13 Sep 2017
Turkey has repealed a 1924 law which required certain businesses to have a weekly holiday on Sundays. Non-exempt workplaces were previously also required to apply to local administrations for a license to work on Sundays. This license requirement and […]
6 Sep 2017
Turkey’s High Planning Council has updated the country’s 2014 to 2023 National Employment Strategy by approving an action plan for the 2017 to 2019 period. The latest action plan continues its earlier approach of targeting growth in seven specified […]
29 Aug 2017
Parties in the supply chain for products which qualify as a registered geographical indication in Turkey are also entitled to use the indication for their own purposes, even if this intellectual property right is formally registered to another party. […]
22 Aug 2017
Turkey has updated tax procedures so that any outstanding amounts which a taxpayer owes for Special Consumption Tax are now automatically offset against any VAT refunds which the government owes to the taxpayer. Previously, these two elements were dealt […]
15 Aug 2017
Turkey has introduced an additional certification step for documents used in Turkish tenders, applying to documents originating from countries that have not signed the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (or related conventions). Documents from […]
8 Aug 2017
Turkey’s Ministry of Health has announced a detailed new regulatory regime for the medical tourism industry. The new rules cover health care standards, authorizations and pricing elements. Health institutions and intermediary institutions must obtain an International Health Tourism authorization […]
31 Jul 2017
Turkey has introduced new restrictions for leverage procedures, as well as for buying and selling securities and similar capital market instruments. Parties who reside in Turkey can now only perform these acts via institutions authorized by the Capital Market […]
26 Jul 2017
Turkey’s Data Protection Authority recently published the long-awaited draft of the Regulation on Deletion, Destruction and Anonymization of Personal Data (“Draft Regulation”). The Draft Regulation outlines proposed details of requirements for data controllers, as well as definitions and exceptions. […]
