A Glance At The Concept Of Plagiarism

Although plagiarism is not clearly defined in Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (LIAW), it is one of the most common acts of infringement. Plagiarism, which is defined as "pilferage" by the Turkish Language Association under the law on intellectual and artistic works, is used 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, "Freedom of quotation" is clearly defined under Article 35 of LIAW. In this context, it is theoretically possible to say that any unauthorised use of someone else's work that exceeds the freedom of citation is plagiarism. But this definition does not always lead to correct results in practice. 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