11/25/2025 9:01:33 PM Surprise Boxes: Mystery or Risk for Consumers? By Hande Hançar Baran Güney In recent years, the concept of “mystery boxes” or “surprise boxes” has become increasingly popular, taking a central place in the...
10/14/2020 12:00:00 AM Advertisement Board Imposed Sanctions Due to False Health Claims in Advertising of Food Supplements By Hande Hançar In its decision dated 14th of July 2020 the Advertisement Board imposed sanctions against the advertisement of a food supplement brand...
6/23/2020 2:25:57 PM INFLUENCER MARKETING IN TURKEY By Hande Hançar Influencer marketing through social media influencers has reached to giant growth in the advertising area. Brands including global and...
6/11/2020 2:08:35 PM What does Unfair Price Assessment Board bring to Turkish Law? By Hande Hançar During the Covid-19 outbreak, some businesses exorbitantly increased the prices of masks, disinfectants, colognes, wet wipes and...
6/1/2020 4:39:57 PM Advertisement Board Imposed Sanctions against Exorbitant Price Increase during Covid-19 Outbreak By Hande Hançar While the world and Turkey are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, demand for protective masks, sanitizer, cleaning products and...
5/14/2020 3:58:11 PM Health Claims for Anti-Coronavirus Products in Advertising By Hande Hançar As coronavirus cases continue to spread in Turkey and around the globe, ads for food supplements and food claiming to prevent the effects...
1/6/2025 3:29:14 PM How to Become a Responsible Influencer? By Hande Hançar Baran Güney As of January 2024, there are 57.50 million social media users in Turkey[1], and digital platforms hold the largest share of advertising...
12/31/2024 11:37:32 PM Is It Really Number One of Türkiye? By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Article 8 of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices ("Regulation") permits comparative advertisements...
10/21/2024 1:28:23 PM Advertisement Board: Use of Competitors' Trademarks as Keywords Leads to Unfair Competition By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Google Adwords / Google Ads, a type of commercial advertising that has emerged as a result of technological developments, allows...
9/16/2024 8:35:46 PM Advertisement Board is Again Able to Block Access By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Turkish Constitutional Court (“Court”) annulled the paragraph 12 of Article 77 of the Consumer Protection Law, which granted the...
7/18/2024 2:20:25 PM New Rules for Content Ratings in Television Programs By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Amendments to the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Media Services ("Regulation") introduced new rules regarding the content...
6/10/2024 3:03:16 PM Alcoholic Beverage Advertisements through Alibi Branding By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Any advertising of alcohol products is banned in any kind of media. This ban includes broadcasts on TV and radio, ads in the cinema,...
6/3/2024 6:37:10 PM Does Artificial Intelligence Tell the Truth? By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Being aware of the fact that technological developments have diversified the ways in which commercial advertisements are created and...
6/6/2024 10:55:44 PM Dark Patterns on the Advertisement Board's Agenda By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Unfair commercial practices, also known as the "dark patterns" in the world, have entered the agenda of the Advertisement Board. Dark...
5/23/2024 2:28:42 PM How to Evaluate Social Responsibility in Advertisements? By Baran Güney Hande Hançar The Advertisement Board ("Board") made a striking decision at its meeting on January 9, 2024. The decision is based on the provision of...
2/12/2024 3:33:50 PM Advertisement Board Issued New Principles for Preventing Misleading Loyalty Programs By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Advertisement Board ("Board") amended the "Guideline on Advertisements Containing Price Information, Discount Sale Advertisements and...