Media, Press and Information Law

Media, Press and Information Law covers all means of broadcasting and communication, including periodicals such as newspapers and magazines, books and similar printed works, radio and television. In the sector that develops under this concept, media-press law has a very important and very broad place in terms of the commercial activities of media-press companies, the legal status of press workers and crimes committed through the press. For example, journalists and media workers face great social and economic difficulties. There is a rapid increase in the number of crimes committed through the media and attacks on personal rights. In addition, the legal relations between TV series and movie producers, advertisers and media companies have an intricate structure. Our law firm provides all kinds of legal services in terms of media and press law. We can list the litigation attorney services and consultancy services provided in this field as follows:

Litigation Attorney Services

1. Press Labor cases

2. Complaint to the Press Council

3. Answers and Corrections in Attacks on Personal Rights by the Press and Radio and Television

4. Complaints to the Public Prosecutor’s Office due to publications that constitute insult and blasphemy crimes

5. Cases involving allegations of defamation, slander, defamatory publications

6. Complaints and notifications to the Radio and Television Supreme Council

7. Prevention of danger of rape cases

8. Injunction proceedings

9. Material and moral damage lawsuits filed due to written and visual publications

10. Lawsuits to be filed for crimes committed through the press under the new Turkish Penal Code and the Anti-Terror Law

Consulting Services

1. Supervision and regulation of press labor contracts

2. Monitoring the personal rights of press workers

3. Supervision and regulation of series production and license agreements

4. Supervision and regulation of edition contracts

5. Supervision and regulation of film production and distribution agreements

6. Regular scanning of the Internet and detection of violations of personal rights and copyrights and necessary

carrying out interventions

7. Supervision and regulation of permit applications and resolution of license disputes

8. Ensuring that the activities of the media organ comply with the legislation in force, (RTÜK etc. legislation)

9. Examination of media companies in terms of tax and labor law

10. Carrying out legal proceedings with RTÜK and other administrative authorities regarding private television organizations

11. Legal supervision and regulation of radio-television broadcasts and print media publications

12. Supervision and regulation of sponsor and advertising contracts

13. Supervision and regulation of construction contracts

14. Daily scanning and auditing of publications and publications in terms of copyright and intellectual property rights and making necessary interventions

15. Investigation and determination of violations of personal rights through written or visual media