The Board’s first decision clarifies which sectors will be treated as critical infrastructure under Cybersecurity Law No. 7545 in Türkiye.
- Introduction
Türkiye’s Cyber Security Board (“Board”) convened on 5 May 2026 and adopted Decision No. 1 concerning the identification of critical infrastructure sectors under Türkiye’s Cybersecurity Law No. 7545 (“Law No. 7545”). The decision marks one of the first concrete steps in the practical implementation of Law No. 7545 across sectors regarded as critical to national resilience.
Under Law No. 7545, critical infrastructure broadly refers to infrastructures whose confidentiality, integrity or availability, if compromised, may result in large-scale economic damage, security vulnerabilities or disruption of public order.
