Personal Data Protection Authority Announces Extension of Deadline for Newly Obligated VERBIS Registrants

5/17/2026

The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has announced, in its public notice dated 14 May 2026, an extension of the deadline for the completion of VERBIS (Data Controllers’ Registry Information System) registration and notification obligations applicable to corporate taxpayer legal entities that became subject to such obligation based on their 2025 financial balance sheet totals.

Accordingly, the deadline for fulfilling VERBIS registration and notification obligations has been extended to 05 June 2026 for newly obligated data controllers whose 2025 financial balance sheet totals are:

TRY 100 million or more for data controllers whose principal field of activity is not the processing of special categories of personal data; or
TRY 10 million or more for data controllers whose principal field of activity is the processing of special categories of personal data.

The Authority’s announcement is available here

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