Developments For Local Storage In Turkey

1. Introduction and Executive Summary

The National Cyber Security Strategy and Action Plan (2020-2023) was published by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure on December 29, 2020. It was emphasized for critical infrastructures that issues such as keeping domestically produced data within the country will play a key role in studies to be carried out to protect such infrastructures and to increase their strength.

On the other hand, the Presidential Circular on Information and Communication Security Measures No. 2019/12 (the "Circular") entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette on July 6, 2019 with respect to local storage requirements. With the Circular, it was aimed to mitigate and neutralize serious security risks that may be encountered in the digitalization process of information, and to ensure the security of especially critical types of data. One of the most important matters regulated by Circular is the requirement to securely