'Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698', which
has been pending for many years in Turkish Law System and entered
into force after being published on 7 April 2016, is intended to
protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals,
especially the privacy of private life in the processing of
personal data and to regulate the obligations and rules to be
complied with by real person and legal entity in processing
personal data.
Except for the exceptions specified in the Law, personal data
cannot be processed without the express consent of the person
concerned; will not be transferred to third parties and abroad. In
case of failure to comply with the articles which is specified in
the separate articles of the Law, institutions may be subject to
administrative fines. According to the law, imprisonment of 1 to 3
years is sentenced for those who violate personal data. In
addition, the person who seizes this data through a violation may
be sentenced to
