Advertising ban in lawyers

The legal profession does not have a long history in our country. In the legal profession, which has developed mainly since the Tazminat, the quality of public service predominates and regulations have been made for this. Advertising ban is one of the regulations made in this context. Attorneyship; some regulations were made as a result of this practice, which was based on issues such as independence, public service, dignity and honor, and prevention of unfair competition among lawyers. In this context, article 55 of the Attorneyship Law has a general regulation under the heading of prohibition of advertising. The more detailed regulation is the Turkish Bar Association Advertising Ban Regulation issued based on this article. This regulation detailed and concretized the prohibition. In addition of these, in the Professional Rules issued by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, rules 7, 8 and 40 mainly relate to the prohibition of advertising in attorneyship. Which the disciplinary punishments given by the Bar Associations and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations against acts contrary to these regulations, the prohibition became concrete. Prohibition of advertising in the advocacy; It is defended by some lawyers, taking into account the issues presented as justification for the regulations. However, these prohibitions and regulations are criticized by most of the lawyers and it is said that they do not comply with today's conditions. In addition, this majority; They emphasize that the ban has been softened in other countries and that advertising is a right rather than a ban, and they support their views. Although we have made our evaluation within the scope of the thesis, we also clearly see that the ban does not comply with today's conditions and is not implemented sufficiently, therefore, there is no unity of application. For this reason, in our opinion, necessary improvements and arrangements in accordance with today's conditions. Keywords Public service, Independence, Advertising, Prohibition, Right, Advertising Ban, Advocacy, Rivalry, Unfair Competition.