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meanors and monetary sanctions pertaining thereto. Art. 24 of the
Directive provides for Member States to lay down the sanctions to be
imposed in the event of an infringement of the Directive.
Conclusion
Personal data protection is at the verge of being enhanced in both
Turkish and EU systems. Although the EU provides greater protection
via adapting its current legislation to another legal instrument (name-
ly, a regulation) and introducing provisions to ensure personal data
protection in recent forms of communication and data storage, Turkey
is historically far from catching up to EU standards, as the Draft Law
has not yet been enacted. When enacted, influenced very closely by the
Directive, the Turkish personal data protection system will very much
resemble its EU counterpart.
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