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12 clusters · 94 sources · 75 days · First seen · Last updated
Categories: BUSINESS
Turkey enforces new e‑commerce advertising rules
Entities: Ministry of Trade (Turkey) · Hakan Çevikoğlu · AI‑generated digital characters · Trade Ministry's Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices Regulati · Artificial Intelligence-generated advertisements
Overview
Turkey’s Commercial Advertising and Unfair Trade Practices Regulation was amended to take effect on 1 August 2026. The core provisions require discount‑sale ads to show the lowest price recorded in the ten days before the promotion and prohibit inflated “original” prices, with a special rule for perishable goods. Advertisements for fortune‑tellers, mediums, astrologers and all illegal gambling or betting services remain banned, and the ban now extends to AI‑generated digital characters that could be mistaken for real persons, which must be clearly labelled as artificial. Influencer content must carry an explicit “advertisement” or “promotion” notice. The rules apply to every media channel—television, radio, print, online sites and social‑media platforms—and inspections will focus on the new discount‑price and ad‑ban provisions. Consumer‑complaint response times were shortened from 72 to 48 hours. The Ministry of Trade reiterated existing hospitality‑sector consumer‑protection reminders, with fines up to 1.439 million Turkish lira for violations.
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.
- [● 17 SOURCES] Influencer posts that involve any monetary benefit, free product, discount or event participation must include a clear “advertisement” or “promotion” label. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] The new regulation will take effect on 1 August 2026. (Ministry of Trade announcement)
- [● 17 SOURCES] Targeted advertising that profiles children using personal data is prohibited. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] Advertisements that use AI‑generated digital characters must disclose that the character is not human. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] Discount advertisements must base the reference price on the lowest price recorded in the ten days before the discount starts; for perishable goods, the price immediately before the discount is used. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] The response time for consumer complaint platforms is reduced from 72 hours to 48 hours. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] Advertising of illegal gambling, betting, fortune‑telling services is prohibited. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 17 SOURCES] Conditional‑sale advertisements are subject to the same rules as discount advertisements. (Ministry of Trade regulation)
- [● 11 SOURCES] Discount‑sale advertisements must show the lowest price recorded in the ten days before the discount starts as the reference price; for perishable goods the price immediately before the discount is to (regulation text)
Timeline
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1 day ago
[BUSINESS] 14 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry launches new advertising rules, Aug 1 2026Turkey's Trade Ministry will enforce new advertising rules on 1 Aug 2026, banning AI‑deceptive ads, influencer non‑disclosure, false discounts, fortune‑teller and illegal gambling ads, and cutting complaint‑res
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3 days ago
[BUSINESS] 29 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry imposes new discount advertising and fee rulesTurkey’s Trade Ministry will enforce new rules from 1 Aug 2026 requiring discount ads to use the lowest price from the prior 10 days, extending to conditional sales, and bans undisclosed service fees in cafés,
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5 days ago
[BUSINESS] 19 sourcesTurkey's Ministry of Trade unveils new e‑commerce advertising rulesTurkey’s new e‑commerce advertising law, effective 1 Aug 2026, bans child profiling, forces influencer ad labels, requires AI‑ad disclosures, sets a 10‑day low‑price rule for discounts, bans illegal gamblingads
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7 days ago
[BUSINESS] 26 sourcesTurkey's New E‑Commerce Rules Take Effect on August 1Turkey will apply new e‑commerce rules on Aug 1 2026, tightening ad transparency, AI‑generated content disclosure, influencer labeling, discount pricing and consumer‑complaint response times.
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10 days ago
[BUSINESS] 7 sourcesTurkey to enforce new e‑commerce, influencer and AI advertising rules in August 2026Turkey’s new regulation, effective 1 Aug 2026, tightens rules on e‑commerce discounts, verified consumer reviews, influencer disclosures, AI ads and scientific environmental claims.
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11 days ago
[BUSINESS] 8 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry fines chain supermarket for checkout‑shelf price mismatchTurkey's Trade Ministry fined a chain supermarket after a checkout‑shelf price mismatch in Istanbul, while Şırnak authorities carried out TUFİS‑based price monitoring of chain stores.
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13 days ago
[BUSINESS] 15 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry tightens crackdown on misleading discount adsTurkey's Trade Ministry intensifies inspections of misleading discount ads, targeting stacked percentages, hidden footnotes, and inflated reference prices. Fines can reach 39.9 million TL under Consumer Law No
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21 days ago
[BUSINESS] 4 sourcesTurkey's Electronic Listing Verification System draws criticism from real estate agentsTurkey's new Electronic Listing Verification System, mandatory from Feb 15 2026, fines up to 286,000 TL for unverified social‑media property ads; agents like Eskişehir’s Kasım Karakaş say high site fees and the
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about 1 month ago
[BUSINESS] 10 sourcesTurkish Trade Ministry launches strict advertising rules for AI, influencers and discountsTurkey's Trade Ministry overhauled advertising rules, effective 1 Aug 2026: AI‑generated ads must be labeled, influencers must disclose sponsorship, discount pricing tied to lowest price in past 10 days, and un
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about 1 month ago
[BUSINESS] 6 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry launches EİDS to curb fraudulent real‑estate and vehicle ads on social mediaTurkey's Trade Ministry introduced the Electronic Listing Verification System (EİDS), requiring ID and licence checks for real‑estate and vehicle ads on websites and social media, with penalties for non‑com‑ pl
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about 2 months ago
[BUSINESS] 7 sourcesTurkey's Trade Ministry fines Meta 5 million TL for unverified listingsTurkey's Trade Ministry fined Meta 5 million TL for breaching EİDS rules on unverified real‑estate and vehicle ads, urging dealers to post only verified links and warning consumers of scams.
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3 months ago
[BUSINESS] 2 sourcesELFİ Gayrimenkul warns of fake real‑estate ads on social media in TurkeyELFİ Gayrimenkul opens a new Bursa branch and urges caution against unlicensed real‑estate ads on social media, citing the EİDS verification system.
Sources
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