In Turkey, the Directorate of Communications (Turkish: İletişim Başkanlığı) was established with the Presidential Decree No. 14, published in the Official Gazette No. 30488 dated 24 July 2018.[1] It replaced the now-defunct Press, Publishing and Information General Management (Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü) and is affiliated with the Office of the President of Turkey.