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The Tax Procedure Law General Communiqué with line number 529 regarding the obligation to report the ultimate beneficial owner information (“Communiqué”) is published in the Official Gazette dated 13 July 2021 and numbered 31540 and entered into force. Scope […]

The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2021-2025) is prepared by the Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency and the Ministry of Industry and Technology, taking the opinions of other stakeholders in order to determine a roadmap for the studies carried […]

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL“) plays a significant role in harmonizing and modernizing the rules on international trade through the texts it publishes. As part of this mission, the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (“Arbitration Rules”), which […]

Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Registered Electronic Mail Directory and Registered Electronic Mail Account Addresses (“Amendment Communiqué”) issued by the Information and Technologies Authority (“ICTA”) has been published in Official Gazette numbered 31530 on 3 July 2021, and entered […]

Regulation on Verification Process of the Applicant’s Identity in the Electronic Communications Sector (“Regulation”) introduced in the Official Gazette dated 26 June 2021 and numbered 31523. The Regulation aims to regulate the procedures and principles pertaining the process to […]

The Regulation on the Conduct of the Hearings by Transmission of Audio and Video in Civil Procedures (“Regulation”) has been published in Official Gazette numbered 31527 on 30 June 2021, as effective of even date. The Regulation regulates the […]

The following are summaries of five recent decisions of the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”). Decision No. 2021/470: The data subject requested transaction list regarding a meal pass provided by her employer. The data controller company sent the transaction […]

1 Legal Framework for Offences 1.1 International Conventions The following list includes the international conventions related to bribery and corruption to which Turkey is a signatory, or that are ratified by Turkey: the United Nations Convention against Corruption; the […]

1. Overview of the Whistleblowing Landscape Internal investigations, whistleblowing and external monitoring are the three key pillars in preventing and combating corruption and enabling better governance and performance both on a state and company level. An important place is […]

We have previously discussed in our article titled “Turkey Moves To Regulate Electric Scooters” the trends and developments in micro-mobility market and the legislative landscape and efforts in Turkey in respect of regulation of e-scooter businesses. This time, we […]