Personal Data protection Within the Scope of The Data Protection Code No.6698 and the Turkish Criminal Code No.5237

This study examines and analyzes the subject of data protection which has been omitted for a very long time. Subsequent to Data Protection Code no.6698 and General Data Protection Regulation entered into force, data protection issue has been included by the agendas of both private and public entities which processing personal data within the scope of their services in our country. In the context of this study, we examine data protection matter in three sections. At first, the approach to data protection is examined by referring to the economic approach and the human rights approach then, we review the legal instruments prepared by OECD, European Council and European Union and finally, we examine some examples of data protection law belongs to foreign jurisdictions and also our own jurisdiction. Secondly, data protection matter is examined within the scope of Data Protection Code no 6698 and the third and final section of the study, we review and discuss the criminal provisions related to data protection in the Turkish Criminal Code no.5237. As the matter is being examined, the Data Protection Code is also taken into consideration because the Data Protection Code refers to the criminal provisions of the Turkish Criminal Code. We expect that our study will be helpful for data protection law issues which are completely new to Turkish Law whereas they have been discussed on a very long time over the World.