Turkey: Cybersecurity

On 7 July 2026, the European Commission presented an EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence to address cybersecurity risks arising from advanced AI models while promoting their use for cyber defence.

Turkey's Law No. 7590 fundamentally reshapes the country's digital regulatory architecture by transferring critical internet governance powers from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority to the newly empowered Cybersecurity Directorate. This institutional restructuring affects content removal, access blocking, domain name management, and lawful interception infrastructure, creating a centralized digital governance model. Businesses operating in electronic communications, hosting, social ne

Turkey's digital regulatory framework undergoes a major institutional restructuring as Law No. 7590 transfers critical internet governance powers from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) to the newly empowered Cyber Security Presidency. This comprehensive reform consolidates authority over internet domain management, content blocking measures, and social media platform oversight under a single digital governance institution.

Data centers are critical physical infrastructure facilities that constitute the backbone of the digital economy. A wide range of services, extending from cloud computing and artificial intelligence to big data analytics and financial technologies, are delivered through these facilities.

Veri merkezleri, dijital ekonominin omurgasını oluşturan kritik fiziksel altyapı tesisleridir. Bulut bilişimden yapay zekâya, büyük veri analitiğinden finansal teknolojilere uzanan geniş bir yelpazedeki hizmetler bu tesisler üzerinden sağlanmaktadır.

5 Mayıs 2026 tarihinde gerçekleştirilen Siber Güvenlik Kurulu toplantısı ile, Türkiye’nin siber güvenliğine ilişkin güncel riskler, geleceğe yönelik tehdit eğilimleri ve ulusal siber güvenlik yaklaşımının temel unsurları kapsamlı bir şekilde ele alınmıştır

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.

In January 2026, the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (the "DPA") issued several public announcements and published six data breach notifications.

Siber güvenlik ve veri koruma hukuku alanlarındaki güncel gelişmelerin tartışılacağı webinarımızın konuk...