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MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir Misleading advertisement is a type of advertisement which may or does mislead the...
Bensu Özdemir
May 24, 20213 min read
Guideline on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices by Social Media Influencers
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir On 5 May 2021, The Turkish Ministry of Commerce published the Guideline on...
Bensu Özdemir
May 17, 20214 min read
Message Management System - Deadline for Registration is December 1, 2020.
IYS registration deadline - 01.12.2020
Bensu Özdemir
Nov 24, 20203 min read
TRANSFER OF THE AUTHOR’S ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Authors who create intellectual and artistic works and their moral and economic rights concerning works which they created are regulated...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Sep 8, 20204 min read
Deadlines postponed for the Electronic Message Management System (IYS)
On August 8, 2020, the Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages (“the...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Aug 28, 20201 min read
Mandatory Mediation in Consumer Disputes
The Law Amending the Civil Procedure Law and Certain Laws No. 7251 (“Amendment Law”) added “Article 73/A”, titled “Mediation as a...
Bensu Özdemir
Aug 25, 20202 min read


MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ("IYS")? The real and legal persons who want to send commercial electronic messages (service...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Aug 20, 20205 min read
DOMAIN NAME ALLOCATION
Middle East Technical University (“METU”) has managed the administration and registration of ".tr" domain names for many years in Turkey...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Aug 11, 20202 min read


TURKEY's SOCIAL MEDIA LAW
Turkey amends the Internet Law and makes changes specific for social network providers.

Burak Ozdagistanli
Jul 31, 20204 min read
Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority Decision w. no. 2020/47
On 23 June 2020, The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“the DPA”) published a summary of decision w. no. 2020/47 to respond a...
Bensu Özdemir
Jul 27, 20203 min read
POSITION MARKS
The developments in business activities cause changes in Trademark Law, as well. In this respect, the non-traditional mark, also known as...
Bensu Özdemir
Jul 21, 20203 min read
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE TURKISH DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY ON PRIVACY NOTICES
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE TURKISH DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY

Burak Ozdagistanli
Jul 20, 20204 min read
Deadline for VERBIS Registration Requirement is Extended
On Dec, 27, 2019, the Turkish Data Protection Authority announced that the requirement for registration to VERBIS (Data Controllers'...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Dec 27, 20193 min read
Making the Personal Data Publicly Available May Not Be Sufficient Everytime To Process Personal Data
On December 23, 2019, a new decision summary dated 07.11.2019 and w. no 2019/331 has been published by the Turkish Personal Data...
Bensu Özdemir
Dec 26, 20191 min read
Processing a Mobile Phone Number without any Data Processing Conditions
On December 23, 2019; the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“the Authority”) has published a summary of the new decision dated...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Dec 24, 20192 min read
Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law
The Industrial Property Law w.no.6769 (IPL) makes a definition for the trademark as any sign capable of distinguishing the goods or...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Dec 5, 20193 min read
The Principle Decision of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority
The principle decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“the Authority”) dated 18.09.2019 and numbered 2019/308 has been...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Nov 27, 20192 min read


The Concepts of Controller, Processor and Joint Controllership
On November 7, 2019, based on the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the European Data Protection Supervisor published the...

Burak Ozdagistanli
Nov 19, 20193 min read
Turkish DPA: Compliance with GDPR Does Not Mean Compliance with Turkish Data Protection Law
Turkish DPA: Compliance with GDPR is not sufficient for compliance with the Turkish Data Prıtection Law

Burak Ozdagistanli
Nov 8, 20191 min read


DIGITAL SERVICES TAX
On October 24, 2019, a legislative proposal regarding the tax regulations for various sectors has been adopted by the Plan and Budget

Burak Ozdagistanli
Nov 6, 20192 min read
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