Turkey's commercial EV charging sockets rise to 48,971 as Trugo leads the market

The number of electric vehicles in Turkey rose to 491,492 as of September, while commercial charging sockets increased to 48,971. The figures come from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority's (EPDK) September 2026 monthly statistics report on the charging services market. Vehicle counts are based on data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Electric vehicle numbers up 52.8 percent in a year

According to the report, the number of electric vehicles stood at 321,710 in September 2025. Over the past year it grew by 169,782, an annual increase of 52.8 percent. From 476,934 in August 2026, the fleet grew 3.1 percent in September.

Looking further back, the count was 14,896 in 2022, 80,826 in 2023, 185,513 in 2024 and 373,733 in 2025.

Socket count and the share of DC charging

Commercial charging sockets numbered 35,002 in September 2025. They reached 48,971 in September 2026, an increase of 13,969 sockets or 39.9 percent over the year. There were 38,808 sockets in January 2026 and 47,908 in August.

At the end of September, the country had 27,664 AC (slow) sockets and 21,307 DC (fast) sockets in service. Over the year, AC sockets grew 38.4 percent and DC sockets grew 42 percent.

Electric vehicles drew a total of 83,253 MWh from charging stations in September. Total charging time came to 3,548,897 hours across 3,152,733 transactions. The average consumption per transaction was 26.41 kWh, and the average charging session lasted 1.13 hours. DC points supplied 82.44 percent of the energy, while AC points supplied 17.56 percent.

Trugo leads charging brands

By energy consumption, Trugo ranked first with 18,543 MWh, a 22.27 percent share. Zes was second with 13,885 MWh (16.68 percent), and Eşarj third with 5,107 MWh (6.13 percent). They were followed by Wat Mobilite (3,966 MWh), Astor (3,664 MWh) and Tesla (3,510 MWh).