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A critical consideration before placing health and personal care products on the market is determining their correct regulatory classification. For borderline products – products that may exhibit characteristics of medicinal products, medical devices or cosmetics – this distinction has significant implications for the applicable regulatory requirements, market entry procedures, costs and ongoing compliance obligations.

Hayvanların hukuki statüsü Türk hukukunda nasıl değişiyor? Eşyadan cana geçiş sürecinde ulusal ve uluslararası mevzuat, yargı kararları ve 2024 değişiklikleriyle getirilen yeni düzenlemeler hayvan haklarını nasıl şekillendiriyor?

Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurulu’nun (“Kurul”), 16.09.2026 tarihli ve 2026/2035 sayılı İlke Kararı (“İlke Kararı”), 8 Ekim 2026 tarihli ve 33394 sayılı Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanmıştır. İlke Kararı, işverenlerin çalışanlara tahsis ettiği kurumsal e-posta hesapları başta olmak üzere, işin yürütülmesi amacıyla kullanılan iletişim kanallarının denetlenmesi suretiyle gerçekleştirilen kişisel veri işleme faaliyetlerinde uyulması gereken usul ve esasları ortaya koymaktadır.

The Turkish Data Protection Board’s (“Board”) Principle Decision dated 16 September 2026 and numbered 2026/2035 (“Principle Decision”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 8 October 2026 and numbered 33394. The Principle Decision sets out the procedures and principles applicable to personal data processing activities carried out through the monitoring of communication channels used for work purposes, particularly corporate email accounts assigned to employees by their employers.

Termination risk under Turkish law cannot be reduced to payment of notice indemnity. The legal route depends on the contract, the employee's job-security status, the asserted reason and the procedure followed before notice is delivered. This article distinguishes ordinary termination, termination for a valid reason and immediate termination for just cause; explains the six-working-day rule in Article 26; and sets out the financial and procedural consequences of an invalid dismissal.

This article examines Turkey's personal data protection framework under Law No. 6698 from the perspective of companies operating in, selling into or otherwise handling data connected with the Turkish market. It addresses the distinction between data controllers and processors, lawful processing, the information duty, the 2024 reform of special-category data and cross-border transfers, the 2025 VERBIS exemption update, data subject requests, breach response and enforcement.