Elon Musk’s latest company X (Formerly Twitter), As far as it is reported, Turkey may soon face a band narrowing.
In the past months Information Technologies and Communications Authority’With the decision dated 19 July 2023 and numbered 39225, those who fail to fulfill their obligation to appoint and notify representatives X A ban was imposed on advertising on the platform. who made a statement on this matter Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayanconveyed and warned: “Despite the time given and all negotiations, X, who did not fulfill his obligation to appoint and notify a representative in accordance with the new regulation, was banned from advertising by real and legal persons who are taxpayers resident in Turkey. In accordance with the ban, no new advertisements can be given to X, no new contracts can be established within this scope and no money transfers can be made regarding this. The expenses of the advertisements given to those who are subject to an advertising ban will be counted among the payments that are not accepted as expenses in accordance with the Income Tax Law and the discounts that are not accepted in accordance with the Corporate Tax Law. If a representative is not determined within 3 months, narrowing the bandwidth to X will be on the agenda.” This is the three month period As reported on T24 It ends exactly on October 21st. According to the news, if X does not appoint a representative to Turkey by October 21, Information Technologies Authority (BTK) President Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu will inform In order to apply 50 percent band narrowing can apply to the court.
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If band throttling is implemented, there will be serious access problems to X, and even paying subscribers will start to experience problems. Since Musk has strong connections with Turkey, it is possible that the problem will be resolved before October 21, but it is still difficult to say for sure for now. Meanwhile, if X does not appoint a representative in the face of this possible sanction, An application can be made to BTK President Karagözoğlu Criminal Judgeship of Peace to narrow the bandwidth up to 90 percent.