The importance of digitalization is increasing every day. We now
use digital wallets, store our books in digital libraries and
communicate through social media accounts. The existence of these
assets in digital environments raises the question —
"what will happen to them after the death of their
owners?" This reveals the concept of digital inheritance.
Digital inheritance has been subject to various decisions in the
world and was evaluated for the first time in Turkey by the Sixth
Chamber of the Antalya Regional Court of Justice
("Court") in its decision No. 2020/1149
E. and 2020/905 K. ("Decision").
This month, in Esin DigiDiary, we review the digital inheritance
concept together with the Decision.
