A Strategic Guide for Investors I. Intorduction Turkey's prominence in the global medical tourism sector has grown steadily over recent years. With the country attracting approximately 338,000 foreign patients in 2020, this number surged to 624,444 in 2021 and reached 1.258 million in 2022. Projections suggest that by 2023, this figure could touch 1.8 million. …
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Criticial Insights from ECHR and the Turkish DPA I. Introduction In a world where the digital realm has become deeply intertwined with our daily lives, the importance of data protection cannot be overstated. Turkey, as a part of its commitment to safeguarding its citizens' rights, has enacted stringent regulations regarding the processing of personal and …
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A Guide for New Investors from Av. Ali Yurtsever 1. INTRODUCTION - HEALTH TOURISM IN TURKEY Turkey has been a leading force in medical tourism market around the world for some time now. Although the market did take an initial hit with the emergence of Covid-19, it quickly recovered to pre-pandemic numbers once the travel …
Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M Personal Data Processing & LPDP The legal landscape surrounding digital data has been steadily changing and evolving over the years. The overall pace of this change increased with Europe’s implementation of the GDPR, which pushed other countries to adapt to this new set of rules and regulations. To keep up with the …
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Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M The Law on Personal Data Protection With the implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection No. 6698 (‘the LPDP’), new rules and obligations were imposed on data controllers and data processors. The LPDP further stipulated serious monetary fines and prison sentences to those who violate these obligations. Unfortunately, most data controllers/processors …
How to Appeal Against Administrative Fines Imposed by the Turkish Data Protection Authority Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M With the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (LPPD) and its secondary regulations, the Data Protection Authority (DPA), tasked with monitoring violations of LPPD obligations, have started to impose administrative fines to persons and/or companies violating their obligations set …
Commercial Electronic Messages and Message Management System Registration Process Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M With the entry into force of the Law No. 6563 on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce (Law), the transmission of commercial electronic messages used by many companies for promotional and advertising purposes to users and customers is subject to certain terms and conditions. Following the recent …
Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M Data Protection Board recently issued a new decision and fined Amazon Turkey 1.100.000 TRL for violations of data protection and e-commerce legislation, and for unlawful cross-border data transfers especially for data transfers to its overseas affiliates. Moving forward, the decision will have serious ramifications regarding data transfers in Turkey, and in order to better understand these consequences, we need …
I.PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION OVERVIEW Personal data protection was a controversial topic in Turkey for many years, mainly due to the European Union ascension procedures. Although Turkey signed and is therefore a party to the European Union Treaty No. 108 Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regards to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Treaty 108) …
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