Legal AlertThe Presidency of the Republic of Turkey announced Human Rights Action Plan through an Announcement Meeting held in Ankara on March 2, 2021

3 March 2021

The objectives for the protection of the personal data are announced through the Announcement Meeting of the Human Rights Action Plan held in Ankara on 02.03.2021 by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.

The objectives for the protection of the personal data are as follows:

i. Adapting the Personal Data Protection Law to the standards of the European Union, in order to provide the protection of individual privacy in the personal data processing,

ii. Procuring the opportunity to appeal to the administrative jurisdiction instead of appealing to the penal court of peace, against the administrative fine decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board,

iii. Providing public access to all decisions of the courts of first instance and the courts of appeal, within compliance with the principle of protection of the personal data,

iv. Providing public access to the decisions of the Ombudsman Institution and Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey, by means of the protection of the personal data.

You may reach the full English version of the presentation address of the Human Rights Action Plan via the link below:

https://www.tccb.gov.tr/assets/dosya/2021-03-02-insanhaklari-en.pdf