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First published by Tax Planning International: Indirect Taxes, Bloomberg BNA, Volume 13, Number 11, November 2015. A recent Decree by the Turkish Council of Ministers has introduced additional customs duties for certain goods. However, the legal basis for these […]

First published by Mondaq. The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) has released its latest caseload statistics (Issue 2015-2). The statistics offer insight into the ICSID’s caseload profile, based on cases registered or administered by […]

Another United States trade case involving the Turkish steel industry was filed on 11 August 2015. This time, the product is hot rolled steel flat products. A Petition was filed requesting imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on certain […]

First published by Mondaq. Turkish electricity markets has gone through a series of reforms since 2001 when the Electricity Market Law numbered 4628 was enacted. These reforms have generally meant a shift to a liberalized market structure by securing […]

First published by Mondaq. Turkey has enacted the Law on Regulation of Retail Trade numbered 6585 (“Retail Trade Law“), ratified on 14 January 2015 and published in the Official Gazette numbered 29251 on 29 January 2015, to be effective […]

First published by Mondaq. The OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Anti-Bribery Convention”) establishes legally binding standards to criminalize bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and provides […]

First published by Mondaq. The Electricity Market Law numbered 6446 (the “EML“) came into force on March 30, 2013. Along with its many novelties the new law introduced a highly debated provision related to generation licenses, which subsequently resulted in […]

First published by Mondaq. The Law on Regulation of Electronic Commerce (the “E-Commerce Law“) was published in the Official Gazette numbered 29166 November 5 and will take effect May 1, 2015. This article is aimed at providing information on […]

First published by Mondaq. A dramatic increase in economic globalization and the rapid development of new technology products has led to greater competition, leaving companies to worry about the visual elegance in software and devices to make them more […]

First published by Mondaq Turkish entrepreneurs, small-medium sized enterprises and start-ups which come up with ideas for projects for hi-tech products frequently give up and not even endeavor to follow up their ideas due to lack of financial support. […]