Intelligence

The Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Remote Identification Methods to Be Used by Intermediary Institutions, Portfolio Management Companies and Crypto-Asset Service Providers and the Establishment of Contractual Relationships in Electronic Environment (III-42.1) (III-42.1.b) (the “Amendment Communiqué”), published in the Official Gazette dated 03.09.2026 and numbered 33359, introduced significant amendments to remote identification processes.

A question once confined to works of science fiction is now knocking on the courtroom door: how, and within what limits, may judges, prosecutors, or expert witnesses make use of artificial intelligence? The fact that a commercial court in Istanbul openly acknowledged, in the reasoning of its judgment,1 that it had made use of artificial intelligence has taken this question out of the theoretical realm and turned it into a live issue for the Turkish judiciary.

Bir zamanlar yalnızca bilim kurgu eserlerinin konusu olan bir soru, artık mahkeme salonlarının kapısını çalmaktadır: Hakimler, savcılar veya bilirkişiler yapay zekadan ne şekilde ve hangi sınırlar içinde yararlanabilir? İstanbul’da bir ticaret mahkemesinin gerekçeli kararında1 yapay zekadan yararlandığını açıkça belirtmesi, bu soruyu teorik olmaktan çıkararak Türk yargısının güncel bir meselesi haline getirmiştir.

Presidential Circular No. 2026/9, dated 17 August 2026, was published in the Official Gazette on 18 August 2026. The Circular requires public institutions and organisations to carry out the necessary work and provide the support needed to implement the Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (the “Plan”), which sets out Türkiye’s artificial intelligence roadmap for the 2026–2030 period.

Crypto assets and their underlying technologies are reshaping the global financial system. Yet the legal nature of crypto assets, their economic implications, and the risks they pose to financial stability have led states to adopt markedly different regulatory approaches. Despite sharing similar economic structures and a common ambition to position themselves as financial hubs, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (the Gulf Cooperation Council) (GCC) countries have not converged on a uniform regulatory framework for crypto assets.

On 2 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the “EU AI Act” or “Act”) became generally applicable. Although Türkiye is not subject to the EU AI Act, the Act’s extraterritorial reach covers a broad spectrum of Turkish companies, ranging from software vendors and outsourcing providers to industrial manufacturers that integrate AI into products exported to the EU market.