Electronic Contracting In Turkey

Introduction

Electronic Commerce ("E-commerce") in Turkey is expanding rapidly corollary to the rapid growth of technology and use of the internet. According to the statics of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu), internet usage rose to 62.2 million in 2016, i.e. a 179 % increase in five years. Another statistic shows that E-commerce is worth approximately 8 billion Euros in 2016.¹. Such approach has raised significant necessity technical and legal regulations, as the contracting of the worldwide web raises questions about security, legal validity, compliance, data protection, etc. In such necessity, current Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce ("E-Commerce Law") that was adopted to address such questions with an aim to harmonize with the European Union legislations².