17 Nov 2016
Turkey has introduced a passport system for forest plants, as well as authorization and supervision requirements for producing and selling seeds. Private sector seed producers which produce, sell and store any of the 179 specified seeds must now register […]
10 Nov 2016
Turkey has updated rules for the certain sales operations of the local food establishments. These rules apply to retail food establishments selling food products which originated from animals, such as meat, fish and dairy products. The rules primarily relate […]
3 Nov 2016
Turkey has updated regulations aiming to combat agricultural nitrate pollution in rivers and soil. The revised rules include procedures and principles for determining, reducing and eliminating nitrate pollution. Turkish water areas will be surveyed over the next two years […]
27 Oct 2016
Turkey’s Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) has updated the items which are prohibited from being used when manufacturing tobacco products. Manufacturers which are currently using the newly prohibited items must apply to the Authority, stating that non-compliant […]
20 Oct 2016
The highest body within the Turkish Court of Appeal system recently considered time limits for submitting evidence at the preliminary examination stage. Accordingly, it upheld the Court of First Instance’s decision to reject the defendant’s evidence request because the […]
13 Oct 2016
Turkey recently amended insurance provisions of the Highway Traffic Law Number 2918 (“Law”; see here for more information). Parallel changes have now also been made to the General Specifications on Highway Motor Vehicles Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance. Accordingly, when […]
6 Oct 2016
Turkey has amended regulations related to electricity system connection and usage. Changes apply to setting and reducing power levels stated in system connection and usage agreements, as well as investment repayment conditions, and notification of power outages. The Regulation […]
29 Sep 2016
Turkey has published detailed principles and rules for operating retail businesses. These are introduced as secondary legislation, outlining further details for legislation enacted in January 2015. The recent regulation include detailed procedures and principles for retail trade operations, inspection […]
22 Sep 2016
The domain names “.istanbul” and “.ist” are now available for public use on a first-come-first-served basis. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality provides the domain names via a range of accredited local and international registry operators, for one year minimum registration […]
15 Sep 2016
Turkey has introduced new principles and procedures regarding work permits for foreigners, as well as exemptions. Existing uncertainties about work permit requirements for company directors have been clarified and a new “Turquoise Card” system is introduced, The Turquoise Card […]
