In the Turkish legal system, it is a legal requirement that organizations or intermediary firms engaged in leveraged trading transactions such as forex, stock exchange and securities, whether domestic or foreign, must be registered with the CMB (Free Market Board) and all commercial transactions must be subject to supervision by the CMB. This condition does not change whether my company is real or online and mobile.
In the Turkish legal system, it is a legal requirement that organizations or intermediary firms engaged in leveraged trading transactions such as forex, stock exchange and securities, whether domestic or foreign, must be registered with the CMB (Free Market Board), and all their commercial activities must be subject to supervision by the CMB. This requirement does not change whether my company is real or online and mobile.
In addition, the CMB reserves the right to request additional national or international licenses in addition to its own license for additional assurance, plus the right to request that it be subject to taxation and additional taxation in accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code according to the structure and volume of the transaction.
Companies that do not have a real presence in Turkey, participate in these online or application-based activities originating from abroad, in short, companies that provide commercial gain will also be subject to the same legal procedure in case they use and exit the internet located in Turkey and under the supervision of the official BTK (Information Technologies Authority).
In the event that such commercial activities are carried out and detected online through the websites of domestic or foreign companies without the permission and consent of the CMB, in accordance with the law, the ICTA will step in and all internet outputs of the website where the commercial activity is located in Turkey and controlled by the ICTA will be closed and access will be blocked.
The situation is similar on mobile platforms Google Play and App Store. In case of detection of commercial activity, absence of a CMB license and violation of the Turkish taxation system, it can be removed from the application stores. There are many examples of such bans and removals. No matter how independent Google and Apple are, the Turkish legal system is very strict and constructive in this regard. This situation has become even tougher with the recent law amendments.
In addition, all actions of companies engaged in social media, Google ads, Yandex ads and other digital advertising activities are controlled and banned in case of non-compliance and access to intermediary websites is blocked.
In general, in Turkey, platforms such as Google, Facebook and Instagram do not violate the Turkish legal system. It is known that if they do, they will be warned very harshly and strict criminal action will be taken. Violation of this situation can lead to a complete ban of all access to the platforms throughout the country.
Apart from these, until illegality is detected without complying with this legal procedure, or by constantly downloading mobile applications with apk or ipa extensions on certain sites, or by connecting to the website with VPN support and accessing the site whose access has been removed. This situation is a method that is partially used by companies and is definitely not recommended and illegal.
It is known that in the event that it is detected that access to mobile applications and websites that have been banned and access to which has been blocked by the latest law amendments and decrees with the force of law, for whatever reason, it is known that harsh criminal proceedings will be taken against individuals, which is a major handicap for companies in terms of the number of potential users.
