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Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 and European General Data Protection Regulation* Att. İdil Uz Introduction In line with the recent developments in data processing technol- ogy, the concepts of personal data and protection of this data have started to gain a legal dimension in most countries. This concept that can be adapted to the legal order of each country, is compatible with personal rights in most legal systems. For this reason, since this legal field has universal characteristics, in terms of adaptation to their own legislation, each country adapts this branch of law to their legal sys- tems with their own revisions. Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (Kişisel Ver- ilerin Korunması Kanunu (“KVKK”)) entered into force on 7 April 2016, shortly before the European General Data Protection Regula- tion 1 (“GDPR”). Although there are many similarities between the KVKK and GDPR, it may not be possible to say there is complete compatibility between these two, since on the wording and regulation of the KVKK, Directive No. 95/46/AT -which was in force before the GDPR- on Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data, is taken as a reference. In this article, by mentioning the similarities and differences be- tween the KVKK and GDPR, the obligation of the data controllers, who are the subject of these two Regulations, to comply with both Regulations, will be revealed. * Article of January, 2020 1 h t t ps : / / eu r - l ex . eu r opa . eu / l ega l - con t en t /EN/TXT/ ?u r i =u r i s e r v :OJ .L_.2016.119.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2016:119:TOC> (Access Date: 27.01.2020).