Data Protection & Privacy 2024 - Turkiye

1. Basic National Regime

1.1 Laws

The right to protection of personal data is regulated under the Constitution of the Turkish Republic (the "Constitution") as an individual right, since its amendment in 2010.

According to Article 20(3) of the Constitution, the right to protection of personal data includes the right to:

• be informed about the processing of personal data;
• have access to personal data;
• rectification or deletion of personal data; and
• be informed about whether personal data is used in accordance with the appropriate purposes.

According to the same article, personal data may be processed only if the processing is allowed by the law, or if the data subject gives their explicit consent. The article finally states that the procedures and principles of processing personal data must be regulated by the law.