Last week, it was announced that the IMEI record of a phone that has not been used for 1 year will be deleted. MOBİSAD’s Chairman Mustafa Kemal Turnacı, who had an influence on the controversial decision today, became a trending topic on social media with a phone company called Mobilfon.
Last week, there was a development that was of great concern to phone owners in our country and attracted great reaction across the country. The decision of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) published in the Official Gazette, The IMEI record of phones that are not used for 1 year will be deleted. had shown. In other words, phones that could not receive a signal for 1 year could not be used with the line.
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MOBİSAD (Mobile Communication Tools and Information Technologies Business People Association) was influential in making this decision, which attracted great reactions. The association said that this way IMEI cloning would be prevented. While the discussions continue today MOBİSAD Chairman Mustafa Kemal Turnacı There was a controversial development regarding the issue. Turnacı’s Mobilfon, of which he is a founding partner The post of his company became a trending topic on social media.
Post made by Mobilfon before the IMEI decision was published in the Official Gazette
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Mobilfon, the renewed telephone company of MOBİSAD Chairman Mustafa Kemal Turnacı, was brought to the agenda on September 19. In the post made a few weeks before the IMEI decision, there were statements such as that the phones whose registration will be deleted can be sold to Mobilfon and make a profit:
“Your mobile phones in the drawer “Sell it to Mobilfon at its value and safely without wasting any time, and make a profit before it becomes completely unusable.”
Both the time when the post was shared and the fact that the company belongs to Turnacı attracted the reaction of users. The decision that reduced the IMEI registration period to 1 year was actually It has been accepted by the parliament in 2022, so it has been known for a while. It should be noted. Let us add that after what happened, a statement came from Turnacı regarding the issue.
Statement by MOBİSAD President Turnacı
Turnacı responded to an account expressing his reaction. He used the following expressions in his answer: “The regulation was passed by the parliament as of November 1, 2022. Such posts have been made by companies in the sector for 1 year. In addition, our committee representing renewal centers, of which all companies licensed in our country within MOBİSAD are members, expresses its opinions in relevant areas. I am not in this committee within the framework of ethical values. For your information…”
Some of the reactions were as follows:
