Siber Güvenlik Kanunu’nun İletişim ve Yeni Medya Faaliyetleri Bağlamında Değerlendirmesi
Assessment of the Cybersecurity Law in the Context of Communication and New Media Activities

Summary/Abstract: By the twenty-first century, the internet and information technologies, which have gained great momentum, dominate every aspect of life. The digitalization produced by this process has brought profound changes not only to political and economic operations but also to communication processes, media activities, and everyday practices. These changes have given rise to new forms of crime and security problems. States are attempting, through legal regulations, to prevent crimes caused by digitalization and to address security issues. One of the most important components of this process is the communication and new media activities supported by the internet and information technologies. This study examines the sections of the Cybersecurity Law related to communication and media within the framework of Habermas’s conceptualization of the “public sphere”; the law was adopted on 12 March 2025 (Law No. 7545) and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Türkiye on 19 March 2025. The assessment concludes that the Cybersecurity Law poses risks of restricting constitutionally defined freedoms of communication and correspondence, imposing limitations on media activities, and–due to insufficient transparency and lack of coherence–leading to arbitrary application.

• Details
• Contents