8 May 2018
Turkey’s Council of Ministers has approved the international Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (“Protocol”). The Protocol outlines precautions for preventing and identifying illicit tobacco trade, as well as controlling supply chains, destroying related products/equipment and cooperation […]
1 May 2018
Turkey’s Council of Ministers has now ratified a European convention to amend the Common Transit Procedure Convention (“Convention”). The recent decision ratifies decision number 1/2016 by the EU-EFTA Joint Committee on Common Transit dated 28 April 2016 into Turkish […]
26 Apr 2018
The Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has confirmed that an existing advertising ban also includes contact lenses. Discussions had arisen about whether contact lenses were included in the ban. The Agency requested an opinion from the Social […]
19 Apr 2018
The entrepreneur committee or general assembly of Organized Industrial Zones (“Zone”) in Turkey can now allocate parcels of land free of charge, in return for minimum employment commitments from the recipient. Details have been announced for application procedures, determining […]
12 Apr 2018
Turkey’s Revenue Administration recently published rules for the “Interactive Tax Office” (“Online System”), which allows taxpayers to now conduct a range of tasks and transactions via an online platform, rather than at a physical tax office. Electronic transactions via […]
