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Preface This guidelines, which we have published since the fifth year of the Law of Protection of Personal Data No 6698, we are glad to be presenting our third guideline, in relation to compliance processes under the Law of […]

I. PAYMENT SYSTEMS, DIGITAL BANKING AND CRYPTO ASSETS 1. General Banking and payment systems are heavily regulated in Turkish Law. Banking Law No. 5411 (“Banking Law”) is the main legal document that regulates banking sector; and, the payment systems […]

The Communiqué on the Import Inspection of Radio Equipment (Product Safety and Inspection: 2023/8) (“Radio Import Communiqué”) and Communiqué on the Import Inspection Regarding Certain Products Required to Have the “CE” Mark (Product Safety and Inspection: 2023/9) (“CE Communiqué”), […]

The monetary thresholds that determine the additional obligations that Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Providers(“ECISP”) and Electronic Commerce Service Providers(“ECSP“) will be subject to depending on their net transaction volume specified in Additional Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the […]

With the Amendments to the Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers (“Amended Regulation”) published in the Official Gazette dated 28 February 2023 and numbered 32118, the final compliance date of fulfillment of the […]

The Regulation Regarding the Amendment of the Regulation on Geographic Data Permits has entered into force through publication in the Official Gazette dated 31 March 2023 and numbered 32149 in order to amend the procedures and principles regarding the […]

Article 33/1 of the Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers (“Regulation“), which entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette dated 1 December 2021 and numbered 31676, has been updated through […]

The Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Processes and Technical Criteria Regarding Electronic Signature (“Communiqué“) has entered into force on 28 December 2022 upon its publication in the Official Gazette numbered 32057, in order to extend the validity period of […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court evaluated a case where the recording of an applicant’s conversation regarding the debt relationship and presenting it as evidence to a criminal investigation file in which he was founded as a suspect. The court decided […]

Preface On the occasion of the Data Protection Day on 28 January, we are glad to present our 3rd successive guide in this series, in respect of the application of the Law of Protection of Personal Data No 6698 […]