Legal Notes.
In these days when we see a lot of news about Turkey's removal from the Financial Action Task Force grey list, very little has been…
In our previous articles, we analysed whether the Misdemeanours Act numbered 5326 (the “Misdemeanours Act”) or Article 20(3) of the Turkish Constitution could constitute a…
In our previous article (see here), we analysed whether the Personal Data Protection Board (the “Board”) can rely on the Misdemeanours Act numbered 5326 to…
There is no provision on territorial scope under the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (the “PDPL”). However, this does not prevent the Turkish Personal…
In this brief article we will analyze the practice of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (the “Board”) of relying on Articles 12 and 18…
Life in Turkey may sometimes be a scene from Stephen King’s novel. But King once said that “hope is a good thing, maybe the best…
Financial Crimes Investigation Board ("MASAK") published its guidelines on Politically Exposed Persons (“PEP”) in November 2022 (“Guidelines”) in which it lays out the international standards,…
The Turkish Competition Authority (the “TCA”) declared that the current competition regulations in Turkey are not sufficient to keep up with the pace of digitalization…
The Turkish Law on Regulations of Electronic Commerce (the “Law No. 6563”) has been significantly amended on 01 July 2022 to provide a more secure…
International transfer of personal data is one of the most important and problematic issues in data protection practice both for regulators and practitioners. It is…