Evaluation of the Status of Digital Assets as Property Under Turkish Law
Evaluation of the Status of Digital Assets as Property Under Turkish Law

Summary/Abstract: Digital assets have found their place in every aspect of life as a result of developing technology. Uncertainty regarding the theoretical basis on which they will be established within the legal order is causing problems in various areas of private law. However, the only certainty is that digital assets have now become subject to law. Therefore, there is a need to develop a legal basis for the legal status of digital assets. There is no uniform agreement on this matter across legal systems. The question of whether traditional legal norms will be sufficient to determine the legal status of digital assets remains. In other words, whether resorting to classical legal rules is sufficient to resolve legal problems arising regarding digital assets, or whether entirely new legal norms must be established, or whether the problem should be solved by introducing new legal structures into existing legal rules, should be examined. To this end, the first section attempts to define the concept of digital assets and identify their types. The second section focuses on the importance of digital assets in private law. The understanding that the legal status of digital assets should be that of property or property-like is gaining ground. In this regard, the third chapter focuses on the concept of property in Turkish law, and finally, the fourth chapter examines the status of digital assets in Turkish law.

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