The regulation determining the procedures and principles regarding the implementation of Article 9 of the Personal Data Protection Law on the transfer of personal data abroad was published in the Official Gazette dated July 10, 2024 and numbered 32598.
The Annual Conference of the International Distribution Institute (IDI) will be held on 14 – 15 June 2024 in Prag. Assoc. Dr. Hikmet Koyuncuoğlu, the partner of our law firm and IDI Franchising Country Expert for Turkey, will be speaking regarding the topic “Drafting and Managing International Sales Contracts within Distribution Networks” during the discussion panel.
The Conference on Turkish Data Protection Reform, organized by the Data Protection Association and Istanbul Bilgi University Information and Technology Law Institute, was held on May 8, 2024 at Istanbul University. Ömrüncegül İçöz Koyuncuoğlu, one of the managing associates of our law firm and also the vice president of the Data Protection Association, attended the conference and made a presentation on Article 6 of the Personal Data Protection Law and its legal liabilities.
Amendments reforming the Personal Data Protection Law were published in the Official Gazette today (March 12, 2024). The amendments will be effective on June 1, 2024.
You may find our Publication regarding the enacted amendment from here.
The Regulation Amending the Communiqué on Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of the Turkish Currency was published in the Official Gazette dated 28.02.2024.
With the Regulation, the last sentence of paragraph 9 of Article 8 titled “Foreign Currency Denominated and Foreign Currency Indexed Contracts” of the Communiqué on Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of the Turkish Currency published in the Official Gazette dated 28.02.2008 has been amended and subparagraphs a, b, c, ç, d and e have been added to the same paragraph.
With the amendment, new exceptions have been introduced to the obligations that require the payment obligation to be made in Turkish currency in sales contracts other than vehicle sales contracts between persons residing in Turkey. In cases covered by these exceptions, it is now possible to make payments in foreign currency.
The proposed law on amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Certain Laws, known as the 8th Judicial Package, which includes important amendments to the Personal Data Protection Law (“KVKK”) is expected to be enacted shortly.
The planned amendments to the KVKK aim to harmonize the Turkish laws with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). With the enactment of the Proposal, important amendments will enter into force in terms of the processing of special categories of personal data, data transfer abroad, administrative sanctions and the ways of appeal against the decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board.
You may find our Publication regarding the Proposal from here.
We are glad to share that we will be circulating “K&K International Distribution Law Journal” each month from now on. The January 2024 edition of our journal is now published for your perusal.
The New Minimum Attorneyship Fee Tariff (“Tariff”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 21 September 2023 and numbered 32316.
You may find the Tariff below (in Turkish):
https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2023/09/20230921-4.htm
You can find the increase rates in taxes in line with the Presidential Decrees published in the Official Gazette dated 07 July 2023 and numbered 32241 in the table below.
The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has published a Public Announcement on its website on 19 June 2023 where it states that despite the several news on various news channels and social media platforms that the personal data of citizens are leaked from public institutions, no data breach notification has been made so far in this respect from the public institutions.
The Authority also announced that due to the similar news on the media before, the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”), pursuant to its duties and powers granted by Article 22 of the Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698, has initiated an ex officio inspection regarding the relevant issue and the inspection is in proceed in coordination with the related public institutions.
