21 Sep 2020
The 11th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation ruled that where the lawsuits are backlogged, mediation is not mandatory for commercial cases initiated with non-monetary claims. Accordingly, it overruled the Regional Court’s decision. In the dispute subject to […]
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21 Sep 2020
In the meeting held in July, the Ministry of Commerce’s Board of Advertisement (the “Board”) evaluated the posts regarding a food supplement that were shared on personal social media accounts of six people, within the scope of surreptitious advertising. […]
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Turkish Data Protection Board (“Board”) decided that a single person may be appointed as the contact person for multiple data controllers abroad at the same time. However, a person can be a contact person for only one data controller […]
21 Sep 2020
Turkey’s Data Protection Board (“Board”) imposed an administrative fine in the amount of TRY 900,000 on a data controller for transferring personal data abroad without having a valid legal basis. The data controller’s claim that Convention 108 is sufficient […]
21 Sep 2020
The Decision Amending the Decision on State Aids in Investment amends (“Amendment Decision”) the Decision on State Aids in Investment mainly with the purposes of supporting environmental responsibility in production and high technology investment by considering the investors’ needs. […]
21 Sep 2020
The Regulation on Sale of Refurbished Products (“Regulation”) introduced by Turkey’s Ministry of Trade was published in the Official Gazette dated 22 August 2020 and numbered 31221 and entered into effect on the same day. The Regulation aims to […]
21 Sep 2020
The Regulation on Generation and Use of TR QR Code in Payment Services (“Regulation”) prepared by the Central Bank of the Turkish Republic (“Bank”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 21 August 2020 and numbered 31220, entering […]
4 Sep 2020
The Law numbered 7244 on Reducing the Economic and Social Effects of New Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Amendment of Certain Laws (“Law”) was published in the Official Gazette on 17 April 2020. Pursuant to the article 9 of the Law, […]
3 Sep 2020
Duration of short-term employment allowance has been extended for two more months pursuant to Presidential Decree numbered 2915 published in the Official Gazette numbered 31230 and dated 31 August 2020. In this regard; In accordance with the Presidential Decree […]
18 Aug 2020
Under Turkish law, identical or indistinguishably similar trademarks covering the same classes (or classes which cover the same kind of goods) cannot co-exist. This is an absolute ground for rejecting a later trademark application. In this regard, when deciding […]
18 Aug 2020
Turkey Initiates Surveillance on Import of Bicycle Parts from China, Indonesia, India, Malesia and Thailand Turkey’s General Directorate of Imports of the Ministry of Trade has decided to initiate a dumping investigation into “rubber outer tires”, “rubber tube” used […]
18 Aug 2020
The First Presidential Board of the Court of Cassation determined conflicting judgments between chambers in the matter of ” whether or not the claim of invalidity arising from not issuing a registered bill can be put forward against the […]
