Social Media & Content Startup Consulting

Scoped planning support for a social media or content venture, not platform development

Launching a social media, content or creator-economy platform with a footprint in Turkey raises company-structuring, data-protection and platform-regulation questions worth mapping out early. FTurkey is a consulting and coordination company, not a law firm or a software or platform development house; FTurkey does not build your app or platform, does not run your content moderation, and does not manage your marketing or influencer campaigns. Within an agreed written scope, FTurkey helps founders understand the Turkish regulatory landscape relevant to a content or social platform and coordinates introductions to the licensed lawyers, compliance specialists and technical partners needed to move the project forward.

Understanding data protection obligations under KVKK

Any platform that collects user data — accounts, messages, location, behavioural or advertising data — is generally subject to Turkey's Law on the Protection of Personal Data (Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu, KVKK), which sets requirements for consent, data processing registration with the Data Controllers' Registry (VERBİS) above certain thresholds, cross-border data transfer, and breach notification. Whether your specific product and data flows trigger particular KVKK obligations is a determination for a licensed KVKK/data protection lawyer, not FTurkey. FTurkey can help you understand, at a general level, that this framework exists and identify the questions about your data model that need a qualified legal review before launch.

Social media platform and content-related obligations

Depending on scale and function, a platform may also fall within the scope of Turkey's Law No. 5651 on internet content and the social network provider (sosyal ağ sağlayıcı) framework, which can require a local representative and content-reporting mechanisms above certain user thresholds, alongside general advertising and disclosure rules from the Advertising Board (Reklam Kurulu) relevant to influencer and sponsored content. FTurkey can help you understand that these frameworks exist and coordinate an introduction to a media/technology lawyer who can assess whether and how they apply to your specific platform and scale.

Company structure and go-to-market planning questions

Decisions on where to incorporate, whether Turkish user data requires local infrastructure or a Turkish operating entity, and how influencer, creator or advertiser contracts should be structured, are best organised before development and outreach begin. FTurkey can help you assemble these questions and the relevant facts (target audience, monetisation model, data flows) for a licensed corporate lawyer and mali müşavir, and can coordinate the working relationship between them; FTurkey does not draft your terms of service, privacy policy or influencer contracts itself.

Coordinating your advisory and technical team

Where useful, FTurkey can help identify and brief independent lawyers, KVKK/compliance consultants and technical partners suited to your project's stage, translate documentation, and maintain a shared timeline across these workstreams. Platform or app development, content moderation systems, marketing execution and influencer outreach are separately scoped engagements — either with FTurkey under a distinct agreement or directly with the specialists involved — and are not included by default.

What this service does not include

FTurkey does not register your platform with any authority, does not guarantee a particular audience size, engagement level or monetisation outcome, and does not provide legal, tax or investment advice. Ongoing content moderation, community management and advertising campaign management are outside this service unless separately agreed in writing.

Request a proposal

Request a quote describing your platform concept, target audience and the type of user data involved, and what you would like clarified before engaging licensed specialists. FTurkey can then propose a written scope for the orientation and coordination support available for your case.