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Turkey's interior minister faces criminal complaint over facial recognition app exposing IDs

Turkey's interior minister faces criminal complaint over facial recognition app exposing IDs

Minister Soylu had shown during a YouTube video that he was able to identify a person by uploading their photo to the app.

26 May 2023 Ayça Söylemez

Enforced disappearance of Fehmi Tosun: Perpetrators protected by ‘privacy’

Enforced disappearance of Fehmi Tosun: Perpetrators protected by ‘privacy’

It has been 26 years since the enforced disappearance of Fehmi Tosun. Due to the “privacy of private life”, it is still not unveiled under whose name the vehicle that abducted Tosun was registered.

1 November 2021

Turkey’s top court says trans woman’s right to respect for privacy violated

Turkey’s top court says trans woman’s right to respect for privacy violated

The Constitutional Court has concluded the application of a trans woman whose application for changing her name was rejected as “she didn’t have gender reassignment surgery and society might have wrong perceptions if she had a woman’s name.”

22 September 2021

Constitutional Court says discharged Peace Academic’s rights violated

Constitutional Court says discharged Peace Academic’s rights violated

Discharged from university and faced with an international travel ban and constraint on her passport, Academic for Peace Akyüz could not go abroad for her academic studies. The top court has concluded that her right to respect for privacy was violated.

13 September 2021

Turkey orders stay of execution for WhatsApp's new privacy policy

Turkey orders stay of execution for WhatsApp's new privacy policy

The messenger application announced last month that it updated its privacy policy.

15 February 2021

AKP Tekirdağ chair hands out school reports, going from door to door

HE SAYS 'NO POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS'

AKP Tekirdağ chair hands out school reports, going from door to door

After the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year came to an end, a ruling AKP provincial chair in northwestern Turkey handed out school reports by going to children’s homes, which has sparked harsh criticism, especially about the privacy of students.

25 January 2021 Ruken Tuncel

WhatsApp faces second inquiry in Turkey over new privacy policy

WhatsApp faces second inquiry in Turkey over new privacy policy

After the Competition Board, the Personal Data Protection Authority has also launched an inquiry into the messenger's new privacy terms.

12 January 2021

Turkey investigates WhatsApp over privacy terms, promotes state-controlled alternative

Turkey investigates WhatsApp over privacy terms, promotes state-controlled alternative

After WhatsApp announced its new privacy policy, it has faced backlash from users in Turkey as many are moving to other messengers.

11 January 2021

‘Social experiment’ video violates children’s rights, says Diyarbakır Bar

‘Social experiment’ video violates children’s rights, says Diyarbakır Bar

The Children’s Rights Center of Diyarbakır Bar Association has released a statement about a video featuring two YouTubers who said that "they were hungry" and asked for help from child workers in Diyarbakır in the name of a “social experiment.”

Turkey investigates TikTok over privacy claims

Turkey investigates TikTok over privacy claims

The app has been revealed to have access to what its users type on the keyboard and their clipboard content.

Do online exams violate personal data?

Do online exams violate personal data?

“Universities violate students’ personal data while trying to prevent them from cheating in online exams,” says Hasan Selçuk Turan, the Chair of İstanbul Bar Association’s Commission on Protection of Personal Data.

30 June 2020 Hikmet Adal