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Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“TITCK”) has recently announced that documents by means of conformity certificates issued by both local and foreign institutions especially during COVID-19 pandemic times are void pursuant to regulations concerning medical devices in Turkey. TITCK adds that, documents are mostly issued for products such as non-sterile medical masks and aprons having the titles of ‘Certificate of Compliance’, ‘Attestation of Compliance’, ‘Certificate of Conformity’, ‘Certificate of Notification’, ‘Certificate of Registration’, ‘Documentation Review’ or similar.

As per the Presidential Decree No.2706 published in the Official Gazette No. 31171 dated June 30, 2020, a new amendment on Unemployment Insurance Law numbered 4447 came into force regarding short time working.

urkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) extended deadlines set out for the registration to the Data Controllers Registry Information System (“VERBIS”) on June 23, 2020 with its decision numbered 2020/482. In its announcement the Board stated the fact that many workplaces are closed, and employers adopted remotely working styles due to COVID-19 outbreak required such extension.

SpaceX has announced the company's mega-project called Starlink, which will consist of thousands of mass-produced satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide satellite internet access, is ready for beta testers. 540 Starlink satellites are already in orbit and the company hopes that these satellites will form part of a 12,000 constellation by the year 2027. The project's main aim is to deliver accessible, cheaper, and more reliable high-speed broadband internet all over the world.