ArticleTurkey Enacted Its Digital Services Tax LawThereupon, the Law was swiftly approved by the President and enacted. TurkeyTaxBTS & Partners
ArticleAmendments To The Regulation On Commercial Communication And Commercial Electronic MessagesThe Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages, which introduced significant amendments to the Regulation on Commercial Communication and ...TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawBTS & Partners
ArticlePrivacy By Design And By Default Approach Under Turkish Data Protection LawPrivacy by design and by default approach means implementing the appropriate technical and organizational measures from the first stage throughout the complete development of personal data processing activities and business practices in order to ensure data protection principles and to safeguard the individual rights.TurkeyPrivacyBTS & Partners
ArticleThree Years Of Data Protection In TurkeyThree years have passed since the enaction of Turkey's long-awaited data protection legislation, the Law on Protection of Personal Data numbered 6698 ("DP Law"), on 7 April 2016. TurkeyPrivacyBTS & Partners
ArticleNew Regulations On CryptocurrenciesUntil the Central Bank of Republic of Turkey's ("CBRT") new regulation published on April 16, 2021, the exchange of fiat currency for cryptocurrency was not regulated in the Turkey's legal system.TurkeyTechnologyBTS & Partners
ArticleForeign Subsidies Under Scrutiny; An Analysis Of The EU Foreign Subsidies RegulationRegulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, or in its short name the Foreign Subsidies Regulation has entered into force on January 12, 2023. European UnionGovernment, Public SectorBTS & Partners
ArticleDraft Regulation On Information Systems Of Banks And Electronic Banking ServicesDraft Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services which is drafted in order to abolish the Communiqué on Principles on the Management of Information Systems' of Banks ...TurkeyFinance and BankingBTS & Partners
ArticleVAT Liability For Electronically Supplied Services In TurkeyThe Draft Communiqué Regarding Amending VAT Application Communiqué (Serial No 17) has been published in the Revenue Administration's Official Website for public opinion and suggestions in December 2017.TurkeyTaxBTS & Partners
ArticleCurrent State Of The Amended Regulation On Commercial Communication And Commercial Electronic MessagesRegulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages ("Regulation") regulates commercial electronic messages sent by service providers and the intermediary service providers,..TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawBTS & Partners
ArticleDesign Strategy And Action PlanThe Design Strategy and Action Plan 2018-2020 ("Plan") was published in the Official Gazette dated June 28, 2018 and numbered 30462. TurkeyIntellectual PropertyBTS & Partners
ArticleOECD's Paper On Digital Disruption In Banking And Its Impact On CompetitionIn this executive summary, highlights of OECD's "Digital Disruption in Banking and its Impact on Competition" paper shall be presented. TurkeyTechnologyBTS & Partners
ArticleCommunique Amending The Communique (Numbered 2008 - 32/34) On The Decision Numbered 32 On The Protection Of The Value Of Turkish CurrencyOn 6 October 2018, the Communique, Numbered 2018 – 32/51 (the "Amendment Communique") Relating to the Amendment of the Communique, Numbered 2008 – 32/34 on the Decision Numbered 32 ...TurkeyFinance and BankingBTS & Partners
ArticleRipple (XRP) Case And Turkish Security LawsAmidst worldwide discussions regarding legal status of cryptocurrencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America ("SEC") filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs, Inc...TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawBTS & Partners
ArticleCompetition Law Aspects of Collaborative Agreements in Mobile Broadband MarketIn Turkey, 3G mobile communications licenses have been granted in the previous year (April 2009) and the number of subscribers has already reached to 11,4 million (approx. to 14% penetration rate) and market share of mobile broadband services to 14,5% (while DSL is at %75) according to the data on Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority website.TurkeyAntitrust/Competition LawBTS & Partners
ArticleIntegrated Artificial Intelligence In Law And Potential Risks & UncertaintiesArtificial intelligence may be used in the judiciary system in a widening framework such as simple assistant to robotic judges who directly make decisions. TurkeyTechnologyBTS & Partners
ArticlePlatform Immunity, Will It Survive?On February 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ("Supreme Court") heard the oral arguments in the case Gonzales v. Google.TurkeyLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBTS & Partners
ArticleData Protection Impact Assessment Under Turkish Personal Data Protection LegislationAs known, one of the personal data protection legislations' essential tool for compliance is the principal of accountability and therefore promoting compliance. TurkeyPrivacyBTS & Partners
ArticleDraft Communique On Information Systems Of Related Financial InstitutionsThe Entities shall keep the inventory of their information assets consisting of hardware inventory, software inventory and data inventory.TurkeyFinance and BankingBTS & Partners
ArticleDraft Regulation On Internet BroadcastingPlatforms that are not exclusively dedicated to transmitting radio, television and on-demand broadcast services through internet.TurkeyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentBTS & Partners
ArticleEuropean Union Regulations On Disinformation And Turkey's ApproachIn recent years, with the widespread use of the internet and people's access to information via the internet and especially social media, a concept of "disinformation" has emerged in recent years.TurkeyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentBTS & Partners