Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), data subject rights

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In force since 7 April 2016.

A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 29 August 2026.

What it requires

An app must give a person in Turkey a way to learn whether their personal data is processed, access information about that processing, request correction or erasure, and object to a result produced solely through automated analysis of their data.

What this law does

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Art. 11 gives a data subject the right to learn whether their data is processed, to request information on processing, to learn its purpose and whether use matches that purpose, to know the data's domestic and foreign transferees, to request rectification, to request erasure or destruction under Art. 7, to have those operations reported to prior transferees, to object to a result produced solely through automated analysis, and, at Art. 11(1)(g), to claim compensation for damage from unlawful processing.

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Read the law

official statute text, KVKK Kurumu consolidated English translation

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