BetBlocker announces the launch of Turkish language tool as the service expands to support another 90 million people.

Gambling harm prevention charity BetBlocker today announces the expansion of their award winning support into the Turkish language.

BetBlocker’s support was accessed by massive numbers of people in 2025, with over three hundred thousand unique users activating a block over the course of the year. This high level of uptake has been facilitated by the wide range of languages that the charity has translated their support into.

With primary Turkish support service Yesilay reporting that request for assistance with gambling are now outpacing alcohol, substance or tobacco, and high levels of uptake and harm amongst young populations, the launch of Turkish language support is timely and relevant.

Founder and Trustee for BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, offered these comments:

“BetBlocker is genuinely excited to roll out our second language expansion of 2026.

We’ve experienced phenomenal uptake of the service over the last 12 months and figures hare steadily rising. One of the biggest drivers of that growth has been improving the accessibility of our support by meeting users where they are and offering support in the language that they’re most comfortable accessing in.

Alongside Turkey itself, there are substantial Turkish speaking communities across Europe, the Middle East and North America. It is our hope that this evolution of BetBlocker will ensure that a deeper level of support is available more widely across the Turkish diaspora.

BetBlocker would like to offer our deepest thanks to Fatmatuz Zehra Pehlivan, a Clinical Psychologist and researcher, who volunteers Green Cresent in the field of addiction treatment. Fatmatuz volunteered her time to help translate our app, and every Turkish language user we support owe her their thanks for the donation of her time and expertise.

As with many of the communities BetBlocker now supports, we would not be able to reach so many people without the kindness and generosity of field experts like Fatmatuz.”