The Legal 500

The capital markets legislation in Turkey has seen important changes in the second half of this year. While some of those changes have been initiated by the Turkish Parliament as part of the lawmaking process, the Turkish Capital Markets Board (the “CMB”), the regulatory authority of the capital markets in Turkey, has been the source of other amendments and changes. This article summarizes the new landscape and discusses the impact of the referred new amendments.

Focus item in this edition is: CE Marking

Focus items in this edition: Transplantation Services, Intensive Care Units and Employment of Foreign Healthcare Professionals

Focus items for this edition: Competition conditions for the energy market

Focus item for this edition: Employment of Foreign Health Professionals

Focus items for this edition: Competition Board Market Report, Liability of Electricity Market Players, Natural Gas Storage, Wind & Solar and the Akkuyu Nuclear PP

Focus item in this edition: Bounced Cheques (also see Banking & Finance Q1/2012)

Focus item for this edition: New Incentive Package

Focus items in this edition: Internet Services and Call Centre Quality Targets 

Focus items for this edition are: Amendment to Corporate Governance Principles, Amendment to Real Estate Investment Companies Communiqué, the Registered Capital System Threshold Decrease and the ISE Authority to Prevent Manipulation.

Focus items for this edition are: Amendment to the Council of Ministers Decree on Resource Utilisation Support Fund, Amendment to the Communiqué on Legal Reserves and the Cheque Law.