27.08.2026 21:40
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced the details of the social media regulation, which he stated would come to the Parliament's agenda in October. Stating that they want to prevent reputational assassinations carried out through fake and anonymous accounts, Gürlek said that the identity of who opened the accounts would be determined through the T.C. identity number using a 'key model,' and that this information would be kept at the Cyber Security Presidency.
Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek announced that the new regulation prepared for social media use will come to the Parliament's agenda in October.
Stating that the regulation is not among the articles accepted within the scope of the 12th Judicial Package, Gürlek said that the aim is to establish rules on social media.
“LET NO ONE BE SLANDERED, NO REPUTATION ASSASSINATIONS BE CARRIED OUT”
Stating that social media has become a very great power, Gürlek said that reputation attacks are carried out through fake and anonymous accounts on platforms.
Speaking on a live broadcast where he was a guest on tv100, Gürlek explained the purpose of the regulation as follows: "I have been saying from the beginning, social media is currently a very great power. Accounts are opened there, reputation assassinations are carried out. There are no rules here. What we want is that there be a rule on social media, and everyone knows this rule. That is, by opening an account here, opening a fake account, opening an anonymous account, or opening a fake account, let no one be slandered and no reputation assassinations be carried out."
'KEY MODEL' SYSTEM IS COMING
Drawing attention to the fact that social media can also be used by criminal organizations, Gürlek stated that with the new regulation, a 'key model' system will be established to identify the people behind the accounts.
Minister Gürlek said, "Here, who opened the social media account, especially with the 'key model', with the Turkish ID number, who opened it... First of all, you know our Cyber Presidency is now enacted.
This information will be in our Cyber Presidency."
IDENTITY INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH PLATFORMS
Addressing the concerns that citizens' identity information regarding their social media accounts would be transferred to the servers of foreign-origin social media platforms, Gürlek said that such a practice is not in question.
Gürlek said, "Our citizens also have a hesitation like this. 'Will my social media accounts be shared with foreign-origin platform servers?' Absolutely not, this information will remain with the state."
INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE ACCESSED IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
Stating that identity information will only be used if requested within the scope of a criminal investigation or a case, Gürlek said, "If a crime is being committed and if there is a case or investigation in the prosecutor's office or court regarding the commission of this crime, when they write to the cyber presidency, that information will come. But except for this, the information will remain with us."