Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol

Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol completed her undergraduate studies at Istanbul University Faculty of Law. Having earned a master’s degree in “Economic Law” at Galatasaray University, Kalaycıoğlu has been registered with the Istanbul Bar Association since 2004. After working as a specialist lawyer in Commercial Law, Collective and Individual Labor Law and Competition Law at Doğuş Holding’s Tourism Group, she joined Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. She specialized in Electronic Communications Law and Competition Law, and after serving as Sectoral Legal Counsel Unit Manager she was appointed Personal Data, Competition and Consumer Law Manager. Her recent work has focused particularly on personal data protection legislation, and she continues to work on the legal and sociological dimensions of the subject. Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol has also served as Interim Coordinator of the Telecommunications Working Group of the Personal Data Protection Commission established at the Istanbul Bar Association; she is married and a mother of one.