Turkey Messaging Rules, Decoded: KVKK Scope vs GDPR and BTK Sender IDs
A deep-dive on launching SMS into Turkey on Devotel Orbit: KVKK and the GDPR-tricking scope question (controller obligations, foreign representative, cross-border transfer), BTK's reserved sender prefixes (GOV, BANK, SGK, MEB), strict sender-ID mode's restricted_prefix code, sender registration with KYC documents, Turkish opt-out vocabulary (DUR, İPTAL, ÇIKIŞ), and the data-residency posture for TR records.
- Turkey
- KVKK
- BTK
- KVK
- sender ID
- restricted prefix
- compliance
- opt-out
- data residency
- 2026