17 Oct 2016
The six month transition period for certain provisions under Turkey’s new data protection regime ended on 7 October 2016. As a result, penalties and certain obligations for transfering data to third parties and abroad now apply for personal data […]
20 Sep 2016
Three senior staff members at Moroğlu Arseven have been recognized in the 2016 international editions of Who’s Who Legal. The annual awards recognize recipients’ individual work across a range of practice areas. şık Özdoğan – Recognized for her work in Trademarks. […]
23 Jun 2016
The Turkish Constitutional Court has recently published a decision where it held that an employer monitoring an employee’s institutional email account and using correspondence in court did not violate the employee’s constitutional rights. The court held that the employer […]
17 May 2016
In 1981, Turkey signed the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (“Convention”) at Strasbourg. In 2001, an amendment Protocol was added to the Convention, specifically addressing supervisory authorities and transborder data […]
7 Apr 2016
Turkey has completed the final step in a long running process to enact the Data Protection Law number 6698 (“Law“). The Law referred to in our recent article has now received Presidential approval and its final text was published in Official […]
24 Mar 2016
After more than a decade of legislative proposals, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey has approved the Data Protection Law (“Law“). The next step is for the new law to receive approval or comments from Turkey’s President, then eventually […]
7 Sep 2015
It has become a regular requirement for employees to work outside of the office, or while on the move. It is not uncommon to see people working with their smartphones on public transport, or in shopping malls, restaurants, and […]
7 Aug 2015
In Turkey, a process called an “abbreviated application” allows generic drug producers to apply for marketing authorization without submitting information about tests and clinical trials, if a data exclusivity period does not exist, in certain circumstances. Data exclusivity enables […]
13 Nov 2014
First published by Mondaq. The Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce (the “E-Commerce Law“) was published in the Official Gazette numbered 29166 November 5 and will take effect May 1, 2015. This article is aimed at providing information on […]
23 Sep 2014
First published by Mondaq Turkish entrepreneurs, small-medium sized enterprises and start-ups which come up with ideas for projects for hi-tech products frequently give up and not even endeavor to follow up their ideas due to lack of financial support. […]
