Recent development

The Turkish Constitutional Court's Decision No. 2018/6707, dated 31 March 2022, regarding the violation of a doctor's freedom of expression was published in the Official Gazette on 26 May 2022. The Constitutional Court evaluated the freedom of expression within the scope of scientific discussions. 

Recent Development

The recent developments in the healthcare sector are: (1) the Draft Guideline on the License Application for Foods for Special Medical Purposes, (2) the Draft Guideline on the Stability Studies of Foods for Special Medical Purposes published by the Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Authority and (3) the Guideline on the Distance Health Information Systems (USBS) published by the General Directorate of Health Information Systems.

Recent Development

The Constitutional Court's Decision No. 2018/11988 regarding an applicant's right to request the protection of their personal data was published in the Official Gazette dated 19 April 2022. The Constitutional Court evaluated the legal grounds for processing biometric data.

Recent development

The Turkish Constitutional Court's Decision No. 2017/39464 dated 23 February 2022 regarding the violation of a teacher's freedom of expression was published in the Official Gazette on 27 April 2022. The Constitutional Court evaluated the freedom of expression of public personnel in general.

The Authority recently published the (1) Good Pharmacovigilance Practices Guideline Module 9 Annex I -Training Materials and Module 8 - Safety Communication and (2) Guideline on Crisis Management in Pharmacovigilance Activities. 

The Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Authority recently published the (1) Guideline on the Classification of Diversification and Variation Applications; (2) Guideline on Communication, Organization and Responsibilities of Stakeholders in Market Control Programs; (3) Guideline on the Good Manufacturing Practices in Human Medicinal Products Manufacturing Plants; (4) Announcement on Annotation/Revision Procedures and Transition to the New Type Licenses; and (5) updated the Precautions to Adopt in Clinical Trials against the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Recent Developments

The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency recently announced the results of its cosmetics sector market surveillance and inspection conducted in January, February and March 2022. 

Recent Development

On 15 April 2022, the Advertising Board of the Ministry of Trade published the Guideline on the Advertisements and Commercial Practices with Price Information and Discounted Sales pursuant to the Consumer Protection Law and the Regulation on Commercial Advertisements and Unfair Commercial Practices. The Guideline aims to inform all advertising industry stakeholders, including advertisers, advertising agencies and platforms as well as sellers, service providers, and intermediary service providers regarding the advertising of price information and discounted sales.

Recent development

On 6 April 2022, the European Parliament adopted the Data Governance Act. As part of the European Data Strategy, the Act will become law after it is adopted by the Council of the European Union.