Turkey Copyrights

Member of Berne Convention:

Yes.

Registration:

No registration formalities available.

Duration:

Duration in general is the author's life plus 70 years following the author's date of death.

Works Protected:

Works expressed in language and writing in any way and computer programs expressed in any form and their preliminary designs, provided that these lead to a program in the next stage; All kinds of dances, written choreography works and similar stage works; All kinds of technical and scientific photographic works that do not have rhetorical character; All kinds of maps, plans, projects, sketches, pictures, geographical and topographical models and alike; All kinds of architectural and civil designs and projects, architectural models, industrial, environmental and stage designs and projects; Works of music; Works of fine art including oil and watercolor paintings; All kinds of pictures, designs, pastels, engravings, manuscripts and gilding, works drawn or fixed with mineral, stone, wood or other substances by scratching, engraving, tapping or similar methods, calligraphy, screen printing; Statutes, reliefs and carvings; Works of architecture; Handicrafts and minor works of art, miniatures and products of decorative art, and textile and fashion designs; Photographic works and slides; Graphic works; Cartoon works; All kinds of typing, with esthetical value; Works of Cinema including movies, films carrying didactic and technical characteristics or reflecting daily events; All kinds of scientific, technical or rhetorical projection dia-positives.

Penalties:

Penalties include payment of fines of up to 600 million Liras (around US Dollars) as well as legal prosecution resulting in a maximum of 1 year imprisonment terms.