Oct 21, 2024 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...
Sep 16, 2024 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...
Jul 18, 2024 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...
Jun 10, 2024 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,...
Jun 06, 2024 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...
Jun 03, 2024 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...
May 23, 2024 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...
Feb 12, 2024 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...
Jan 24, 2024 Aggravated Scrutiny for Consumer Reviews By Baran Güney Hande Hançar Consumer reviews are of great importance in online shopping as they enable consumers to form their opinion in terms of the features and...
Sep 26, 2023 The Guideline on Consumer Reviews Has Been Published By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Guideline on Consumer Reviews (“Guideline”), enacted by the Advertisement Board at the meeting dated 12.09.2023 and numbered 337, has...
Sep 18, 2023 Green or Simply Greenwashing? By Baran Güney Hande Hançar Advertisers frequently integrate environmental claims into their advertisements and promotions to portray their products and services as...
May 05, 2023 Advertisements Required to Include +18 Markings By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Advertisement Board recently rendered a highly controversial decision concluding that the promotions published by a fashion company...
Feb 20, 2023 Eco-friendly Advertisements in Turkey! By Hande Hançar Baran Güney When you watch the commercials, do you often feel like advertising companies are working hard to convince you that their products or...
Jan 16, 2023 The Advertisement Board Has Published the Guideline for Environmental Claims in Advertising By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Guideline for Environmental Claims in Advertising (“Guideline”) has been enacted by the Advertisement Board. The purpose of the...
Dec 13, 2022 Sanction Against Shoe Ad Disrespecting Food By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Advertisement Board rendered a recent guiding decision implementing Article 7/2 of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and...
Sep 16, 2022 Advertisement Containing Blurred Images of Rivals’ Products is Banned By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Advertisement Board rendered an important decision regarding comparative advertising practice on August 9, 2022. The decision...