But First, Let Me Take A Selfie: Turkey Introduces New Rules For Social Network Providers

Turkey followed in Germany's footsteps. As we know, Germany introduced a new regulation in second quarter of 2020, to prevent from hate speech and other illegal content by compelling social media companies to be more accountable. Although the regulation was highly criticized by the public, Turkey also joined the list of countries who prefer to regulate the social media companies to have a stronger grip over the internet.

In this respect, significant amendments to the Law No. 5651 Internet Law ("Internet Law") were enacted by Turkish Parliament on 29 July 2020. Similar to Germany, Turkey mainly aimed to stipulate the foreign social media companies with high internet traffic to appoint a local representative in Turkey. Hence, potential concerns raised by the authorities can be addressed within Turkey.