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
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 defined as “works such as films of an…
Sinema Eserlerinde İcracı Sanatçıların Bağlantılı Hakları
5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunu ("FSEK") uyarınca korunan eser türlerinden biri olan sinema eserleri “her çeşit eşsiz, bilimsel, öğretici veya teknik mahiyette olan veya günlük olayları…
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…
Draft Bill to Amend The Turkish Competition Law
Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority”) prepared a Draft Bill (“Draft Bill”) in order to amend the Law on Protection of Competition with numbered 4054 (“Competition Law”) recently and shared it…
Actor Contracts
According to the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works with No. 5846 (“IPL”) one of the protected types of works is a cinematographic works. There are many kinds such as motion picture, TV series,…