Note: all parties are Turkish citizens, living in Turkey.


A small website design and software progamming start-up is in its sixth monthof operations and just beginning to make a name for itself and make some profit.

A few months ago a client came from another company, unhappy because the other company could not deliver the project. So the new company took the project, finished it and the client went away happy.

Now the second company has posted on two conusmer forums (and possibly on Facebook)about how the first company is cheating and deceiving everyone. They have also stolen his opening web page, presented it as their own and purposely cheated clients so it reflects back to the first company.

On Google search, the first company comes up first, as it should, but then these two forum websites come up right after with these criticisms and complaints in full site. The rate of new clents has dropped noticeably and the owner is worried and demoralized (That is when ı offered to do some reseaarch into Tukrish Internet law)

The owner of the first company has written to both web hosting sites and demanded that the fake accounts be removed, the lies removed and the identities of the people revealed but he can get no answer.

I think there must be a legal solution to this. Any ideas?