A detailed legal guide to sick leave and medical documentation in Turkey, covering medical reports, temporary incapacity benefits, employer duties, dismissal risks, occupational health, employee privacy, and HR compliance. Sick leave is often treated as a simple attendance problem. In practice, it is one of the most legally sensitive areas of HR management because it […]
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, […]
Learn how employee personal data protection works in HR management in Turkey, including lawful bases, special category data, personnel files, monitoring, retention, cross-border transfers, and employer compliance. Employee data sits at the center of modern HR. Recruitment files, onboarding records, payroll information, attendance logs, health documents, disciplinary records, performance evaluations, exit paperwork, and international HR-system […]
A comprehensive guide to Luxury Law in Turkey: trademarks, anti-counterfeiting, customs, KVKK privacy, luxury real estate, art, yachts, contracts, and dispute resolution Luxury is not only a market category—it is a legal ecosystem. In Turkey, the “luxury” space sits at the intersection of intellectual property, cross-border trade, consumer protection, tax and customs, data privacy, real-estate […]
Turkish AI Law : A Practical Legal & Compliance Guide for Businesses Artificial intelligence is no longer an “innovation project” that sits inside an IT department. In Turkey, AI is increasingly used in banking and fintech, e-commerce and retail, HR and recruitment, health and life sciences, call centers, logistics, security, advertising, and content production. As […]
For foreign groups with operations in Turkey, a personal data breach is not just an IT problem – it is a regulatory event under both KVKK (Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law) and, often, GDPR as well. The most critical window is the first 72 hours after becoming aware of a breach. In that time, foreign […]
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 […]
Executive summary In Turkey, cross-border data transfers via SaaS tools can trigger enforcement under KVKK if you do not use a lawful transfer mechanism and keep proper records. For most companies, the risk does not come from big, deliberate exports. It comes from ordinary operations: support tickets escalated to an overseas helpdesk, telemetry flowing to […]
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 […]