Platforms that cannot appoint a Turkish representative face bandwidth shortages; Direct communication with the assigning platforms is fast.
Liabilities
- Agent responds to application within 48 hours.
- Content removal and evaluation within 24 hours.
- Annual transparency report.
Practical use
- BTK + delegate parallel application.
- Immediate meta-data: within 24 hours via delegate.
- Peace + delegate combination for content.
Frequently asked
The platform is not responding; What should I do?
BTK violation application; daily administrative fine.
Can the representative be a lawyer?
A lawyer or a legal entity representative can be appointed.
Who represents X (Twitter)?
May change annually; Current list from BTK website.
Relevant legislation
- Law No. 5651 Article 9 — Violation of personal rights; URL based access block.
- Law No. 5651 art.9/A — Privacy of private life; Action within 24 hours.
- KVKK no. 6698 article 11 — The right to be forgotten; search engine results.
- TCK art.134-136 — Violation of privacy, video/audio recordings.
- FSEK art.71 — Measures and removal of content in case of copyright infringement.