Turkey: IT and Internet

The rapidly evolving digital ecosystem has transformed copyright law from a technical field into a central topic of economic and societal debate. This comprehensive review examines significant developments in Turkish copyright law as of 2025, exploring how artificial intelligence, digital content creation, press publishing rights, and the sports industry are challenging existing legal frameworks and reshaping the balance between right holders and users.

As AI-driven systems reshape content creation and dissemination, the debate over copyright in online publishing intensifies. Major developments in France show publishers allocating AI licensing revenues to journalists, while AI-powered search results dramatically reduce traffic to news websites, threatening traditional business models and prompting new regulatory approaches worldwide.

Yapay zeka teknolojilerinin yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte, AI tarafından üretilen içeriklerin telif hakkı koruması altında olup olmadığı ve eser sahibi kavramının nasıl tanımlanacağı küresel çapta yoğun tartışmalara konu olmaktadır.

The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that certain provisions of the Consumer Protection Law and E-Commerce Law are unconstitutional, fundamentally altering the liability framework for e-commerce intermediary service providers.

On 29 April 2026, EU lawmakers and Member States failed to reach an agreement on proposed amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) following approximately twelve hours of negotiations conducted under the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus initiative. The discussions focused on postponing certain AI Act obligations, including rules applicable to high-risk AI systems, until December 2027

The Act on Amendments to the Social Services Act and Certain Other Acts (Law No. 7578) (the "Act") was published in the Official Gazette on 1 May 2026, establishing a framework addressing both social media platforms and digital games in Turkey. On the social media front, the Act prohibits social network providers from offering services to children under the age of fifteen and mandates the implementation of age verification measures to enforce this prohibition.

Services exports have become critically important for all countries in recent years. As technological advances dissolve the boundaries between markets, companies exporting digital services can readily reach users in every corner of the world.

Bu durum, ifade özgürlüğünün alanını genişletmekle birlikte, aynı zamanda hakaret, tehdit, iftira ve kişisel hak ihlalleri gibi suçların dijital ortamda daha kolay, daha hızlı ve çoğu zaman daha etkili biçimde işlenmesine zemin hazırlamıştır.

Çağrı merkezleri, günümüzde bankacılık, e-ticaret, sigorta, telekomünikasyon ve kamu hizmetleri gibi sektörlerde müşteri ilişkilerinin temel aracı hâline gelmiştir.