With the application number 2018/16857 and dated 29.09.2022 Constitutional Court Decision has been published in the Official Gazette No. 32030 on 01.12.2022, it has been concluded that the obligation to protect of personal data is a positive obligation that should be undertaken by public authorities hasn’t been fulfilled.

The Constitutional Court examined the claim that the right to request the protection of personal data was violated since the investigation made on the complaint regarding the illegal recording of a non-public speech was not conducted in accordance with the positive obligations of the state.

Pursuant to duplicated Article 298 of Tax Procedure Law, the revaluation rate has been published in the Official Gazette numbered 32023 (In Turkish) and dated 24.11.2022. Revaluation rate announced in the rate of 122.93% (one hundred twenty two comma ninety three) for 2023.

Constitutional Court decides on the texture of personal messages of the employee.

The Constitutional Court Decision published on the Official Gazette dated November 15, 2022 and numbered 32014 included the concept of personal data.

Due to the insulting messages of the employee on the company phone about other colleagues, the employment contract was terminated by the employer with a valid reason. According to the employee's claim, the contents of the messages are personal data and were obtained unlawfully by the employer. According to the employer's claim, since it is a company phone, the messages of the employee on the company phone were obtained in accordance with the law, since the device was a company device.

What is Liaison Office?

Liaison offices are named as places established by foreign country-based companies in the Turkish market, whose main field of activity is market research, communication, promotion, information and/or technical support. The most important difference of liaison offices from branches is that they are not allowed to engage in any commercial activity in Türkiye.

Liaison offices are regulated in the Foreign Direct Investment Law No. 4875 (In Turkish). According to the aforementioned Foreign Direct Investment Law, companies established in accordance with the laws of foreign countries may be allowed to establish a liaison office in Türkiye, provided that they cannot engage in commercial activities.The procedures and principles of the process of opening a liaison office are regulated in the Implementation Regulation of the Foreign Direct Investment Law (In Turkish), which is enacted based on the aforementioned Law.