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RESEARCH
Publications
Books, articles, theses and other work by Av. Sevgi Erarslan. Links go to the original place of publication, and each entry states how it can be accessed. Where later changes in the law affect a work, a dated update note is added. Talks, teaching and writing by guest authors are listed at the end of the page. Most works are in Turkish.
Books and book chapter
BOOK · 2ND EDITION · 2020
Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller
On İki Levha, 357 pp. Updated for Covid-19-era rules. In Turkish.
BOOK · 1ST EDITION · 2019
Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller
On İki Levha, XX + 266 pp. Based on her master’s thesis. In Turkish.
BOOK CHAPTER · 2023
Yapay Zekâ ve Hukuk
Ed. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aksu, On İki Levha, 528 pp. Chapter: personal data in AI-based mobile health apps developed against Covid-19. In Turkish.
All publications
12 entries, newest first. The topics are listed under each entry.
2023
LL.M. THESIS · IN ENGLISH
Applicability of the European Union’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive to the Issuance and Trade of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
KU Leuven, Faculty of Law, Advanced Master of Laws, 2023
Unpublished · Crypto-assets and proceeds of crime
Update note, 2026: written before MiCA (EU 2023/1114) and the 2024 EU AML package.
ACADEMIC PROFILES
Open access: free to read. Subscription required: needs a publisher database subscription. In print: printed book.
2023
BOOK CHAPTER
Yapay Zekâ ve Hukuk, ed. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aksu, On İki Levha, Istanbul, 2023
Subscription required · Go to publication ↗ · Personal data · AI
Update note, 2026: written before the EU AI Act (2024/1689) and the amendment to KVKK Article 6, it also sheds light on both.
2023
ESSAY
Özgür Günlere Özlemle: Bilmediğimiz İran
Masa Stratejiler & Çözümler, July 2023
No online link · Human rights
2022
ARTICLE
Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi İçtihatlarında Ayrımcılık Yasağı Bağlamında Şüpheli Temeller Doktrini
Terazi Hukuk Dergisi 17 (192), August 2022, pp. 36–50
Subscription required · Go to publication ↗ · Human rights
2022
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE
Bilgi Edinme Hakkı ve Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Hakkı: Çatışma mı Yoksa Sıkı Bir İş Birliği mi?
Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 17 (206), 2022, pp. 287–318
Subscription required · Go to publication ↗ · Personal data · Public law
2021
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE
Kırıkkale Hukuk Mecmuası 1 (1), 2021, pp. 82–115
Open access · Go to publication ↗ · Personal data
Update note, 2026: the transfer regime changed with Law No. 7499 (in force 1 June 2024) and the Regulation of 10 July 2024; this article examines the earlier regime and also sheds light on the current one.
2021
ESSAY
Lexpera Blog, 29 September 2021
Open access · Go to publication ↗ · Personal data · Public law
2021
ESSAY
Kitle İmha Silahlarının Yayılmasının Finansmanının Önlenmesine İlişkin Teklif Hakkında Değerlendirme
erarslanhukuk.com, 27 April 2021
Open access · Go to publication ↗ · Crypto-assets and proceeds of crime
Update note, 2026: the bill was enacted as Law No. 7262 (Official Gazette, 31 December 2020).
2020
BOOK · 2ND EDITION
Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller
On İki Levha, Istanbul. 1st ed. 2019 (XX + 266 pp.); 2nd ed. December 2020 (357 pp.), updated for Covid-19-era rules
In print · Go to publication ↗ · Personal data
Update note, 2026: both editions reflect KVKK Article 6 as it stood before Law No. 7499 amended it on 1 June 2024.
2019
MASTER'S THESIS
Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller
Istanbul University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Private Law, 2019
No online link · Personal data
2019
2018
TALK
What Can We Do as Lawyers for the Full and Effective Access to the Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers?
Union of Turkish Bar Associations and UNHCR, November 2018
No online link · Human rights
Talks and teaching
Professional training, panels and presentations.
2026
“Digital Criminal Law”: personal data and digital evidence, I. Ceza ve Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku Günleri
2025
“Personal Data Protection in Legal Practice”, Istanbul Bar Training Centre (SEM)
2025
“The Shield of Data: AI, KVKK and IP in conflict”, Istanbul Bar panel
2018
“What can we do as lawyers for the full and effective access to the rights of refugees and asylum seekers?”, Union of Turkish Bar Associations and UNHCR
Writing by guest authors
Blog articles by lawyers who previously worked with the firm, published under their own names. Each reflects the law as it stood when it was published. In Turkish.
JANUARY 2023 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. FEHMİ TERZİ
Update note, 2026: written before the EU AI Act (2024/1689).
JANUARY 2023 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. ASLIHAN BAYRAK
JANUARY 2023 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. NURAN ÇITIRIK
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Kimlik Kartlarındaki Din Hanesi ve İnancı Açıklamama Hakkı
NOVEMBER 2022 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. ELİF BOZYİĞİT
Aldatıcı Reklamlar Karşısında Tüketicilerin Başvurabileceği Yollar
SEPTEMBER 2022 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. NEVRA ALAGÖZ
AUGUST 2022 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. ONUR ALAS
Blockchain Teknolojisinin Türk Hukuk Sisteminde Potansiyel Kullanım Alanları
AUGUST 2022 · GUEST AUTHOR · AV. ROŞNA ARJEN İŞBİLEN
Türk Hukuku Bağlamında Çalışan Çocuklar ve Genç İşçiler Üzerine Değerlendirme