A practical legal guide to GDPR and Turkish KVKK compliance in human resources, covering lawful bases, employee consent, special category data, monitoring, DSARs, retention, security, and cross-border transfers. Human resources teams now sit on some of the most sensitive data in any organization. Recruitment files, interview notes, onboarding records, payroll data, health reports, disciplinary files, […]
GDPR vs. KVKK: What Foreign Companies in Turkey Really Need to Comply With If you ask most foreign headquarters whether their Turkish operations are “privacy compliant”, the answer is usually: “We already comply with GDPR, so we’re fine in Turkey as well.” Legally, that is not correct. For foreign companies active in Turkey – through […]
For foreign investors looking at Turkish tech and digital businesses, “KVKK + GDPR Compliant Start-up: Before VC Investment” is no longer a nice-to-have slide at the end of the data room; it is part of core legal and reputational due diligence. A target that mishandles data, ignores explicit consent requirements or transfers personal data abroad […]
1. LICENSE REQUIREMENT AND LEGAL CHARACTER 1.1 The Concept of License In order to engage in any activity within the electricity market (such as generation, transmission, distribution, supply, etc.), it is mandatory to obtain a license in advance, which is an administrative permit issued by public authority and qualifies as a regulatory administrative act. According to Article 4 of Law […]