Significant Amendments To The Distance Contracts Regulation In Turkey

With the Regulation Amending the Distance Contracts Regulation [“Amendment Regulation”] published on the Official Gazette on 23 August 2022, many amendments were introduced to the Distance Contracts Regulation [the “Regulation”] published on the Official Gazette numbered 29188 and dated 27 November 2014. Many of these amendments aim to provide harmonisation with the amended Law no.6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce [the “Law”] on 7 July 2022, and to regulate the liabilities of intermediary service providers in a comprehensive manner. Most of the amendments will come into effect as of 1 October 2022.

You can find our article here in which we summarize and examine the recent legal developments on the Law. In this article, we will discuss the important provisions introduced by the Amendment Regulation.