Law / Turkey

Commercial Advertising Regulation, AI Disclosure Duty

Art. 18/8, Ticari Reklam ve Haksız Ticari Uygulamalar Yönetmeliği (RG No. 33297, 1 Temmuz 2026)

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In force 46 days, effective 1 August 2026.

An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Where an advertisement directed at consumers in Turkey uses artificial intelligence or other software in a way that significantly affects a consumer's economic behaviour, or presents an AI-generated digital character that a consumer could mistake for a real human being, disclose that fact clearly, understandably, and in a manner distinguishable from the rest of the advertisement.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Disclosure, Content labelling

What this law does

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A regulation amending the Ministry of Trade's Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation, published in the Official Gazette on 1 July 2026 and in force from 1 August 2026, adds a paragraph 8 to Article 18 requiring that where an advertisement uses artificial intelligence or other software in a way that significantly affects a consumer's economic behaviour regarding a good or service, or presents a digital character generated with artificial intelligence technologies that cannot be distinguished from a human being, this fact must be stated clearly, understandably, and in a manner distinguishable from the rest of the advertisement.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

official regulation text, Official Gazette (Resmi Gazete) No. 33297, Ministry of Trade

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