18 Mar 2021
1. Fintech Market 1.1 Evolution of the Fintech Market The Turkish fintech market has a significant number of participants of various sizes. Competitiveness notwithstanding, market players tend to co-operate with one another in keeping the marketplace fair. Consumers demand […]
17 Mar 2021
Transactions for the transfer of assets of commercial enterprises, and commercial enterprises in toto, have always been somewhat controversial under Turkish Law. A threshold issue is whether, under applicable law, the divested asset(s) comprise the seller’s total enterprise. In […]
16 Mar 2021
The Regulation on Remote Working (“Regulation”), issued by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services in order to regulate the works that are not compatible with remote working, the implementation of business rules regarding data protection and sharing, […]
16 Mar 2021
The decision of the Council of Ministers adding to the Decision on the Pricing of Human Medical Products a currency provision effective as of 19 February 2021 (“Provisional Decision”), was published on even date in Official Gazette numbered 31400. […]
16 Mar 2021
The Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation was recently amended with the amendment regulation (“Amendment Regulation“) published in Official Gazette dated 3 February 2021, and numbered 31384, to include misleading packaging under the rubric of unfair and deceptive […]
16 Mar 2021
Turkish Constitutional Court (the “Court”) held that an employer who surveilled employee’s email acted lawfully where surveillance right was recited in the employment contract. In the instant case, employer terminated the employment contract after discovering that employee-petitioner was using […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 6 February 2020, and numbered 2020/93, in response to data-subjects (“Petitioners”) seeking modification or deletion of certain non-current health data, the availability of which was negatively impacting their lives. […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 30 June 2020, and numbered 2020/508, on requests by certain attorneys for an order of the Board directing removal of their professional profiles – which include personal data – […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) issued a decision, dated 17 September 2020, and numbered 2020/710. The decision was in response to a data subject’s (“Petitioner”) complaint alleging that in furtherance of enforcement proceedings pending against Petitioner in bankruptcy […]
16 Mar 2021
The Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”), issued a decision, dated 3 September 2020, and numbered 2020/667, in response to a petition alleging that an insurance company’s explicit consent requirement for policy renewal was unlawful. The Board found the insurance […]
