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Köksal Attorney Partnership — meeting room for litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution10 February 2026Cover · Crisis management
GuideData Protection

Crisis management in companies: the legal roadmap for the first 48 hours

Data breach, search and seizure, product crisis, or media scandal: the steps taken in the first 48 hours determine the fate of the case. An actionable legal crisis protocol for companies.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership Germany Desk — meeting room linking İstanbul and Berlin3 February 2026Cover · Trade-fair preparation
GuideESG & Supply Chains

Legal preparation checklist for Turkish companies exhibiting at a trade fair in Germany

Pre-fair FTO and trademark searches, the protective brief, stand contracts; what to do at the moment of a preliminary injunction and seizure during the fair – all in a single checklist.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — investment, tax incentives and financial structuring work10 March 2025Cover · Investment climate
Briefing NoteTax & Incentives

Foreign direct investment in Türkiye: legal framework and opportunities

An overview of company formation, incentives, and compliance processes for foreign investors.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and legal tech work20 January 2025Cover · KVKK / GDPR
GuideData Protection

Data protection compliance: KVKK and GDPR obligations

Essential compliance steps regarding data controllers' duty to inform, explicit consent, and cross-border data transfers.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data protection compliance under KVKK and the GDPR11 October 2021
ArticleData Protection

How to compliantly transfer data abroad from Türkiye

Adequacy decisions, the standard contract, binding corporate rules and undertakings: the conditions for transferring personal data out of Türkiye under Article 9 of the KVKK as amended by Law 7499.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data protection compliance under KVKK and the GDPR11 October 2021
ArticleData Protection

Penalties and enforcement decisions for breaches of Data Protection Law in Türkiye

Penalties for breaches of data protection law in Türkiye — prison sentences, administrative fines and compensation — together with the Board's principle decisions and a selection of enforcement decisions on data security, transfers abroad and breach notifications.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data protection compliance under KVKK and the GDPR10 October 2021
ArticleData Protection

The rights of data subjects

The rights of data subjects under Türkiye's Data Protection Law: information, access, rectification, erasure, objection and opt-out, with application procedures, response deadlines and the differences from the GDPR on portability and automated decision-making.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data protection compliance under KVKK and the GDPR10 October 2021
ArticleData Protection

The legal bases for compliant data processing

The legal bases for processing personal data under Türkiye's Data Protection Law: explicit consent, contractual necessity, legal obligations, vital interests, legitimate interests, publicised data and the establishment or protection of rights.

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Köksal Attorney Partnership — data protection compliance under KVKK and the GDPR10 October 2021
ArticleData Protection

Key points on explicit consent for data protection compliance

Explicit consent under Türkiye's Data Protection Law: the three elements of valid consent, why blanket consents are invalid, recording and proving consent, and the data subject's right to withdraw consent with prospective effect.

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