21 Sep 2020
The 11th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation ruled that where the lawsuits are backlogged, mediation is not mandatory for commercial cases initiated with non-monetary claims. Accordingly, it overruled the Regional Court’s decision. In the dispute subject to […]
21 Sep 2020
The ever-changing digital world, on one hand, creates a great number of digital data pertaining to innovative and creative ideas, but on the other hand raises questions on misuse and infringement of these. In this context, WIPO has launched […]
21 Sep 2020
In the meeting held in July, the Ministry of Commerce’s Board of Advertisement (the “Board”) evaluated the posts regarding a food supplement that were shared on personal social media accounts of six people, within the scope of surreptitious advertising. […]
21 Sep 2020
Turkish Data Protection Board (“Board”) decided that a single person may be appointed as the contact person for multiple data controllers abroad at the same time. However, a person can be a contact person for only one data controller […]
21 Sep 2020
Turkey’s Data Protection Board (“Board”) imposed an administrative fine in the amount of TRY 900,000 on a data controller for transferring personal data abroad without having a valid legal basis. The data controller’s claim that Convention 108 is sufficient […]
21 Sep 2020
The Decision Amending the Decision on State Aids in Investment amends (“Amendment Decision”) the Decision on State Aids in Investment mainly with the purposes of supporting environmental responsibility in production and high technology investment by considering the investors’ needs. […]
21 Sep 2020
The Regulation on Sale of Refurbished Products (“Regulation”) introduced by Turkey’s Ministry of Trade was published in the Official Gazette dated 22 August 2020 and numbered 31221 and entered into effect on the same day. The Regulation aims to […]
21 Sep 2020
The Regulation on Generation and Use of TR QR Code in Payment Services (“Regulation”) prepared by the Central Bank of the Turkish Republic (“Bank”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 21 August 2020 and numbered 31220, entering […]
