A Current Plagiarism Debate: "Bit Palas Vs. Sinek Sarayı"

"Plagiarism" is not clearly defined in Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works ("LIAW"). Plagiarism, which is defined by the Turkish Language Association as "pilferage," is used in the context of intellectual and artistic works law to mean "to present someone else's work as your own, taking a piece from someone else's work without citing the source."

While there is no definition for plagiarism under LIAW, instances of "freedom of quotation" are clearly defined under Article 35. In this context, it is theoretically possible to say that any unauthorized use of someone else's work that exceeds the freedom of citation as plagiarism, this definition does not always lead to correct results in practice. This is because "inspiration" is free within the scope of intellectual and artistic works law, the evaluation of whether a work's unfair use of someone else's work is plagiarism or inspiration should be investigated separately for each concrete case. When