The short answer is yes, it carries over — but with an important exception. Article 75(3) of the Regulation on Official Announcements and Advertisements regulates the carryover, and Article 75(4) sets out the situation in which the right to it is lost. The two must be read together.
The rule: the difference is reflected in the following month
Article 75(3) establishes a two-way set-off: official announcements published by newspapers or online news sites in excess or in deficit within a month are deducted from or added to their quota in the following month.
| Situation | Result |
|---|---|
| Published fewer announcements than the quota | The difference is added to the following month’s quota |
| Published more announcements than the quota | The difference is deducted from the following month’s quota |
That arrangement is designed to smooth monthly fluctuation. If the announcement volume was low in a month, or announcements could not be published for a technical reason, the difference is not lost; it is made up the following month. Conversely, if too many were published, that too is set off against the next month.
The exception: no balance may be claimed in cases of neglect
The fourth paragraph limits the right of carryover, and this is the article’s most critical sentence: newspapers and online news sites that do not publish official announcements in time, or that refrain from publishing them without a justified reason, may not claim those balances in the following months when they have not published announcements up to their monthly quota.
Two concepts are listed separately and both extinguish the right to a balance:
- Not publishing in time. The announcement reached you but was not published within the period.
- Refraining from publishing without justified reason. Refusing to publish the announcement.
Periods shorter than a month
Article 75(2) regulates partial periods: where for any reason official announcements must be given for less than a month, the amount of announcements to be published is found on the basis of the daily quotas of the newspapers or online news sites.
The daily quota, under the first paragraph, is one thirtieth of the total indicator number. Where stated in the declaration, that divisor is applied as 26 for newspapers not published one day a week.
That provision matters particularly for publications acquiring the right, or resuming it, in the middle of a month: not a full quota but a quota for the remaining number of days arises that month.
Tracking the quota
Under Article 71(4) the official announcement quota and distribution tables are opened to the access of the relevant newspapers or online news sites through İLANBİS following the finalisation of end-of-month operations.
That is where you can see whether carryover and set-off operations have been reflected correctly. Downloading the monthly table regularly and comparing it with your own records lets you catch an error early and support a claim for a balance with evidence.
Conclusion
Official announcements published in excess or in deficit within a month are deducted from or added to the following month’s quota. But publications that do not publish announcements in time, or refrain from publishing without justified reason, cannot claim the outstanding balance in later months.
How the quota is calculated is covered in the monthly quota guide and the coefficient in the coefficient guide.