Elektrik.Center is Turkey's first and largest social media platform, offering content, news, and services on a variety of topics while maintaining interactive communication with its users. In this context, Elektrik.Center has adopted specific publishing principles.
The Elektrik.Center Publishing Principles are the expression of our values and standards. These principles govern the correct practices we expect from all creators and editors of content on Elektrik.Center, regardless of whether the content is produced by Elektrik.Center itself or by an independent company working for Elektrik.Center:
Accuracy
Content and news published on the site cannot be published without proper research and verification. It is one of our top priorities to provide realistic and unbiased publications that do not mislead people. Therefore, accuracy and reliability are fundamental rules for our editors.
Our goal is to minimize errors due to a lack of information or care and to correct them as quickly as possible.
We respect the right of reply and rectification in response to incorrect publications.
Respect
We strive not to demean anyone based on race, gender, age, health, political views, social status, community opinion, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs in our content. We avoid causing harm to groups that require special attention, such as children, people with disabilities, and minorities.
We do not allow content that could incite hatred, disrupt national unity, or create religious or moral discord.
We do not publish content that restricts freedom of thought, conscience, and expression, undermines general morality, religious feelings, or the fundamental pillars of the family institution.
We avoid content that promotes violence and bullying or undermines human values.
We are careful not to include details and elements that could negatively affect people's development, incite crime, or have a negative impact, especially on children, in violent crime events that occasionally appear in our content or news.
We ensure that our content and news do not contradict the national and moral values of society and the family structure. We avoid publications that could damage the family structure, the smallest unit of society.
We do not declare anyone guilty unless determined by a court decision.
Individual Rights
We ensure that all aspects of our services respect human dignity and fundamental human rights.
We respect the privacy of private life and do not violate it without a valid reason. We do not make private behaviors, communications, or conversations public unless there is a clear public interest.
We do not make the private lives of individuals a subject of publication except when required by public interest.
We do not use the personal information or photographs of others as content without their permission.
We take care not to include defamatory, insulting, or slanderous statements that go beyond the bounds of criticism in our content and news.
Neutrality and Diversity of Opinion
We strive to produce our content, services, and topics from multiple perspectives, not just from a single point of view.
For this reason, we try to act objectively rather than expressing personal opinions.
Although site editors create the main structure of the site's content, our users can also contribute to the site. Therefore, diversity of opinion and representation of different thoughts are essential elements for us.
Editorial Integrity and Independence
Elektrik.Center is independent of the state and partisan interests. Our users should be confident that political or commercial pressures or personal interests do not influence our decisions.
We adhere to the principles of neutrality, reality, and accuracy in the publication of our news, ensure that freedom of opinion is not hindered, and protect the confidentiality of news sources except when it is intended to mislead the public.
We adhere to the principle of not taking content from Turkish sites that are similar in format to ours.
We do not publish information and content taken, collected, or compiled from other sources without citing the source.
We do not present as our own work any product that a press organ has specially produced before the distribution process of that press organ is completed.
One of our primary goals is to ensure that our content or news captures or sets the agenda. For this reason, we emphasize that our content consists of concrete and creative elements without losing its main structure.
Our editors do not use news and content for immoral personal purposes and interests.
