6 Jul 2020
The following article gives a summary of communiqués by the Ministry of Trade regarding the prevention of unfair competition in imports, released between 1 June 2020 – 30 June 2020. Turkey Initiated Surveillance System for Import of Products Under […]
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Article 25/II of the Employment Law numbered 4857 (“Employment Law”) states that employers will have the right to immediately terminate employment agreements with a valid reason and without any compensation if employees act “against moral and good faith principles”. […]
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Two important reports regarding intellectual property crimes have been published: “2020 Status Report on IPR Infringement” published by European Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) and “IP Crime and its Link to Other Serious Crimes” published by the European Union Agency […]
6 Jul 2020
Capital Markets Board made amendments regarding merging rules of government-controlled publicly-traded companies (“Government Companies”), with the Communiqué numbered II-23.2.b on Amendment of the Communiqué on Merger and Demerger numbered II-23.2 (“Amendment Communiqué”). Notable amendments include the following: The definition […]
6 Jul 2020
A number of industry representatives have applied to the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) for the extension of Data Controllers’ Registry (“VERBIS”) registration obligation on the grounds that due to the COVID-19 pandemic some workplaces are physically closed or […]
6 Jul 2020
Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency has postponed the effective date of the Regulation on Information Systems of Banks and Electronic Banking Services published in the Official Gazette dated 15 March 2020 and numbered 31069 (“Regulation”) from 1 July 2020 […]
6 Jul 2020
Income Tax General Communiqué (Serial No: 311) (“Communiqué”), which provides clarifications regarding (i) amendments made in the Income Tax Law Number 193 with the Law Number 7194 on the Digital Service Tax Law and Amendments to Certain Laws and […]
6 Jul 2020
The Law Amending the Law on the Protection of Competition (“Amendment Law”) including various innovations regarding exemption regimes, the examination of merger and acquisition transactions, structural measures and examination power, de minimis rule, commitment and reconciliation institutions within the […]
30 Jun 2020
Durations of certain precautions that have been taken within the field of Employment Law as a result of COVID-19 have been extended pursuant to Presidential Decrees number 2706 and number 2707. Both decrees have been published in the Official […]
1 Jun 2020
Turkey Initiated Surveillance System for Import of Potatoes Turkey initiated a surveillance system until 31 December 2020 (including this date) for import of potatoes, having tax code 0701.90, of which CIF value is below USD 500 per gross tones. […]
1 Jun 2020
Turkey’s Court of Appeal recently rendered an explanatory decision regarding the situations in which online game characters, items, and virtual money are displaced through wrongful acts or become inaccessible to the user. The Court of Appeal has been referred […]
1 Jun 2020
Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that the applicant’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press are violated by the decision to completely block access to the website that the applicant is representative of. In the present case, 118 websites […]
