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In its principle decision dated 10 June 2025 and numbered 2025/1072 (“Principle Decision”), the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) set out the principles regarding the processing of personal data in the context of sending verification codes via SMS to data subjects during the provision of products and services. The Principle Decision is published in the Official Gazette dated 26 June 2025 and numbered 32938 and on the official website of the Personal Data Protection Authority.

The “Regulation Amending the Regulation on Distance Contracts” (“Amendment Regulation”), issued by the Ministry of Trade and published in the Official Gazette dated May 24, 2025, and numbered 32909, introduces new provisions regarding consumers’ right of withdrawal in distance sales contracts. These amendments to the Regulation on Distance Contracts (“”), which was originally enacted based on Articles 48 and 84 of the Law No. 6502 on the Protection of Consumers (“Law”), will come into effect on January 1, 2026.

The Communiqué on the Establishment and Operational Principles of Crypto Asset Service Providers (III-35/B.1) and the Communiqué on the Working Procedures, Principles, and Capital Adequacy of Crypto Asset Service Providers (III-35/B.2), which have been prepared by the Capital Markets Board (“Board”), have been published in the Official Gazette dated March 13, 2025. These communiqués have set out the procedures and principles regarding the establishment, commencement of operations, activities, and suspension of activities of crypto asset service providers.