Advertisement Board, with its highly controversial decision on November 2020; deemed the promotions and the sales of products such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, phone cases, beach towels offered for sale on various e-commerce sites with expressions ”normal”, “LGBT”, “LGBT Power”, “Equality, Bisexual, Freedom, Lesbian, Gay, Love is Love, Homosexual”, LGBT Relationship”, “Love is Love”, “Pride”, “Peace”, “Love is Love”, and rainbow themes without +18 markings against…
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After the first COVID-19 case encounter in our country, the advertisements of the food supplements and foods with health claims and nutrition claims have increased. The said products have been advertised and promoted to consumers on diverse platforms, including TV, radio and online platforms.
Competent legal authorities launched investigations since some food supplements advertised are not even authorised for sales, and some made misleading health claims in their advertising.…
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In its meeting dated 14.07.2020 and numbered 299, the Advertisement Board imposed sanctions against the advertisement of a food supplement with the false health claim by various celebrities and ordered to cease the broadcast of food supplement’s advertisement and imposed administrative monetary fine corresponding to 104.781 Turkish Liras against each celebrity who advertised the product on his / her social media page as well as the advertiser.
The Advertisement Board examined…
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In its decision dated 11.02.2020 and numbered 2019/9931, the Advertisement Board examined a campaign regarding free ice tea coupons accompanying potato chips and the advertisement of the referred products. The Advertisement Board held that the said campaign and the referred advertisements are compliant with the Consumer Protection Law numbered 6502 and the Advertising Regulation and imposed no sanction against these promotions.
Shortly after the decision mentioned above, in…
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Due to the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and worldwide, demand for protective masks, sanitisers, cleaning products and foodstuff significantly increased. Some companies exorbitantly and inequitably increased prices of such goods, substances and materials, which the consumers intensively demanded during this outbreak.
The Advertisement Board, in March 2020, ordered a decision for suspension of the referred actions and imposition of 10.090.060 Turkish liras…
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During the COVID-19 outbreak, some entities exorbitantly increased the prices of masks, disinfectants, colognes, wet wipes and foodstuff against the standards of professional care in contrast with the normal functioning of the market and in a way that is negatively affecting the usual purchasing behaviour of the consumers.
By taking the exorbitant price increases into account, an additional article titled “Exorbitant price increase, stockpiling and Unfair Price Assessment…
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