As known, in principle, regardless of whether or not they are
established in Turkey, all real persons and legal entities
("service providers") which send
marketing, advertising and promotion related commercial electronic
message ("e-message") to their
consumers, merchants and craftsmen residing in Turkey, subject to
the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 6563 and
the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Electronic
Commercial Messages ("Regulation")
(together "ETK legislation") and are
obliged to be compliant with the ETK legislation. Service providers
which act in violation of the ETK legislation shall be subject to
an administrative fine which may extend from a minimum
TRY 1,000 to a maximum TRY 20,000.
