Law firm websites in Turkey, within the bar's rules.

Article 55 of the Turkish Attorneys' Act (Law No. 1136) prohibits lawyers from any attempt or act that could count as advertising in order to obtain work, and applies the same ban to shared law offices and law partnerships. The details sit in the Union of Turkish Bar Associations' (TBB) Advertising Ban Regulation, whose online rules were rewritten in August 2024 and now live in Article 7.

The TBB Professional Rules point the same way: a lawyer avoids conduct aimed purely at gaining fame and refrains from any conduct aimed at obtaining work. For an international firm used to legal marketing elsewhere, this is the main adjustment. A Turkish law firm website is a professional record, not a sales funnel.

The regulation lists what a lawyer's website may show and limits the site to that information:

• Lawyers' names, any academic legal title, and photographs
• The registered name of the law partnership or the office name
• TBB and bar registration numbers
• Year of admission, university attended and foreign languages spoken
• Office address, phone and fax numbers, email and registered email (KEP) addresses
• Information on the firm's areas of practice, provided it does not amount to a claim of specialisation

Within that frame, quality shows in the details: clear typography, readable team pages, accurate contact information and a fast, accessible interface. An English version presents the same permitted information to foreign clients, which matters for firms advising international companies and individuals.

The regulation explicitly bans the following on lawyers' websites:

• Client or advisee information, whether called "references" or anything else
• Content that showcases past or ongoing cases in a way that could amount to advertising
• A domain name aimed at fame, at placing yourself above colleagues or at winning work through advertising
• Steering code, keywords, subdomains or page addresses designed to rank higher in search engines
• Paid or unpaid boosting of content about yourself, redirecting shortcuts, or giving or accepting online advertising
• Publications sharing general, abstract information for the purpose of obtaining work

That last point is why "just start a blog for SEO" is risky advice for a Turkish law firm. The regulation does not ban informative writing as such; it bans publishing for the purpose of obtaining work, and where that line falls is shaped by bar disciplinary practice. We make content decisions with you, and with your bar's view where needed.

We do not sell SEO campaigns or Google Ads to Turkish law firms; the regulation expressly rules out search-ranking tactics and online advertising. What we do is more basic and still valuable: a technically sound, fast and accessible site, set up in Search Console, so that someone searching for your firm's name or your lawyers' names finds accurate, current information.

For map listings such as Google Business Profile, we suggest the same restraint: correct name, address, phone and hours, without review-gathering campaigns, paid boosts or keyword-stuffed descriptions. The regulation does not address these listings separately, so confirm the approach with your bar.

Contact forms should not collect sensitive case details. Ours ask for a name, contact details and a short note, with the privacy notice required by Article 10 of Turkey's data protection law (KVKK) next to the form, and third-party tools kept to a minimum.

This page is general information, not legal advice. Your bar has the final word on how the rules apply to your site.