ŞEREF KILIÇLI
Currently going through a phase of digitalization in both public and private sectors, Turkey is continuing to take important steps to protect personal data. In this framework, Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data entered into force on April 7, 2016. Within this law, the Personal Data Protection Agency was established and began its activities in January 2017.
CONNECTED TO A STANDARD
The Personal Data Protection Agency has undertaken a mission to show the way to public and private sectors in according their regulations to the law. The Personal Data Protection Agency has received consultancy requests from 188 organizations. It is underlined that the Law on the Protection of Personal Data is not a law prohibiting data process, but a disciplining law that connects it to the standard. Making Turkey a role model in the global economy that is moving towards being data-based is also among one of the aims of the Personal Data Protection Agency.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS
Relevant organizations will fulfill their obligations through the data officer. The data officer has an important responsibility in securing personal data.
The data officer will be responsible for the unlawful processing of personal data, the prevention of unlawful access and the maintenance of personal data. The officer also has to take all necessary technical and administrative measures to ensure the level of security.
AUDIT THOSE RESPONSIBLE
The Personal Data Protection Agency will audit its own data officers through a system called ‘Data Responsibility Registry’ (VERBIS). VERBIS is a registration system in which data officers have to register and declare information about data processing activities. This system aims to explain who is responsible for the data and to improve the effectiveness of how touse the right to protect personal data.
8 TASKS FOR LEGAL COMPLIANCE
In order to comply with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data, private institutions and public institutions need to:
* Assign officers for personal data protection
* Conduct data analysis
* Create a personal data processing inventory
* Prepare a personal data laundering and destruction policy
* Train and raise awareness among employees
* Pursue confidentiality agreements
* Prepare information leaflets
* Determine periodic destruction time
GIANT PLANT FOR AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION
The center of aerospace and space in Turkey, the Turkish Aerospace (TAI), is building the world’s fourth biggest composite plant under one roof. The facility, which will be realized with an investment of 181 million dollars, will have an indoor area of 95 thousand square meters.
The plant will produce high technology, quality and efficiency.The plant will produce structural parts of air vehicles, such as helicopters, and will meet 2 percent of the world’s need for air structural composites. In addition to developing its own air vehicles, TAI will also produce for major aerospace giants such as Airbus and Boeing.
EYES IN SPACE
Rapidly increasing its work on space technologies, Turkey’s Rasat, Göktürk-1 and Göktürk observation satellites is keeping the pulse of the world from outer space.
Turkey has 6 active satellites, 3 being in communications and 3 observation satellites. Türksat 3A, Türksat 4A and Türksat 4B satellites for communication, and Rasat, Göktürk-1 and Göktürk-2 satellites are used for observation.
Rasat: Being designed and produced in Turkey, Rasat is Turkey’s first ground observation satellite. It was first launched from Russia in 2011 and has completed 2,716 tasks.
Göktürk-1: Constructed on one of the most advanced systems, this satellite is among the observation satellites. It was sent from the Guiana Space Center in France in 2016.
Göktürk-2: Turkey’s high-resolution land exploration satellite, Göktürk-2, was launched to its mission orbit from China in 2012.
IMECE: IMECE and Turkey’s first communications satellite, Türksat 6A, is expected to take its place in space in 2021.
