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The Regulation on Amendment of Regulation on the Presentation of Radio, Television and On-Demand Broadcasts on the Internet (“Internet Regulation”), the Regulation on Amendment of Regulation on Administrative and Financial Conditions Required for Media Service Providers and Platform and […]

The following are summaries of four recent decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”). Decision No. 2021/140: Complainant alleged that third party’s accessing certain real property tax and valuation information, using complainant’s ID number alone as a search […]

On 7 May 2021, the Turkish Competition Board made public certain preliminary findings (“Report“) from its e-marketplace sector inquiry, commenced 11 June 2020 (“Inquiry”), by publishing same on the Turkish Competition Authority’s (“TCA”) website. The Inquiry was intended to, […]

Regulation on CE Mark (“Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette numbered 31493, dated 27 May 2021.  Notable provisions of the Regulation include: Manufacturers and their authorized representatives are obligated to put the CE mark on conforming products. Importers are […]

The Capital Markets Board (the “Board”) has amended the capital requirements for portfolio management companies. The Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Portfolio Management Companies and Their Activities (“Amendment Communiqué”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 27 May 2021 […]

1. LEGISLATION | NOTABLE CASE LAW 1.1. List any specific whistleblowing legislation No specific whistleblowing legislation exists in Turkey. However, certain provisions in various laws and sub-legislation applies to whistleblowing including those listed below in 1.3.  European Union’s adoption […]

Non-fungible tokens (“NFT”s) have taken internet by storm after the sale of a JPEG image in NFT format for 69.4 million USD on March 11, 2021. Following this sale, the sale of tweets, videos, and other digital content in […]

PATENT ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS Lawsuits and courts What legal or administrative proceedings are available for enforcing patent rights against an infringer? Are there specialised courts in which a patent infringement lawsuit can or must be brought? Patent rights are enforced […]

INTRODUCTION Turkey’s first legislation addressing personal data protection was enacted on April 4th, 2016. Turkish Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“DP Law”) outlines a similar framework to the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the secondary legislation in the […]

Istanbul’s First Instance IP Court recently dismissed a negative declaratory action (the “Case”) against our client citing plaintiff’s lack of standing because the pharmaceutical at issue was unlicensed as of the when the action was started. The ruling is […]