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Turkey Opens a New Page for Monitoring E-Commerce Activities by Introducing the Electronic Commerce Information System
Turkey has introduced a mandatory central registration system for e-commerce activities. Accordingly, service providers doing e-commerce business through their own e-commerce platforms, intermediary... [Read More]
Google Fined €2.42 billion in Europe for Abuse of Dominance, While Turkish Investigation Continues
The European Competition Commission recently issued a €2.42 billion fine to Google for abusing its market dominance as a search engine by granting... [Read More]
Turkey Streamlines Application Process for Initiating Consumer Arbitrations
The Consumer Arbitration Committee (“Committee”) considers and make decisions on consumer conflicts worth up to 3,610 Turkish Lira. From 11 August 2017, applicants... [Read More]
Turkey’s Supreme Court Clarifies Procedural Steps for Initiating Enforcement Proceedings
There are two main types of enforcement actions available in Turkey, intended respectively for circumstances where a judgment exists (“Judgment-Based”) and where a... [Read More]
Turkey Significantly Increases Fines for Supplying and Distributing Unsafe Products
Turkey’s Ministry of Economy has updated secondary legislation to increase the lower and upper limits for administrative fines which are applied for supplying... [Read More]
Turkey Streamlines Legislative Requirements for Workplaces to Give Employees a Weekly Holiday
Turkey has repealed a 1924 law which required certain businesses to have a weekly holiday on Sundays. Non-exempt workplaces were previously also required... [Read More]
Trade Measures in Turkey – August 2017
The summary of the Decisions of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Economy Communiqués published between 1 August 2017 and 31... [Read More]
Turkish Constitutional Court: Legislative Limit on Reservation Notations for Tax Declarations Not Unconstitutional
Taxpayers in Turkey can file lawsuits against assessments of tax bases, provided their declaration included a reservation annotation and was made by the... [Read More]
Turkey Extends Deadline for Eligible Energy Projects to Access Exemptions and Discounts
Turkey has extended the deadline for eligible energy projects to benefit from exemptions and discounts, adding five further years to become operational. Qualifying... [Read More]
Turkish Trade Remedies – August 2017
The following article gives a summary of decrees by the Council of Ministers and communiqués by the Ministry of Economy regarding prevention of... [Read More]
Turkey Approves 2017-2019 Action Plan to Support National Employment Strategy
Turkey’s High Planning Council has updated the country’s 2014 to 2023 National Employment Strategy by approving an action plan for the 2017 to... [Read More]
Turkish Constitutional Court: Fixed Fines for Breaching the Electricity Market Legislation Not Unconstitutional
Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently considered the constitutionality of fixed administrative fines for breaches of electricity legislation or license terms. The court ruled by... [Read More]