17 Oct 2025
The Advertising Board ruled that sending campaign and advertising notifications through a mobile application without obtaining user consent, and without allowing users to opt out, constitutes a restriction on consumers’ freedom of choice and ordered the suspension of such […]
11 Dec 2024
During its 350th meeting, held on October 8, 2024, the Advertising Board made significant decisions regarding the association of hashtags and emblems used in social media content with alcoholic beverages. The decisions stated that certain hashtags in Instagram posts, […]
5 Jul 2024
With the Commercial Practices Decision with File Number 2024/2660 (“Decision“), published on the website of the Turkish Ministry of Commerce Advertisement Board (“Board“), the general practice of a company operating in airlines sector’s call center was found to be […]
25 Jun 2024
Communiqué No. 2023/33 on the Amendment to the Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Food Contact Plastic Substances and Materials No. 2029/44 was published in the Official Gazette dated 6 May 2024 and numbered 32538. With the Communiqué, subparagraph (a) […]
28 May 2024
With the Regulation (“Regulation”) published in the Official Gazette, dated 6 April 2024 and numbered 32512, the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Food Labelling and Informing Consumers has been amended. The amendments made within the scope of the Regulation […]
23 Jun 2023
The European Union Commission (“EU Commission”) published the 2023 Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Third Countries (“Report”). The report categorizes countries according to the extent and persistence of problems in protecting intellectual property […]
1 Mar 2023
The Communique on Turkish Food Codex Edible Casein and Caseinate (“Communique“), issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been published in the Official Gazette on 13.12.2022 and entered into force on the same day. With the Communique […]
28 Oct 2022
Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) Medicine Audit Agency published the Guideline for the Risk-Based Good Clinical Practice Audits (“Guideline”) on 8 August 2022. The Guideline aims to define and standardize the processes related to risk-based good clinical […]
27 Jul 2022
Turkey initiated arbitration procedure against the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) report concerning the dispute between Turkey and the European Union (“EU”) regarding Turkey’s localization of pharmaceuticals practice. The dispute between the EU and Turkey was initiated by the complaint […]
6 Jun 2022
In accordance with the provisions of the Decision on Pricing of Medicinal Products for Human Use numbered 2017/9901 and the Annunciation on Pricing of Medicinal Products for Human Use, the Ministry of Health takes the necessary measures to ensure […]
