The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Turkey

• One Step Closer to EU Approach: Amended Guidelines on Vertical Agreements

  The Turkish Competition Authority (" Authority ") completed its work in progress on revising the Guidelines on Vertical Agreements (" Guidelines ") that was issued based on the Block Exemption Communiqué on Vertical Agreements (" Communiqué No. 2002/2 "). It took approximately 2 years for the Authority to finalize its work. The Authority has published the updated version of the Guidelines on its official on March 30, 2018 (Friday). Below is the summary of amendments made in the Guidelines:
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Turkey Regulates Broadcasting Services Provided Through the Internet

  I. Introduction
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Quarterly Update on Trade Defence Cases in Turkey (March 2018)

  In Turkey, the authority to initiate dumping or subsidy examinations, upon complaint or, where necessary, ex officio , is given to the Ministry of Economy ("Ministry"). Within the scope of this authority, the Ministry announces its decisions with the communiqués published on the Official Gazette.
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Turkey Regulates Broadcasting Services Provided Through the Internet

  I. Introduction
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• New Era for FX Loans and FX Denominated Loans

  This article will address major amendments and novelties stipulated for foreign exchange and foreign exchange denominated loans.
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• The Council of State Dismissed Tüpraş’s Appeal against Turkish Competition Authority’s Record

  The Council of State Dismissed Tüpraş's Appeal against the Turkish Competition Authority's Record Fine for Abuse of Dominance
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT A LAWYER ON CONTINUOUS BASIS FOR JOINT STOCK COMPANIES IN TURKEY

  Joint-stock companies with a registered capital equal to 5 (five) times or more of the minimum amount stipulated in Article 272 of the Turkish Commercial Code and building cooperatives with a membership number of 100 (one-hundred) or more are obliged to have/employ a contracted lawyer. Legal entities failing to comply with the provisions of this paragraph will be penalized by public prosecutors with a fine in the gross amount of one month’s minimum wage, effective for workers in the industrial sector older than sixteen years of age on the date of the crime, for each month spent without a lawyer under contract.
  - ADMD Law Office

• Guide Yourself to Explicit Consent: Article 29 Working Party’s Updated Opinion

  I. Introduction
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Significance of Proof of Use in Trademark Oppositions under Turkish Law

  I. Legal Framework and the Purpose of the Proof of Trademark Use
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Quarterly Update on Anti-Dumping Cases in Turkey (December 2017)

  In Turkey, the authority to initiate dumping or subsidy examinations, upon complaint or, where necessary, ex officio , is given to the Ministry of Economy ("Ministry"). Within the scope of this authority, the Ministry announces its decisions with the communiqués published on the Official Gazette.
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law