Conflict between the right to protection of personal data and freedom of the press in Turkish law

The protection of personal data is gaining importance day by day in societies that are transforming with developing technology, widespread internet and increasing need for information. Although the protection of personal data is essential, determining the conditions under which and how this information, which is needed in all areas of life, will be used is also a part of this protection. On the one hand, while protecting personal data, on the other hand, the regulations regarding the law on the protection of personal data, which regulates the terms of use, turn to many areas of law, and the right to protection of personal data, which is a constitutional right, may conflict with the field of other fundamental rights and freedoms. In this context, first of all, the emergence and development of the concept of personal data and the law on the protection of personal data and its equivalent in criminal law regulations will be conveyed. In the light of the concepts and institutions explained within the scope of the study, the criteria to be applied in the balance to be established between the borders and conflicting interests of the freedom of the press and the right to protection of personal data will be determined.