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Google and RÖK Collaboration in Turkey

11 August 2025

Since its establishment in 1994, RÖK has been evaluating complaints from advertisers and consumers regarding ads. As a result of these evaluations, RÖK constitutes advisory decisions to ensure compliance – i.e. requiring misleading ads to be amended and/or withdrawn. Compliance by advertisers, advertising agencies and media organizations is crucial to serve consumers with quality and […]

Four Sessions of “Responsible Influencer Training Program” Completed

29 November 2024

As the Advertising Self-Regulation Board (RÖK), in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, we launched the first “Responsible Influencer Training Program” on November 2024 and continued for every two months. On March 2025, we have completed 3 face to face training session for influencers and 1 session for […]

Eşitlikçi Reklamlar İçin RÖK Üyeleri Eğitimdeydi

20 February 2020

Reklam Özdenetim Kurulu üyeleri, 20 Kasım 2019’da Reklamda Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği Kurulu’nun, AÇEV işbirliği ile eşitlikçi ve daha ilerici reklam uygulamaları yaratmak adına başlattığı formasyon ve uygulama eğitimlerinin ikincisine katıldı.

THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL HELD ITS FIRST MEETING

10 July 2019

The Advertising Council, which was established in accordance with the Law No. 6502 on Consumer Protection and which brought together all parties of the advertising industry held its first meeting in coordination with the Ministry of Trade Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance General Directorate in Ankara. Digital advertising opportunities in Turkey and worldwide advertising investments […]

The Changes in the Commercial Communication and the Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation

1 January 2019

The changes in the secondary regulation for the Consumer Protection Law, which is named as the Commercial Communication and the Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation (“Advertising Regulation”) is published at the end of 2018 . The article which allows explicit comparisons and which was supposed to be in force on January 1, 2019 had been cancelled.

EASA Members Met in Budapest

15 October 2018

EASA (European Advertising Standards Alliance – http://www.easa-alliance.org) has a network of 41 organisations representing 27 advertising standards bodies (also called self-regulatory organisations) from Europe and 14 organisations representing the advertising ecosystem (the advertisers, agencies and the media).EASA works with itsmembers to promote responsible advertising by providing detailed guidance on how to go about advertising self-regulation for the benefit of consumers and businesses. EASA’s role is to set out high operational standards for advertising self-regulatory systems.

Change in the AudioVisual Directive

18 May 2018

There has been a change in the “By-Law On The Procedures And Principles Of Media Services” (AudioVisual Directive) published in the Official Gazette dated 2/11/2011. The new regulation published in the Official Gazette on 27.03.2018

Ad Issues Summit in St.Petersburg

13 December 2017

The International Ad Issues Summit took place on the 28-29th of September 2017 in St. Petersburg. The Summit is organized by the International Advertising Association (IAA) with the support of the FAS of Russia and the St. Petersburg government. The Summit Organizing Committee is headed by Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Deputy head of the Federal […]

The “New Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices” Training

3 June 2015

“The New Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practice” Training The new Consumer Protection Law put in the force on May 28th 2014. The new law, regulates the consumer rights in many aspects including the marketing communication and advertising and also regulates the sanctions for those breaking the law. While the new Consumer Protection […]