A comparative legal analysis of AI regulations: Cases of EU and Türkiye

This thesis provides a comparative legal analysis of AI regulations, focusing on the EU AI Act and how it would affect the case of Türkiye. The thesis will first elaborate on the driving factors and documents leading to the EU AI Act. It analyzes the possibility of a Brussels effect of the AI Act. By decoding the main pillars of the act, it provides an understanding of the legal nature surrounding the act, and discusses the effects of one of the most important features of the act, which are the risk-based approach and human-centric governance on the strategic autonomy of the European Union. After understanding and analyzing these features, the thesis will further discuss how the concepts of Brussels Effect and Strategic Autonomy can affect Türkiye's regulatory attempts on AI, which could be beneficial to understand what can really shape the future for Türkiye's AI governance.