Web Accessibility Audit.

Why an accessibility plugin is not the fix

A fix-up script loaded on top of the page (an overlay) does not change the source code: the wrong heading hierarchy, the unlabeled form field and the menu that cannot be reached by keyboard stay exactly where they are. The script loads extra JavaScript on every visit and can clash with the tools screen reader users already rely on — which is why accessibility experts have signed a joint statement against overlays. The lasting fix is to correct the problem in the template where it originates.

Automated scanning is only part of the job

Automated tools find the issues a machine can decide, such as contrast or missing alternative text; they cannot tell whether an alternative text is accurate or whether the focus order makes sense. The limits of automated testing define the audit’s method: scanning is the starting point, manual testing is the result.

Accessibility is a deliverable

Every release of this site passes an automated accessibility audit and a suite of 1462 tests before it goes live; the focus ring, touch targets and contrast each have their own guard in that suite. The same logic is built into the site that is handed over: accessibility is not a job done once and left behind, but a contract measured again with every update.

Accessibility and search read the same structure

A meaningful heading structure, alternative text and links that make sense from their own text are the structure that a screen reader, a search engine and an answer engine all read. An accessible page is also more legible to machines — the very “two readers” principle of this site’s method.

WCAG 2.2 AA audit

The audit’s yardstick is WCAG 2.2. The target level is AA: it is the technical reference of European regulation and the level most tender specifications require. Targeting AA also meets the level A the Circular requires; the difference is explained in the A, AA and AAA guide.

The Circular checklist: 2025/10

The checklist of the Ministry of Family and Social Services makes level A auditable question by question. The report is also delivered in that list’s order, so an institution entering the monitoring process can answer every question with a screenshot. More on the Circular: the Presidential Circular and its checklist.

Preparing for the European Accessibility Act (EAA)

If you sell online to consumers in the EU, the EAA may apply to you regardless of where your company is established. In that case the audit follows the web section of the European standard EN 301 549 and includes the pages in the target market’s language.

Accessibility statement

The statement says plainly which criteria the site meets, the known gaps and how to give feedback. It is not a claim but a summary of the measurement; that is why it is written after the audit, not before.

The summary below is taken from the official texts and is not legal advice; consult a lawyer about your own obligations.

Turkey: Presidential Circular No. 2025/10

Published in the Official Gazette on 21 June 2025, the Circular requires websites and mobile applications to be brought into line with the Ministry’s level A checklist and WCAG 2.2. A one-year period was given to public institutions and organizations, universities, municipalities and municipal companies, banks, private hospitals, private education institutions opened with the permission of the Ministry of National Education, private passenger transport companies, Group A travel agencies and electronic communications operators with more than 200,000 subscribers. Service providers engaged in electronic commerce under Law No. 6563 were given two years.

Monitoring is carried out by commissions set up by the Ministry of Family and Social Services; an organization found accessible is granted the right to use the Accessibility Logo for two years.

European Union: the European Accessibility Act

EU Directive 2019/882 has applied since 28 June 2025. Its scope is products and services offered to consumers; e-commerce services through which contracts with consumers are concluded online are one of them. What matters is not where the company is established but whether the service is offered to consumers in the EU. Microenterprises with fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet total of no more than two million euros are exempt from the service obligations. Its German implementation is the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG).

Who it does not directly cover

A company website of a manufacturer that sells only to businesses does not appear to fall directly within either regulation. Even so, accessibility comes up in tenders, in large buyers’ supplier specifications and in the structure search engines read: accessibility and SEO.

Istanbul, TR — remote by default; on site when it matters.