AMENDMENTS TO DISTANCE CONTRACTS REGULATION
With the Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on
Distance Contracts, which was published in the Official Gazette
dated 23.08.2022 and which will enter into force on 01.10.2022,
additional obligations were imposed on intermediary service
providers in distance contracts, and material changes were made
regarding the withdrawal rights of consumers.
Obligations regarding preliminary information
With the newly introduced regulation, in the event that a
distance contract is established through the system created by the
intermediary service provider to mediate the establishment of a
distance contract (“Platform”), the intermediary
service provider is jointly and severally liable with the seller or
the provider for the provision of preliminary information and the
compliance of its contents and method with the legislation. In
fact, in cases where the data entry is made by the intermediary
service provider, the latter
