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Brief overview of the law and enforcement regime Bribery, as regulated under Article 252 of the Turkish Criminal Code (“TCC”), is a crime that can be committed by certain persons.  Specifically, bribery can only be committed mutually, involving at […]

The following law(s) specifically govern personal data / information: Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“ Law ”) is the main law governing personal data. Other than that, Electronic Communication Law No. 5809, The Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. […]

1. Introduction The Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers (“Regulation”) and the Communiqué on Information Systems of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions and Data Sharing Services in the Field of Payment Services Providers […]

Regulation Amending the Regulation regarding the Procedures and Principles on Implementation of the Law on the Electronic Signature (“Amendment Regulation”) issued by the Information and Technologies Authority (“ICTA”) has been published on 15 October 2021, in Official Gazette numbered […]

Personal Data Protection Authority has published guidelines (“Guidelines”) regulating the rights of the data subjects regarding the request to be forgotten, specific to search engines. The Guidelines, published by the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) with the aim of […]

Law numbered 7338 on Amendments to Tax Procedure Law and Certain Laws (“Omnibus Bill”) is published in Official Gazette dated 26 October 2021 and numbered 31640, amending and introducing new regulations for the tax law. Article 2 of the […]

In accordance with Communiqué No. 2021/4 Amending the Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements (“Amendments Communiqué”) published in the Official Gazette on 5 November 2021 with number 31650, the market share threshold in the Block Exemption Communiqué No. 2002/2 […]

A new development is added to the recent studies in artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation in Turkey. After the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which we included in the MA Gazette Edition 107, another study came from the Personal Data Protection […]

On 16 September 2021, the Personal Data Protection Authority published certain guidelines on the processing of biometric data by data controllers (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines consider biometric data generally as personal data the processing of which may reasonably result […]

The Medium Term Program (2022-2024) (“MTP”), co-developed by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and the Presidency of Turkey, Presidency of Strategy and Budget, was approved by Presidential Decision numbered 4474 and was published in repeated Official Gazette dated […]