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Turkey

9%DSA alignment

A heavy content-control regime (local representative, 48-hour content removal, and a 6-monthly content-removal report to the regulator BTK), not DSA-style user-protective transparency.

In forceLaw No. 5651 (Internet Law; 2020 'Social Media Law' amendments) (2020)· BTK (ICTA)
In forceLaw No. 7418 (Disinformation Law) (2022)· BTK (ICTA)

Scored against the DSA

Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Turkey’s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.

  • Required by law
  • Partial / emerging
  • No such obligation
  • Undetermined

Transparency

  • No such obligation

    Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39

    No public ad-library mandate.

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  • Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42

    Providers over 1M daily users file 6-monthly content-removal statistics to BTK, but BTK withholds them from the public as 'trade secrets': a report-to-regulator, not a public transparency mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40

    No vetted-researcher data-access right.

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  • No such obligation

    Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)

    The 1M-daily-user threshold triggers obligations, not public reach disclosure.

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Accountability

  • No such obligation

    Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35

    No systemic or child-safety risk-assessment duty.

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  • No such obligation

    Independent auditDSA Art. 37

    No external compliance-audit mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38

    The 2022 law compels algorithm disclosure to BTK, not user-facing recommender transparency or a chronological-feed option.

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  • Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74

    BTK can impose fines up to 3% of global turnover, advertising bans and bandwidth throttling, but for content-removal / local-rep / reporting compliance, not user-protective governance.

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Child protection

  • No such obligation

    No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28

    No ban on targeted advertising to minors.

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  • No such obligation

    Age assuranceBeyond the DSA

    No age-assurance mandate for social media (only a voluntary 'Safe Internet' service).

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  • No such obligation

    Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28

    No platform child-safety duty of care.

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