2016 Book Market in Turkey Report
| Total Population (2016) | 78.741.053 |
Fundamental Publishing Data |
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| Number of publishers | 1.732 |
| Number of bookstores (book selling points) | 1.532 |
| Number of distribution companies (approx.) | 145 |
| Number of new titles (2016 ISBN data) | 54.446 |
| Number of books produced (2016 Banderole numbers) | 404.129.053 |
| Number of textbooks (Distributed free of charge) | 262.736.286 |
| Total number of books produced
*Except less than 48 pages educational books |
666.865.579 |
| Number of books produced per capita | 8.4 |
| VAT charged for books and e-books | %8 (Standard rate %18) |
2016 End Year Book Wholesales Market
| Segments | Market Size (Million $) | Market Size (Million $) | Market Share (%) |
| Educational Books | 811 | 56,31% | |
| a. Textbooks | 150 | ||
| b. Supplementary Textbooks | 62 | ||
| c. Exam Preparation Books | 599 | ||
| Trade Books | 500 | 34,73% | |
| a. Adult fiction | 67 | ||
| b. Adult nonfiction | 248 | ||
| c. Religion | 132 | ||
| d. Children and youth | 53 | ||
| Academic Books | 29 | 2,05% | |
| Imported Books | 100 | 6,92% | |
| a. ELT Books | 47 | ||
| b. Other imported books (academic books, library purchases etc.) | 53 | ||
| TOTAL | 1.440 | 100,00% |
2016 End Year Book Retail Market
| Segments | Market Size (Million $) | Market Size (Million $) | Market Share (%) |
| Educational Books | 1.094 | 51.44% | |
| a. Textbooks | 150 | ||
| b. Supplementary Textbooks | 88 | ||
| c. Exam Preparation Books | 856 | ||
| Trade Books | 833 | 39.21% | |
| a. Adult fiction | 112 | ||
| b. Adult nonfiction | 414 | ||
| c. Religion | 219 | ||
| d. Children and youth | 88 | ||
| Academic Books | 45 | 2,13% | |
| Imported Books | 153 | 7,21% | |
| a. ELT Books | 72 | ||
| b. Other imported books (academic books, library purchases etc.) | 81 | ||
| TOTAL | 2.126 | 100,00% |