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Turkey Synchronizes Annual Paid Leave Provisions in Secondary Legislation
Turkey has updated secondary legislation to reflect changes which were made in 2014 and 2016 to the paid leave provisions of Labour Law... [Read More]
Turkey Updates Rules for Organized Natural Gas Wholesale Market
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Board (“Board”) has introduced principles and procedures for the organized natural gas wholesale market (“Market”). The updated rules focus... [Read More]
Turkey Allows Nightshift Overtime in Tourism, Private Security and Health Service Sectors
Turkey has removed the 7.5 working hours maximum limit for night shifts for employee and sub-employees in the tourism, private security and health... [Read More]
Turkey Determines Confidentiality Principles for Public Tenders Related to Defence, Security and Intelligence
Turkey has announced confidential principles for public tenders related to defence, security, intelligence, or other matters which the respective ministry decided should be... [Read More]
Turkey Adopts the European Convention on Counterfeit Medical Products
Turkey has now adopted the Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes Involving Threats to Public Health... [Read More]
Turkey Announces Compensation Rules for Employee Inventions made Within Higher Education Institutions
Under Turkey’s recently overhauled intellectual property regime, employees in higher education institutions are entitled to a reasonable fee for employee inventions. The fee... [Read More]
Turkish Medicine and Medical Device Regulator Seizes 73 Types of Counterfeit and Smuggled Goods in 2017
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Device Agency, part of the Ministry of Health (“Ministry”), recently announced that it had seized 73 types of... [Read More]
Turkey’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency Accepted as Member of Pharmaceuticals Inspection Co-operation Scheme
The Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has become a member of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S). PIC/S leads international development,... [Read More]
Turkey Releases Detailed Guideline for New Food Labelling and Information Requirements
Turkey has published a Guideline for the Turkish Food Codex Labelling and Informing Consumers Regulation (“Guideline”), released in January 2017 (more). The Guideline... [Read More]
Turkish Parliament Considers Legislative Regime for Crowdfunding
Turkey’s parliament is considering a new legislative regime focused on crowdfunding. It is the first time that crowdfunding structures receive specific attention from... [Read More]
Turkish Court Considers Rights Arising from a Trademark Series
A Turkish court recently held that a trademark application which simply drops the figurative element from an existing trademark (which combined both word... [Read More]
Turkey Ratifies Protocol Allowing Electronic Consignment Notes for International Carriage of Goods by Road
Turkey has ratified an additional protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (“Convention”). Accordingly, consignment... [Read More]