The webinar was opened with a welcome address from Prof Ayşegül Buğra Şar (ELI Turkish Hub Co-Chair; Koç University, Istanbul) and was followed by a detailed presentation of the ‘ELI Model Rules on Online Platforms’ by Mr Onur Doğan Yörük (Research Assistant at Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul), who also translated the ELI Model Rules to Turkish. Discussions were led by Prof Eylem Aksoy Retornaz (Galatasaray University, Istanbul) and Prof Kadir Berk Kapancı (MEF University, Istanbul). Prof Eylem Aksoy Retornaz elaborated on the importance of regulating different types of platforms and criticised the broadness of article 8 of the ELI Model Rules (Duty to Protect Users), compared to Turkish. Subsequently, Prof Kadir Berk Kapancı explained how platforms are regulated under Turkish consumer law and compared these provisions with the ELI Model Rules.

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The recording of the webinar is available below: