The official single airplay charts in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 are issued by Nielsen Music control

Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

. There is no singles chart issued based on single sales, since Turkey has an album-oriented market. Album sales are announced by Mü-yap, but Mü-yap doesn't announce weekly album charts.

There are three single charts derived from the main chart and issued by Billboard Türkiye

Billboard Türkiye

Billboard Türkiye is the official Turkish chart magazine and was founded in November 2006. Also the "Billboard Radio" is on the 87.7 FM in the Turkish radios.-Charts:Billboard Charts are accepted as Turkey's official charts...

 that are considered official: "Turkish Top 20 Chart

Turkish Top 20 Chart

Turkish airplay chart is the official airplay singles chart in Turkey issued by Nielsen Music Control. The charts are announced from the Nielsen's web site weekly...

", which lists only Turkish language songs, "Türkiye Top 20

Türkiye Top 20

The Turkey Top 20 is a music singles chart in Turkey. It has been compiled by Billboard Türkiye since November 2006. The charts were announced from the web site weekly, and monthly from the "Billboard Türkiye" magazine. Since September 2009, the charts are only announced monthly from the published...

", which lists only foreign songs, and "Turkish Rock Top 20 Chart", which lists Turkish language rock songs. Because songs in the Turkish language dominate the market, the "Turkish Top 20" list is almost the same as the main chart.

External links

• Mu-yap website (IFPI Local record industry association)
• Nielsen Music Control