REMINDER: MARKETING CONSENTS MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMERCIAL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BY 31 AUGUST 2020:

Accordingly, our clients who deliver electronic commercial messages must register with IYS and transfer the opt-in consents collected from their recipients to IYS  by 31 August 2020.  Opt-in consents that have not been transferred to IYS until 31 August 2020 will be considered invalid as of 1 September 2020.

TURKEY TO CENTRALIZE MARKETING CONSENTS IN A NEW ELECTRONIC SYSTEM RESEMBLING DO-NOT-DISTURB REGISTRIES:

Pursuant to the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages (“Regulation”) that was published in the Official Gazette dated 4 January 2020 and numbered 30998, all natural and legal entities that deliver electronic commercial messages are obliged to register with the Centralized Commercial Message Management System (“IYS”).