Turkey: Privacy Protection

The information document titled “QR Kodlarla Gelen Risk: Quishing” published by the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) examines the concept of quishing, defined as a type of phishing...

Sosyal medya, bireylerin düşüncelerini açıklama, haber alma ve kamusal tartışmalara katılma imkânını önemli ölçüde genişletmiştir. Ancak bu genişleme, kişilerin şeref ve itibarı, özel hayatı, görsel verileri, kişisel verileri ve sosyal çevre içindeki saygınlığı bakımından yeni ihlal alanları da yaratmıştır. Türk hukukunda sosyal medya paylaşımları yoluyla kişilik haklarının ihlali, tek bir normla değil; Anayasa, Türk Medeni Kanunu, Türk Borçlar Kanunu, Türk Ceza Kanunu, 5651 sayılı Kanun ve 6698 sayılı Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Kanunu hükümlerinin birlikte değerlendirilmesiyle çözümlenmektedir. Anayasa’nın 20.

Social media has significantly expanded individuals’ ability to express their opinions, access information, and participate in public debate. However, this expansion has also created new areas of infringement with respect to individuals’ honor and reputation, private life, visual data, personal data, and social standing. Under Turkish law, the violation of personal rights through social media posts is not resolved through a single legal norm; rather, it is assessed through the combined application of the Constitution, the Turkish Civil Code, the Turkish Code of Obligations, the Turkish Penal Code, Law No. 5651, and Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) published its Principle Decision dated 18 February 2026 and numbered 2026/347 in the Official Gazette dated 24 March 2026 and numbered 33203 (“Principle Decision”).

Kurum 12 Mart 2026 tarihinde resmi internet sitesinden paylaştığı kamuoyu duyurusu ile birlikte Etken Yapay Zekâ (Agentic AI) Rehberi’ni (“Rehber”)...

The Personal Data Protection Authority announced, through a public notice published on its official website on 12 March 2026, that it has issued the Agentic AI Guideline (the “Guideline”).

While digitalization has strengthened children's rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and participation, it has also created new areas of risk such as violations of privacy, cyberbullying, online sexual abuse, and algorithmic manipulation.

Dijitalleşme, çocukların ifade özgürlüğü, bilgiye erişim ve katılım haklarını güçlendirirken; mahremiyet ihlalleri, siber zorbalık, çevrim içi cinsel istismar ve algoritmik manipülasyon gibi yeni risk alanları yaratmıştır.

The Action Plan has been developed in line with the Presidential Circular No. 2026/2, dated 3 February 2026 (the "Circular"), which calls for a holistic approach to addressing the impacts of digital transformation on children, and serves as a strategic roadmap for translating the priorities set out in the Circular into concrete action.