ABSTRACT
Despite its prominence in global discourse, Turkish cybersecurity policy has been somewhat neglected in the academic literature. This chapter addresses this gap, discussing Turkey's national cybersecurity strategy, setting out the main institutions and stakeholders and describing pertinent legislation. It considers Turkey's cooperation with international organizations and understanding of the norm of national sovereignty. The main argument of the chapter is that while Turkey generally conforms to the emerging cybersecurity norms in the Euro-Atlantic alliance around the protection of critical infrastructures, cybercrime, cyberwarfare, and ICT security, it converges towards the Sino-Russian model when it comes to information controls in national cyberspace. Policymaking, regulation, and operation functions in the area of cybersecurity are also addressed under the basic laws of the telecommunications sector. Reflecting a continuing commitment to multi-stakeholderism, the revised NCSS was prepared after having a series of assessment meetings with relevant public institutions, critical infrastructure operators, the IT sector, non-governmental organizations, and universities.
