What Would A User Generated Content Platform Provider Need To Know When Entering Turkish Market?

From promoting a new brand to preserving the market presence of an already established one, User Generated Content ("UGC") has become an uncanny tool to initiate and preserve consumer engagement. With that, social network providers have transformed from mere conduits of social interaction between individuals, to multifaceted platforms that enable businesses to reach their consumers. As UGC became more and more mainstream, pulled millions of users and created some of the biggest tech companies, many countries try to catch up with regulations such as Turkey.

We aim to explain the two main regulatory obligations a UGC platform may need to know; (i) the internet legislation and (ii) media legislation and not to focus on legislations applicable to companies that are willing to enter Turkish market in general such as corporate law, commercial law, data protection law and competition law.