Since data protection has become one of the buzzwords of the current age, all actors of global governance including nations, regional integration movements and international bodies place this issue at the top of their agenda. To this end, with similar enthusiasm but with slightly different motives, both Turkey and the EU accelerated their efforts towards ensuring beneficial data protection legislation. While leaving the 10th anniversary of Data Protection Day which marks the opening for signature of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, these are crucial times to assess the latest news both in Brussels and Ankara.

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