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Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) published the guideline for Issuance of “Pharmaceutical Product Certificate”, “Free Sale Certificate” and “Pharmaceutical Product License Status Statement” (“Guideline”) to be applied for applications filed as of 1 February 2022, on its […]

The Regulation on Variations to Licensed Medicinal Products for Human Use (“Regulation”), drafted by the Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”), was published in Official Gazette dated 18 December 2021 and numbered 31693 and entered into force on […]

The Constitutional Court ruled that the applicant’s property right was violated due to the fact that the final court decision regarding registration of a property was not executed based on existence of an interim injunction placed on the property […]

The Constitutional Court concluded that while some female employees with children working at the workplace of the complainant were provided with daycare facilities, the failure to provide this opportunity to the complainant was within the scope of the right […]

The Council of State Assembly of Tax Courts ruled that due to the increase in the minimum notification periods stipulated in article 17 of Employment Law numbered 4857, which is within the scope of the mutual rescission agreement signed […]

Following the data breach notification made by Yemek Sepeti that the web servers were accessed, the Personal Data Protection Authority ruled the second highest administrative fine it had ever imposed. The following statements are included in the data breach […]

The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) published its principal decision on the blacklist applications of car rental companies, which conceptually includes joint data responsibility for the first time, in Official Gazette dated 20 January 2022 and numbered 31725. When […]

After the publication of the guide on technical measures, the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) also published a public announcement on which technical measures should be taken by data controllers and their reasons. The most important provisions of the […]

The Regulation on the Cascading of Health Service Providers (“Cascading Regulation”) and the Regulation on the Delivery of Remote Health Services (“Digital Services Regulation”) by the Ministry of Health were published in Official Gazette dated 10 February 2022 and […]

Data Sharing Services API Principles for Payment Services (“Guide”) was published on 16 February 2022 by the Central Bank of Turkey General Directorate of Payment Systems and Financial Technologies. The Guide aims to regulate the API principles and rules […]