Turkiye: Bill on Digital Copyright and Online News Content including content remuneration regulation was introduced to Grand National Assembly

On 10 February 2026, the Bill on Digital Copyright and Online News Content was introduced to the Grand National Assembly. The Bill defines an in-scope large digital platform as a digital platform with Turkey-sourced annual gross digital service revenue exceeding TRY 100 million or a monthly average active user number in Turkey exceeding 1 million, assessed across platforms within the same economic unity, and updated at the start of each calendar year using the revaluation rate. The Bill sets negotiation and payment duties for the economically value-creating use of online news content and provides for quarterly payment unless otherwise agreed. It requires mandatory mediation for 30 days, extendable once by 15 days, followed by a five-member Digital Copyright Dispute Board within BTK with a 60-day decision deadline and administrative judicial review. It prohibits retaliation and discriminatory treatment linked to negotiation, including visibility reduction and algorithmic disadvantage. It provides exemptions, sanctions, and entry-into-force rules, including Articles 4–20, applying six months after publication and execution by the President.