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Trademark refusal rate in Türkiye: Madrid System filings
105,689 international registrations on record designate Türkiye. Among the 20,825 designations registered 2019–2022 (the resolved cohort we measure outcomes on), 15% received a provisional refusal, 941 (4.5%) are still refused outright, 123 partially, and 19,376 (93%) hold a grant of protection. That refusal rate is above the 4.4% median across the 60 most-designated offices.
How U.S. companies fare in Türkiye compared with 60+ other offices: where U.S. trademark owners get refused abroad.
43% of the registrations designating Türkiye also designate the United States. Those appear in USPTO data as well, so a USPTO clearance check catches them; the rest are invisible to a U.S.-only search.
Most-designated Nice classes in Türkiye
| Class | Goods / services | Registrations |
|---|---|---|
| Class 9 | Computers & Electronics | 29,515 |
| Class 35 | Advertising & Business | 18,569 |
| Class 42 | Computer & Scientific | 16,208 |
| Class 5 | Pharmaceuticals | 14,402 |
| Class 3 | Cosmetics & Cleaning | 13,644 |
| Class 25 | Clothing | 13,065 |
| Class 7 | Machinery | 12,399 |
| Class 41 | Education & Entertainment | 10,673 |
| Class 11 | Environmental Control | 8,982 |
| Class 18 | Leather Goods | 8,785 |
Who files into Türkiye
Office of origin of the registrations designating Türkiye, where the filers are based.
| Office of origin | Registrations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| European Union (EM) | 19,438 | 18.4% |
| Germany (DE) | 12,984 | 12.3% |
| China (CN) | 10,326 | 9.8% |
| United States (US) | 10,273 | 9.7% |
| Switzerland (CH) | 7,813 | 7.4% |
| France (FR) | 7,590 | 7.2% |
| Italy (IT) | 7,249 | 6.9% |
| Benelux (BX) | 5,136 | 4.9% |
International registrations designating Türkiye, by registration year
Registrations on record by the year they were registered internationally. Our copy covers registrations with activity since July 2025, so older years reflect renewals and decisions, not original volume.
| Year | Registrations | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4,780 | |
| 2018 | 4,941 | |
| 2019 | 5,023 | |
| 2020 | 4,899 | |
| 2021 | 5,008 | |
| 2022 | 5,895 | |
| 2023 | 7,229 | |
| 2024 | 8,515 | |
| 2025 | 8,621 | |
| 2026 | 4,427 |
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