk to you guys very soon!
Very sunny greetings
Sarina

Source: http://www.notofakes.com/Resources/TravelAdvisory/Europe/Turkey/tabid/417/Default.aspx