1 Jun 2020
Presidential Decree (“Decree”) numbered 2483 was published in the Official Gazette dated 30 April 2020 and numbered 31114 and entered into force on the same day. The Decree regulates the procedure and principles of services to be procured through […]
8 May 2020
Procedures and Principles Regarding Support of Research, Development and Innovation Activities of Electricity and Natural Gas Distribution Companies (“Principles”) set forth by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“EMRA”) have entered into force as of 4 April 2020. The Principles […]
7 Apr 2020
Turkey’s Ministry of Commerce has brought significant amendments to the Regulation on After-Sales Services published in the Official Gazette dated 13 June 2014 numbered 29029 (“Regulation”) with the Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 12 February 2020 numbered […]
31 Jan 2020
The Regulation Amending the Trade Registry Regulation (“Amendment Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette number 30976 on 12 December 2019. The Amendment Regulation changes to the Trade Registry Regulation (“Regulation”), published in Official Gazette number 28541 on 27 January […]
26 Dec 2019
The Communiqué on Qualification Certificate for Environmental Impact Assessment (“Communiqué”) updating the principles and procedures, conditions, application process, and audit procedures regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) qualification certificate, has entered into force on 29 November 2019. Under the […]
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 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. […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) decided to conduct an investigation to Turkish Pharmacists’ Association for violation of article 4 (restrictive trade practices and concerted practices) of the Law number 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law”). As a result of […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has extended the deadline for registration with the Data Controller Registry System (“VERBİS”) to 31 December 2019, for certain data controllers. As stated in our previous article, data controllers which employ 50 or […]
27 Aug 2019
Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) decided to conduct an investigation to Anka Mobil Tedarik A.Ş. and D-Market Elektronik Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş. (hepsiburada.com) for violation of article 4 (restrictive trade practices and concerted practices) and article 6 (abuse of dominance) […]
