According to latest decision rendered by KVKK (Personal Data Protection Authority), representative offices in Turkey of foreign companies are exempt from obligation of registration in VERBIS (Registry of Data Controllers), whereas foreign companies’ branch offices in Turkey are regarded as a separate legal person in terms of VERBIS registration. Upon a clarification request, KVKK opined…

The Personal Data Protection Board [“KVKK”] published two more decisions on the website that two different companies were fined for failing to take adequate administrative and technical measures to protect personal data. As the regulations on the protection of personal data were relatively new in Turkish law, the decisions made by the KVKK during the…

The amendment decision of the Presidency on granting project-based state aid to the investments has been published in the Official Gazette. According to the decision, published on 02.10.2019 at the Official Gazette, the Minister of Industry and Technology will be authorised to sign a private investment project with foreign investors as defined in the Law…