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Nazan DİRİ BAL
Amendments in the Law on Protection of Personal Data
Read more: Amendments in the Law on Protection of Personal DataChanges to the Law on Protection of Personal Data (“LPPD”) has been accepted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 2 March 2024, which was published in the Official Gazette on 12 March 2024. The amendments will come into force as of 1 June 2024. Two matters – mainly, processing of special categories of personal data (or
Monetary thresholds specified in the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 6563 (“E-Commerce Law”) have been increased.
Read more: Monetary thresholds specified in the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 6563 (“E-Commerce Law”) have been increased.In order to determine the obligations that electronic commerce intermediary service providers and electronic commerce service providers must comply with, certain threshold values have been specified in Additional Articles 2, 3, and 4 of the E-Commerce Law. The thresholds specified in these additional articles were increased by 50% by the President in February 2023 in…
Diri Legal merges to become Diri Sevi Mergen
Read more: Diri Legal merges to become Diri Sevi MergenReunited. Wiser. Stronger. Diri Legal and Sevi & Mergen are delighted to announce a very exciting development that they joinforces under one roof as Diri Sevi Mergen. Now, with this reunion of old colleagues as partners who have worked at Birsel Law Offices for more than a decade, the team enjoys the taste of a…
Electronic Signatures and Their Evidential Value
Read more: Electronic Signatures and Their Evidential ValueEconomic globalization is the increasing economic interdependence of national economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods, services, technology and capital. As a result of the increased economic global interactions, international trade has grown. Simultaneously, the speed of life in every aspect such as communication, logistics and access to information…
Work and Residence Permits in Turkey
Read more: Work and Residence Permits in TurkeyIn the light of the recent developments in Russia and Ukraine, we have come across companies that are willing to relocate their employees and/or freelancers, together with their immediate families, due to the current and expected difficulties and restrictions. In this respect, Turkey, as a neighbouring country, is considered as the most feasible option for…
Law No. 7244 on Reducing the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economic and Social Life
Read more: Law No. 7244 on Reducing the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economic and Social LifeLaw No. 7244 on Reducing the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economic and Social Life is published in the Official Gazette today. As per the Law, certain measures are introduced and amendments are made accordingly which will have effect in different sectors. The below novelties in relation to Labor Law and Turkish Commercial Code are…
Diri Legal joins IR as the exclusive Competition Law Member in Turkey
Read more: Diri Legal joins IR as the exclusive Competition Law Member in TurkeyIR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Nazan DİRİ BAL, LL.M. of Diri Legal. Nazan has joined IR as our exclusive Competition Law Member in Turkey. Nazan mainly specialises in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, IT & data protection and competition law – with significant experience in advising…