Turkiye: President signed Law on Amendments to the Social Services Law and Certain Laws (Law No. 7578) including content moderation regulation

On 30 April 2026, the President signed the Law on Amendments to the Social Services Law and Certain Laws (Law No. 7578). Article 22 of Law No. 7578 amends Additional Article 4 of Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed Through Such Publications by adding new content moderation obligations on social network providers and expanding the scope of an existing obligation. The pre-existing takedown obligation on social network providers, previously limited to content within the scope of Articles 9 and 9/A of Law No. 5651, now extends to all categories of content moderation decisions issued under Law No. 5651. Social network providers with daily access from Turkey exceeding 10 million are required to implement urgent content removal and access-blocking decisions issued under Article 8/A of Law No. 5651 immediately and within 1 hour. The same providers are required to take all necessary measures to prevent the republication on their own websites of content subject to removal or access-blocking decisions. Social network providers are obliged to take measures to prevent deceptive advertisements. Article 22 of Law No. 7578 enters into force 6 months after publication of the Law in the Official Gazette in accordance with Article 27 of the Law.