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…
New Requirements for OTTs in Turkey
The Amendment Law on the Media Law and Other Laws (“Amendment Law”) was published in the Official Gazette on 18 October 2022. The Amendment Law incorporated significant amendments to the Electronic…
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…
Proposal for the Amendment of the Press Law
On 26/05/2022, a proposal numbered 2/4471 on the Amendment of the Press Law and Other Laws, consisting of 40 articles, was submitted to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.…
Technology law in Turkey: highlights from 2021
The ongoing covid-19 pandemic dominated legal developments in 2021 as restrictions were maintained in order to mitigate its impact. In addition to that, developments in the field of technology,…
Countdown For Compliance with Turkish Data Protection Law
Natural or legal persons who process personal data under the Law on Personal Data Protection with no. 6698 (“DPL”) must register to the Data Controllers’ Registry (“VERBIS”) prior to start of data…
Foreign Data Controllers Must Appoint a Data Controller Representative in Turkey
The Law on Personal Data Protection w. no: 6698 (“DPL”) sets forth obligations, principles and procedures which shall be binding upon natural or legal persons who process personal data. Similar to…