Artificial Intelligence Comparative Guide

1 Legal and enforcement framework

1.1 In broad terms, which legislative and regulatory provisions govern AI in your jurisdiction?

AI is not currently regulated under Turkish law; but when AI issues arise, it is possible to apply existing legal provisions by analogy. In this regard, question 9 discusses the positive rules in terms of liability that apply where the autonomous decisions and actions of AI result in damages. However, before examining these rules in detail, the legal status of AI should first be evaluated.

Thus far, several opinions on the legal status of AI have been presented in the legal doctrine. The most common is the property view, which states that AI should be considered as under the ownership of real and legal persons. Another view has also been proposed following the European Parliament's publication of the European Parliament Legal Affairs Commission Robotics Advisory Report, which suggests that a special status of electronic personality should be created to