Recent Developments
The Draft Omnibus Law on Changes to Various Laws
(“Amendment Law“) has been under
discussion before the Turkish Grand General Assembly (TGGA) for a
while. On Thursday, 13 October 2022, the TGGA adopted the Amendment
Law. You may access the adopted text of the Amendment Law
here (in Turkish).
What's new?
The Amendment Law amends several laws, in particular: (i) the
Press Law No. 5187, (ii) the Electronic Communications Law No.
5809, and (iii) the Law on the Regulation of Internet Publications
and Prevention of Crimes Committed through these Publications No.
5651 (“Internet Law“). In addition,
the Amendment Law introduces the offense of publicly disseminating
misleading information to the Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237
(TCC).
