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The Turkish Competition Authority Dismisses A Professional Association’s Objections To An On-site Inspection And Refuses To Return Or Destroy Data Copied From Personal Mobile Devices
The Turkish Competition Board has rejected a professional association's challenge to an on-site inspection, refusing to return or destroy forensic data copied from personal mobile devices of its board members and employees. This decision addresses fundamental questions about the scope of competition authority inspection powers, including whether public professional organizations may be inspected, the examination of personal devices...
Turkey Anti-trust
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Paksoy
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Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu Tarafından Kamu Kurumları İçin Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanununa Uyum Rehberi Yayımlandı
Turkey's Personal Data Protection Authority has published a comprehensive compliance guide for public institutions and professional organizations. The guide addresses data controller obligations, lawful data transfers between public entities, and clarifies exemptions under the Personal Data Protection Law. It emphasizes the importance of transparency, proportionality, and adherence to general principles when processing personal data in the public sector.
Turkey Privacy
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Nazali
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New Cybersecurity Framework: Amendments Adopted By Parliament Await Official Gazette Publication
Turkey's Parliament has adopted sweeping amendments that centralize cybersecurity and digital governance powers within the Presidency, marking a fundamental shift in how internet infrastructure and electronic communications are regulated. The legislation transfers critical regulatory authority from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority to the Presidency, including control over internet domain names, emergency response measures, and administrative enforcement.
Turkey Government
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Moroglu Arseven
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Extension Of The Registration Deadline For The Data Controllers’ Registry Information System
The Turkish Personal Data Protection Board has extended the deadline for data controllers to complete their VERBIS registration and notification obligations based on their 2025 annual financial balance sheet totals. Data controllers established in Türkiye whose 2025 financial balance sheet exceeds applicable thresholds must now comply by June 5, 2026, following the Board's recent decision to extend the original May 30 deadline.
Turkey Privacy
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Moroglu Arseven
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When Your Competitor's Infringement Decision Rewrites Your Business Model: TCA's Sector-Wide Structural Separation Order In The Casting Industry
Under the operative part summarised in the announcement, every undertaking active in the market must, within three months, ensure that casting directing and casting agency/management activities are no longer carried out within the same economic unit. Undertakings currently combining the two must remove one of the activities from their articles of association and bring it to an end in practice
Turkey Anti-trust
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Balcioglu Selçuk Eymirlioglu Ardiyok Keki Attorney Partnership
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Düzenleyici kurumların kararlarına karşı açılan davalarda ihtisas mahkemeleri dönemi
Turkey has implemented a significant reform in the judicial review of regulatory authority decisions, with specialized administrative courts in Ankara now designated to handle technical disputes arising from key regulatory bodies. The new system, effective June 1, 2026, aims to enhance judicial expertise and create more consistent case law in highly regulated sectors including data protection, competition, telecommunications, and energy.
Turkey Government
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Paksoy
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AYM'den KVKK'ya Sınır: Rehber Değil, Kanun Esas
The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that the Personal Data Protection Board violated the principle of legality by imposing an administrative fine on an insurance company without proper legal basis for its interpretation of 'disclosure purpose.' This landmark decision requires companies processing data from public sources to reassess their timelines, inventories, and ongoing investigation files under Article 5 of the Personal Data Protection Law.
Turkey Privacy
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CBC Law Firm
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1567 Sayılı Türk Parasının Kıymetini Koruma Hakkında Kanun Kapsamında İhracat Bedellerinin Yurda Getirilmesi Ve Aykırılıkların Hukuki Sonuçları
Söz konusu “süre” Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası’nın İhracat Genelgesi’nde açık şekilde belirlenmiştir. Genel kural olarak, fiili ihraç tarihinden itibaren ihracat bedelinin yurda getirilme süresi 180 günü geçemez; 180 gün azami süre olup, esas olan ithalatçının ödemesini müteakip bedelin doğrudan ve gecikmeksizin yurda getirilmesidir. İhracat sözleşmelerinde tahsil için fiili ihraç tarihinden itibaren 180 günden fazla vade öngörülmesi halinde ise, bedelin yurda getirilme süresi vade bitiminden itibaren 90 günü geçemeyecektir.
Turkey Finance
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ASY Legal
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