Advertisement Board Is Again Able To Block Access

Turkish Constitutional Court ("Court") annulled the paragraph 12 of Article 77 of the Consumer Protection Law, which granted the Advertisement Board ("Board") the power to partially or entirely block access to websites containing unlawful advertising content. The relevant rule was considered to be unconstitutional pursuant to the Court's decision dated 13 September 2023 and numbered 2022/70 E. - 2023/152 K. which was published on the Official Gazette dated 27 October 2023 and numbered 32352. Since the legal gap, that might arise due to the annulment of the subject rules, is deemed to damage public interest, it has been decided that the Court's decision will enter into force nine months after the publication of the decision in the Official Gazette. Therefore, the annulment provision duly entered into force on 27 July 2024.