# Turkish Data Breach Notifications (KVKK) (`coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications`) Actor

Public data breach notifications from Turkey's data protection authority (KVKK) as structured JSON: company, website, dates, cause, data types and people affected, in English.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications.md
- **Developed by:** [Tolga Kilitci](https://apify.com/coolwind) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 notifications

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Turkish Data Breach Notifications (KVKK) Scraper

Every public **data breach notification** published by Turkey's data protection authority, the **Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK)**, as clean, structured JSON: which company was breached, its website, when the breach happened and was detected, what caused it, which personal data was exposed and how many people were affected — with English labels.

The KVKK publishes these notices only in Turkish, as free text, roughly one a day. This Actor turns each one into a record you can filter, alert on and feed into your tools.

Built for **threat-intelligence and security teams, cyber insurers, vendor and third-party risk managers, privacy and compliance professionals, journalists, researchers and AI agents.**

### What you get

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `publishedDate` | `2026-09-30` |
| `controller` | `Deve Yükü Dayanıklı Tüketim Malları Limited Şirketi` (the company / data controller) |
| `controllerWebsite` | `https://www.deveyuku.com/` |
| `breachDate` / `breachStartDate` / `breachEndDate` | when the breach happened, when stated |
| `detectionDate` | `2026-09-24` |
| `causeCategories` | `["unauthorized access", "third-party / data processor"]` |
| `causeTr` | the cause, as described in Turkish |
| `dataTypes` | `["name", "surname", "phone number", "email address", "postal address", "login credentials", "order and delivery details"]` |
| `credentialsHashed` | `true` when the notice says passwords were hashed |
| `affectedPeople` / `affectedRecords` | `133031` |
| `affectedCountDetermined` | `false` when the company could not determine the number |
| `affectedGroups` | `["members / subscribers", "customers", "prospective customers"]` |
| `contactTr` | how affected people can get information |
| `boardDecisionDate` / `boardDecisionNo` | `2026-09-30` / `2026/2137` |
| `summaryTr`, `fullText` | the notice's bullet points and full Turkish text |
| `titleEn`, `summaryEn` | optional English headline and summary |
| `url` | link to the official notice |

Cause categories include ransomware, phishing, social engineering, malware, cyber attack, unauthorized access, account takeover, third-party / data processor, employee / insider, lost or stolen device or documents, misdirected disclosure, and vulnerability or misconfiguration.

### How to use it

- **Latest breaches** — the default input returns the 10 most recent notifications.
- **Daily monitoring** — schedule the Actor every day with *Published from* set to yesterday and send new records to Slack, email or your SIEM.
- **Vendor risk** — put your suppliers' names or domains in *Keywords* to be alerted when one of them reports a breach.
- **Large incidents only** — set *Minimum people affected*, e.g. 10,000.
- **English** — add your own OpenAI API key for English headlines and summaries. The key is stored as a secret input and is only sent to OpenAI.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "publishedFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "minAffectedPeople": 10000,
  "keywords": []
}
```

### Coverage

The KVKK website lists roughly the most recent 150 notifications (about the last few months). Run the Actor on a schedule to build a complete history from now on.

The KVKK website usually only answers Turkish IP addresses, so the Actor uses a Turkish residential proxy by default. Its cost is included in the price.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Works as a tool for AI agents through the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com): ask *"Has any Turkish company we work with reported a data breach this month?"* and let your agent call this Actor.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged per notification returned. Use *Max notifications* and the filters to control cost.

### Data source and legal note

All data comes from the official website of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority, [kvkk.gov.tr](https://www.kvkk.gov.tr), which publishes these notices under Article 12(5) of Law No. 6698 to inform the public. Each record links to the official notice. Fields are extracted automatically and English labels are not official translations; rely on the original notice for legal purposes. A published notice means a breach was reported, not that the company has been found at fault. This Actor is not affiliated with the KVKK.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many notifications, newest first (0 = no limit when a start date is set; otherwise 20).

## `publishedFrom` (type: `string`):

Only notifications published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `publishedTo` (type: `string`):

Only notifications published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only return notifications mentioning any of these (company name, domain, or a word such as 'fidye' for ransomware).

## `minAffectedPeople` (type: `integer`):

Only return breaches with at least this many affected people (0 = all, including undetermined counts).

## `includeFullText` (type: `boolean`):

Return the full Turkish text of each notification.

## `openAiApiKey` (type: `string`):

If set, each notification gets an English headline and summary generated with your own OpenAI account.

## `openAiModel` (type: `string`):

OpenAI model used for the English summaries.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause between requests to the official site, in milliseconds.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

kvkk.gov.tr usually only answers Turkish IP addresses, so a Turkish residential proxy is used by default (included in the price).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "minAffectedPeople": 0,
  "includeFullText": true,
  "openAiModel": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "requestDelayMs": 700,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "TR",
    } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "TR"
  }
}' |
apify call coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,coolwind/turkish-data-breach-notifications"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VCYhfDvX3YYIisdJF/builds/ZPNvOPsXb8TdFxDg7/openapi.json