Looking Back At The Legal Developments On Data, Technology, Fintech, E-Commerce And Telecoms In 2022

2022 was another year full of developments in the legal sphere in Turkey. When we look back at 2022, we see that legislators in the Republic of Turkey – as well as in other countries - took steps to regulate digital services and markets, as their impact and growth during and following pandemic was remarkable. Further, the Turkish Data Protection Authority published guidelines and principal decisions throughout the year; and the long-awaited TRABIS is finally live. In order not to miss out on any, we have chronologically laid out a select group of main changes in 2022.

• The Regulation on the Operation Principles of Digital Banks and Service Model Banking was published in the Official Gazette on 29 December 2021 and entered into force on 1 January 2022. The regulation is paving the way for banks that provide services only through digital channels without any physical branches and set forth the operational principles for branchless banks as well as principles