28 Nov 2019
The following article gives a summary of the communiqués by the Ministry of Trade regarding the prevention of unfair competition in imports, made between 1 November 2019 and 30 November 2019. Investigation Announced into Imports of Textiles Woven of […]
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Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism (“Ministry”) has published the Regulation on Filming Permissions and Co-Productions (“Regulation”), on 15 October 2019, entering into effect on the same day. With this Regulation, the Regulation on Cinematographic Co-Productions and Local and […]
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The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Amendment Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette number 30916 on 12 October 2019. The Amendment Regulation revises and clarifies certain articles of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement […]
28 Nov 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court has invalidated certain provisions of the Labor Code numbered 4857 (“Labor Code”) for being against the principle of equality. Article 112’s sixth paragraph of the Labor Code prevented public institutions to recourse to subcontractors concerning […]
28 Nov 2019
Turkey’s Central Bank has updated discount interest rates for commercial papers with expiry periods of three months or more. The revised rates are 17.25% for rediscount transactions and 18.25% for advance transactions. The interest rates were announced in Communiqué […]
28 Nov 2019
Considering the recent developments in information technologies, Turkey’s Revenue Administration (“Administration”) issued the General Communiqué on Tax Procedural Law numbered 509 (“General Communiqué”) aiming to establish unity with regards to electronic document practices and to ensure that the parties […]
22 Oct 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that the crossover bridge built near an immovable decreases the immovable’s value due to noise pollution, and therefore violates the owner’s right to property. The applicant applied to the General Directorate of Highways for […]
22 Oct 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that the amount of the administrative fine imposed on the applicants (“Applicants”) bringing foreign currency into Turkey without fulfilling the notification and approval obligations is disproportionate and therefore violates the applicants’ rights to property. […]
22 Oct 2019
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) fined Facebook due to failure to take the necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent possible data breaches and to notify the Board of such breach. Facebook representatives informed the Board on 25 […]
22 Oct 2019
The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TPTO”) has updated its patent research platform with a user-friendly interface, for patent and utility model applicants to reach broader information. Accordingly, documents and correspondence on patent and utility model application transactions have […]
22 Oct 2019
The long-awaited Communiqué on Equity Crowdfunding numbered III-35/A.1 (“Communiqué”) issued by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (“Board”) has entered into force. The Communiqué regulates the procedures and principles regarding equity crowdfunding, activities of crowdfunding platforms, fund-raising from the […]
15 Oct 2019
The Turkish Trademark and Patent Office (“TPTO”) has published the new Trademark Examination Guideline regarding the examination of the absolute grounds based on article 5 of Industrial Property Law numbered 6769 (“IPL”). The new guideline updates the previous one […]
