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Turkey is on the verge of a new era for intellectual and industrial property rights, with enactment of the new Industrial Property Law (“IP Law”). As a result, the country’s long discussed patent law practices are on the verge […]

First published by Commercial Dispute Resolution Magazine (15 May 2017). Turkey has introduced a new regime enabling non-possessory pledges – pledges without the actual delivery of the possession of the pledged goods. The new regime which constitutes major legislative […]

Major changes have been introduced to Turkey’s Intellectual and Industrial Property regime, including design rights. Indications suggest the new legislative regime will serve an increased scope of design-related disciplines, in a wider manner. Notable changes include introducing ex office […]

First published in the IBA Antitrust Committee newsletter, December 2016. This year was busy for the Turkish Competition Authority (the ‘Authority’) and indications suggest this investigation-focused workload will continue into 2017. Among many other things, there have been significant […]

The Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority“) published its final report into the cement sector (“Report“) on its website recently. The Report sheds light on future enforcement by the Competition Board (“Board“). Although it is not possible to directly attribute the […]

First published in the IBA Antitrust Committee newsletter, September 2016. Enforcement trends for the presumption of concerted practice in Turkish competition law have developed over the last decade to integrate the presumption of innocence. However, a recent decision by […]

First published in the IBA Arbitration Committee newsletter, August 2016. Current Dispute Resolution Landscape in Turkey Commercial disputes are on the rise in Turkey due to recent economic instability arising from local and regional political fragility. The Turkish lira […]

First published by The Patent Lawyer, March/April 2018 The Industrial Property Law (“IP Law”) enacted in January 2017 marked the beginning of a new era for intellectual and industrial property rights in Turkey. The country’s long discussed patent law […]

First published by Bloomberg BNA in the World Data Protection Report, 16 WDPR 02, 2/25/16 Although it sounds so, the right to be forgotten is not new. Rather, this right is simply another dimension to applying personal data protection […]

In early 2015, the Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority”) published a comprehensive research report considering the wholesale and retail electricity markets (“Sector Report”). The Sector Report separately considered the privatization process and competition-related issues arising at each market level. Decisions […]