Turkey: Looking Back at the Legal Developments in 2023
2023 has marked many legal milestones and as the year comes to an end, we’ve rounded up the ones in the fields of technology, data protection, advertising, and intellectual and industrial property:……
An Important Decision by the Constitutional Court: Lack of Adequate Judicial Assessment for Privacy Related Fine
The Constitutional Court’s Decision No. 2020/7518 (“Decision”) was published on the Official Gazette on December 15, 2023. The Decision pertains to the violation of property rights resulting from an…
The Performer’s Related Rights in Cinematographic Works
Bu yazıyı Türkçe okumak için tıklayınız. Cinematographic works, which are one of the types of works protected in accordance with the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846 (“IPL”), are…
Sinema Eserlerinde İcracı Sanatçıların Bağlantılı Hakları
Click here to read this text in English. 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu ("FSEK") uyarınca korunan eser türlerinden biri olan sinema eserleri “her çeşit eşsiz, bilimsel, öğretici veya…
Regulation on E-Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and E-Commerce Service Providers
The Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce was amended on 07.07.2022. Accordingly, the Regulation on Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and Electronic Commerce Service…
Turkish Data Protection Authority Started Enforcement Against Foreign Controllers
Recently, the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) started sending information request letters dated August 15, 2022, to foreign controllers (data controllers located outside Turkey but…