6698 sayılı Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Hakkında Kanun ile veri sorumlusu tarafından Veri Sorumluları Sicili’ne kayıt başvurusunda kişisel verilerin işlendikleri amaç için saklanacağı azami sürenin belirtilmesi gerektiği hükme bağlanmıştır. Veri sorumlusu azami süre sonunda kişisel verileri silmeli, yok etmeli veya anonim hâle getirmelidir. Veri sorumlularının bu yükümlülüğüne ilişkin usul ve esasları düzenleyen Kişisel Verilerin Silinmesi, Yok...

TURUNÇ has advised venture capital fund Vela Partners on its investment in Interviewing.io. With its origins in Turkey, and partners also operating in the United States and the UK, Vela Partners invests in startups across a variety of industries. Interviewing.io is a hiring platform for engineers. The TURUNÇ team was led by Kerem Turunç. Please...

The Turkish Law on Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (the “Law”) entered into force on April 20, 2016, replacing its predecessor (the Law on Turkish Human Rights Institution). The Law established the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (the “Institution”), the mission of which is to carry out activities to protect and...

The Turkish Law on Industrial Property (the “Law”) was published and entered into force on January 10, 2017. The Law aims to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and adopts a similar method and terminology as those used in European Union legislation. Before the adoption of the Law, intellectual property rights were largely regulated...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Debt Capital Markets (2017) title. The contributing lawyers were Kerem Turunç and Esin Çamlıbel. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to debt capital markets in 18 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are David Lopez, Adam E. Fleisher and Daseul Kim of Cleary Gottlieb...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Product Liability 2017. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Didem Bengisu. The publication is a guide to product liability legislation in 23 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England & Wales, France, Germany, Greece,...

Turkey’s first data protection and privacy law (the “Law”) came into force on April 7, 2016. The Law, which is largely in line with the EU’s Data Protection Directive, aims to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their right to privacy, with respect to the processing of their personal data. The...

Kerem Turunç has published a guest editorial for the latest issue of CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Kerem Turunç’s editorial focuses on practicing law and doing business in Turkey and the larger CEE region. The editorial is available in the magazine’s print version...

TURUNÇ has represented Rivulis Irrigation Ltd., an Israel-headquartered global micro and drip irrigation solutions provider, on its 100% acquisition of Eurodrip SA, a Greek drip irrigation solutions company, from the U.S. private fund Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC. TURUNÇ acted alongside Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. as Israeli counsel and Kyriakides Georgopoulos as Greek counsel to...