Artificial Intelligence From A Copyright Perspective: Global Developments And Reflections In Türkiye

Artificial intelligence technologies have begun to be used by almost everyone and have increasingly become an integral part of daily life. With the widespread adoption of these technologies, which are capable of generating new outputs by processing inputs such as text, images and other forms of data, the question of whether outputs created by artificial intelligence models qualify as “works” and whether they infringe third parties’ copyright has continued to be intensely debated over the past year, as has been the case in previous years. These debates are no longer confined to a purely theoretical level but have also recently become the subject of judicial decisions.

The concept of “authorship”, which lies at the very core of copyright law, constitutes one of the most controversial areas with regard to content generated by artificial intelligence. This issue has also been addressed in various judicial decisions worldwide. In this context, in a case¹ decided on 19 March 2025 by the