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Data Protection And Privacy Law In Turkey Key Developments And Predictions - 2023

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This year's report focuses on the basic regulations and principles of personal data protection law, developments in Turkey, and the most important or challenging issues regarding data privacy as well as the latest developments in the field of personal data protection, the latest decisions and published guidelines.

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This year's report focuses on the basic regulations and principles of personal data protection law, developments in Turkey, and the most important or challenging issues regarding data privacy as well as the latest developments in the field of personal data protection, the latest decisions and published guidelines. The Law on the Protection of Personal Data numbered 6698 ("Law") entered into force in 2016. In 2022, it has been observed that settled case-laws have started to developin the personal data protection law, which went beyond the foundation provided with the Law, in accordance with new regulations and Personal Data Protection Board ("Board") decisions. Nonetheless, acts that constitute an element of crime have also been subject to jurisdiction within the scope of the regulations of Turkish Criminal Law regarding the protection of personal data. It has been observed that fundamental decisions have been made by the Constitutional Court in terms of the

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