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Cybersecurity Law No. 7545 Entered into Force on 19 March 2025. The Law Contains Regulations Regarding the Prevention of Cyber Threats and the Protection of Critical Infrastructures 1. Cybersecurity Directorate The Cybersecurity Directorate (“Directorate”) was established by Presidential Decree […]

The 2024 Annual Report (“Report”), issued by the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”), outlines the regulatory activities of the Authority under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (“DP Law”), based on statistical data. The Report outlines […]

The data subject (“Applicant”) filed a criminal complaint alleging that his employer, who terminated the employment contract, examined his bank account movements without the applicant’s knowledge and consent in order not to pay his labor receivables. The applicant alleges […]

The Law on the Amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Certain Laws (“Law“), published in Official Gazette dated 12 March 2024 and numbered 32487, important amendments have been made to the Law on the Protection of Personal […]

The Guideline for the Protection of Privacy in Mobile Applications  contains recommendations on the current and potential risks related to personal data processing activities in mobile applications. The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority“) published the Guideline for the Protection […]

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Working Procedures and Principles of the Personal Data Protection Board was published in the Official Gazette dated 30 December 2023 and numbered 32415 to amend the articles on the matters to be […]

Preface With reference to the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698, this study, written in the law’s fifth year of enactment, and shared with you in a fourth edition this year, pertains specifically to the period between 1 January […]

The decision of the Constitutional Court with application number 2020/7518 and decision date 12 October 2023, was published in Official Gazette number 32400 on 15 December 2023. In the decision, the Constitutional Court determined that the rejection of objections […]

In the case regarding the termination of the employment contracts of the applicants due to their social media posts, the Constitutional Court decided that the right to respect for private life and freedom of expression were violated, whereas the […]

Pursuant to the Consumer Protection Law, advertisements must be carried out in compliance with the matters specified in the law and principal decisions. Otherwise, the Advertisement Board (“Board”) has the right and authority to impose various sanctions. The scope […]