Pursuant to the Regulation on the Principles and Procedures regarding the Implementation of the Act on the Right to Obtain Information issued under the Act No. 4982 on the Right to Obtain Information;

SUBJECTS ON WHICH INFORMATION CANNOT BE GIVEN

• Application for obtaining information must be relevant to the information or documents held or required to be held, as part of their duty, by the authorities or organizations applied to. (Art. 12)
• Authorities and organizations may give a negative response to the applications made for information and documents which can be generated as a result of a separate or special study, research, examination or analysis, or for information or documents relating to a proceeding which have not been completed yet. (Art. 12)
• Information or documents whose disclosure or announcement was scheduled for a specific date previously and which might harm the public interest or be used for gaining personal interest if disclosed earlier than the specified date, may not be disclosed or made accessible. (Art. 12)
• Information or documents which have been published by authorities and organizations or which have been made public via books, brochures, announcements, etc. may not be the subject of an application for obtaining information. (Art. 8)
• Confidential information or documents which would clearly damage the security, foreign relations, national defense and national security of the state if disclosed or which are characterized as state secret, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 27)
• Information or documents which would damage the economic interests of the country or would bring about unfair competition or unjust gains if disclosed or disclosed before due time, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 28)
• Information and documents relating to the duties and activities of the civil or military intelligence units are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 29)
• Information or documents which relate to the administrative investigations carried out by the authorized units of the authorities and organizations and which, if disclosed or disclosed earlier than due time;
  a) would clearly result in an unlawful intervention in the privacy of the people,
  b) would jeopardize the life or security of the people or the investigating staff, 
  c) would jeopardize the security of the investigation,
  d) would lead to the disclosure of the source of information which should be kept confidential, or would complicate obtaining similar information and sources of information relevant to the investigation, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information.
• Information or documents which by nature, if disclosed or disclosed before due time;
  a) would lead to an offense being committed,
  b) would jeopardize the prevention and investigation of the offenses, or of capture
  and prosecution of the offenders by lawful means,
  c) would prevent the duty of judging from being duly performed,d)would violate the  right of a defendant to be tried fairly, are outside the scope of the right to obtain  information. (Art. 31)
• Information or documents which, if disclosed, would constitute an unlawful intervention in the health care information as well as private and family life, honor and dignity, professional and economic values of a person, under the confidentiality of privacy, except where permitted by the person, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 32)
• Information or documents which would violate the principle of confidentiality of communications are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 32) 
• Information or documents which are described as trade secrets under the legislation, together with the commercial and financial information obtained by the authorities and organizations from real or legal entities on the condition of confidentiality, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 34)
• Information or documents which are related to the arrangements of the authorities and organizations about their personnel and internal practices only and which are not of concern to public, are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. However, this is without prejudice to the rights of the personnel of the authority who have been affected by such an arrangement. (Art. 36)
• Applications requesting advice or opinion are outside the scope of the right to obtain information. (Art. 38)