Turkish Standards Institution


The Turkish Standards Institution is a public standards organization whose mission is to increase the competitiveness of Turkey, facilitating trade on national and international levels and develop society’s standard of livingby providing standardization and conformity assessment.
TSE is established in 1954. Law 132 accepted by Turkish Parlement on November 18, 1960. Its headquarters is in Ankara. It is recognized by the Turkish government as the only national standards body of the country and represents Turkish interests at international and European levels. TSE operates in diverse fields of the quality infrastructure that includes certification, testing, training as well as surveillance and inspection activities.
TSE provides the standards aimed at enabling industrialists to produce goods and services in compliance with rules, laws, codes and standards applicable in global markets, as well as being a notified body, enables clients to gain access into the European and Gulf market by ensuring their products meets all CE mark requirements according to European Directives/Regulations and G-mark requirements according to GSO regulations, as well as Halal certificates.

International membership

TSE is an active member of the world standardization community; with its full membership of: