Emerging Technologies

Along with the Law numbered 7263 (“Law”) promulgated on the Official Gazette on February 3, 2021, several amendments have been … Read more

Following the conclusion of long-standing proceedings of BREXIT, Turkey regulated the transition period via the Circular issued by the Presidency … Read more

It is well known that a trade war evolves into a trade-off by and between technology and national security. This … Read more

Turkey has recently issued the Regulation on Medical Devices Manufactured Utilising Tissues of Animal Origin (Regulation”) with the purpose of … Read more

Retail Sale of Medical Devices The Medical Device Sales, Advertising and Promotion Regulation (“Regulation”) stipulates that only the determined devices … Read more

Measures taken against COVID-19 significantly affects the ability of notified bodies to conduct mandatory on-site inspections under the medical device’s … Read more

In terms of emerging technologies which are bound to be more engaged with personal data for reasons related to wide … Read more

The Ministry of Interior of Turkey has recently issued Regulation on Identity Verification System for National Identity Cards (“Regulation”) which … Read more

Information and Communication Technologies Authority of Turkey (“ICTA”) drafted its procedures and principles regarding the implementation of obligations of social … Read more

The Regulation on the Generation and Use of TR QR Code in Payment Services (“Regulation”) of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (“CBRT”) have entered into force following it is promulgated on the Official Gazette numbered 31220 dated August 21, 2020.

On June 23, 2020, summaries of new Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) decisions on technical and organizational measures to be put in place by data controllers were published on the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority’s (“Authority”) website. Those address the importance of long avoided essentials regarding data protection in Turkey, technical and organizational measures and highlight and underline that data controllers in Turkey have to fulfil the requirements stipulated in the Guideline of the Authority on Personal Data Security (Technical and Organizational Measures) to avoid any penalties in this respect.