Copyright protection is mainly regulated under Turkish
Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No. 5846 (referred to as
Law No. 5846 hereafter). As to the Turkish Copyright Law,
protection shall start with the creation and publication of the
work to the public which meets the conditions under the Law No.
5846. Therefore neither registration of the copyright owned work
with any competent authority nor confirmation of the same is
necessary to enjoy copyright protection.
Even though registration of the work is not required for the
protection, it is still crucial to prove being the first creator of
the copyrighted work in case of a dispute.
For the ease of prove there are several ways should be
considered by the creators following their creation of the work.
For instance, content creators can use "timestamps" which
can be obtained via online third party service providers to
identify exact time of the creation. Approval of the exact time of
the creation and the details of
