PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE EUROPEAN UNION-TURKEY RELATIONS: EFFECT OF VISA LIBERALISATION DIALOGUE

Abstract

The European Union is rather successful at making regulations and law whose influence go beyond the European territory, as these acts are widely considered as common standards. One of them is about personal data protection. The European Union accepted a new regulation on the protection of personal data which was put in practice in May 2018, after a long period of discussions. The regulation was accepted for the replacement of laws about data protection in member and candidate states. As a European Union candidate country, Turkey started a visa liberation dialogue with the European Union in 2013. Personal data protection issue has been one of the most crucial subjects of the visa liberation process and considered as an important requirement which must be fulfilled by Turkey. In this respect, the study will elaborate the European Union’s regulation on new personal data protection under the case of Turkey’s visa liberalisation dialogue. In the first chapter, the historical development of personal data protection, the European Union data protection regulation and current situation will be analysed. In the second chapter, the study will elaborate the issue of data protection under the case of visa liberation dialogue between Turkey and the European Union. In the last chapter, aiming to reveal the differences between General Data Protection Regulation and Turkish data protection legislation, Turkey’s cohesion to the European Union’s data protection regulation within the frame of visa liberation dialogue will be dealt. In this context, differentiating from present studies and researches in the literature, this study asserts that visa liberalisation dialogue catalyses Turkey’s compliance with the European Union’s data protection standards.

Keywords

• Personal Data Protection,European Union,Turkey,Visa Freedom,Privacy

AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ-TÜRKİYE İLİŞKİLERİNDE KİŞİSEL VERİNİN KORUNMASI: VİZE SERBESTİSİ DİYALOĞU ETKİSİ

Abstract

Avrupa Birliği düzenleme ve mevzuat hazırlama ve bu düzenlemelerle tüm dünyaya etki bırakabilme konusunda oldukça başarılı bir aktördür. Avrupa Birliği’nin hazırladığı düzenlemelerden biri de kişisel verilerin korunması üzerinedir. Avrupa Birliği, uzun tartışmalar sonunda Mayıs 2018’te veri koruma düzenlemesini yürürlüğe koymuştur. Bu düzenleme üye ve aday ülkelerdeki veri koruma kanunlarının yerine geçecek şekilde kabul görmüştür. Avrupa Birliği’nin bir aday ülkesi olarak Türkiye 2013 yılında Birlik ile vize serbestisi diyaloğu başlatmıştır. Kişisel veriler ve bu verilerin korunması hususu da vize serbestisi sürecinin önemli konularından biri olarak yer almış, yerine getirilmesi gereken önemli kriterlerden biri olarak dikkat çekmiştir. Bu bağlamda çalışma, Türkiye’nin vize diyaloğu açısından Avrupa Birliği’nin yeni kişisel veri koruma düzenlemesini analiz edecektir. Birinci bölümde kişisel veri korumanın tarihsel gelişimi, Avrupa Birliği’nde kişisel veri düzenlemesi uygulamalarının gelişimi ve mevcut durum değerlendirilecektir. İkinci bölümde çalışma, kişisel veri koruma sürecini Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği kapsamında başlatılan vize serbestisi diyaloğu kapsamında ele alacaktır. Son bölümde ise, Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği arasındaki kişisel veri korumaya yönelik farklılıkların ortaya konması amaçlanarak, Avrupa Birliği’nin yeni kabul etmiş olduğu kişisel veri koruma kanuna Türkiye’nin uyumunun vize serbestisi diyaloğu ile nasıl gerçekleştirildiğine dikkat çekilmektedir. Bu bağlamda çalışma literatürde mevcut olan çalışmalarda farklılaşarak, vize diyaloğu sürecinin Türkiye’nin Avrupa Birliği kişisel veri koruma standartlarına uyumu açısından bir katalizör görevi gördüğünü iddia etmektedir.

Keywords

• Kişisel Veri Koruma,Avrupa Birliği,Türkiye,Vize Serbestisi,Mahremiyet

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