DATA PROTECTION UNDER TURKISH LAWS
Processing of personal data a legal concern in Turkey since the enactment of the European Union Data Protection Directive No. 95/46/EC.
Turkey being in accession step within EU, a Draft Law Concerning Protection of Personal Data has been approved by Turkish Parliament on 2004. The Draft law includes the establishment of a "Data Protection Authority".
Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe and has signed the Council's Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108) in 1981. However, Turkey has also not ratified that Convention yet.
