10 May 2017
Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently ruled that a sub-employer’s employees cannot benefit from rights which arise from the primary employer’s collective labour agreements. The court held that the legal situation of the primary employer’s employees is different to the sub-employer’s […]
3 May 2017
The Appeal Board (“Board”) of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TPTO”) recently upheld an appeal by the European Commission against a local trademark application involving the EU Emblem. The Board ultimately found the Emblem cannot be registered as […]
26 Apr 2017
Turkey has updated classification of goods and services for trademark application purposes, to be compatible with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (“WIPO”) 11th edition of the Nice Classification. Additional explanations are introduced for some subclass headings, along with introduction […]
19 Apr 2017
Turkey’s Central Bank has updated discount interest rates for commercial papers with expiry periods of three months or more. The revised rates are 8.75% for rediscount transactions and 9.75% for advance transactions. The interest rates were announced in Communiqué […]
12 Apr 2017
Turkey’s Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Board has increased compliance and service fees by 3.83% for 2017. Increases apply to compliance and service fees for Certificates of Compliance for building new facilities, as well as Project Alterations for the […]
5 Apr 2017
Turkey has amended principles for health-related R&D tenders. The changes apply to procurement of R&D services by the Ministry of Health, within the scope of Article 3(f) of Public Tender Act number 4734. The Principles Regarding Amendments to the […]
29 Mar 2017
From 1 January 2017, banks in Turkey are not required to obtain statements of accounts for loans up to one million Turkish Lira. Previously, the threshold was set at 250,000 Turkish Lira. The banking regulator has also announced extensions […]
22 Mar 2017
LPG license amendment fees will no longer apply in Turkey for address changes to lots, sections and parcels. Address changes due to the authorized administration changing the name of the street, boulevard etc. were already exempt from the license […]
15 Mar 2017
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Board (“Board”) has amended certain requirements for the Petroleum Pipeline Corporation’s (BOTAS) operation of the national natural gas transmission pipeline network. Changes apply to time limits for End of Day Trade, notifications regarding capacity transfers […]
8 Mar 2017
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Board (“Board”) has announced procedures and principles for natural gas connection and service fees, as well as maximum connection rates and service fees for 2017. Decisions numbered 6807 and 6810 were issued on 26 December […]
