Erasure request under Turkey's KVKK (template)

When to use it

Your name, photo, phone number or other data appear on a Turkish website, forum or company record without consent or after the purpose has ended. The request goes to the data controller, the organisation that publishes or holds the data. Turkish-language requests are processed faster; the text below can be sent in Turkish with an English copy.

Template

To: [Controller name], [address / registered e-mail (KEP)]

Subject: Request for erasure of personal data under Article 11 of Law No. 6698

Name: [ ]  ID / passport no: [ ]  Address for notices: [ ]  Email / phone: [ ]

The following pages on [site] publish my name and [photo / phone / other data] without my explicit consent:
1. [URL]
2. [URL]

None of the conditions for processing in Articles 5 and 6 of the Law apply, and the purpose of processing has ended. Under Articles 7 and 11(1)(e), I request erasure of this data, notification of third parties to whom it was transferred, and a written reply within thirty days under Article 13.

Date: [ ]  Signature: [ ]
Attachments: copy of ID, screenshots

Notes

• Deliver in writing (notary or registered post), by registered e-mail (KEP), with a secure e-signature, or from the e-mail address the controller already has for you.
• If there is no reply or a refusal, you can complain to Turkey's Personal Data Protection Board. See complaint to the KVKK Board.

General information, not legal advice. In real cases we work alongside lawyers who specialise in digital rights.