The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Turkey

• Anti-Corruption Climate in Turkey: A Quick Guide for Multinational Companies

  The Current Legal Landscape and Major Areas of Risk Exposure Based on Practical Experience
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Significant Amendments and Novelties to Turkish Capital Markets Legislation

  Turkey: Significant Amendments and Novelties to Turkish Capital Markets Legislation during the First Half of 2018
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Examination of Non-Compete Obligations in the Articles of Association of a Joint Venture

  Examination of Non-Compete Obligations in the Articles of Association of a Joint Venture under Competition Law and Commercial Law - An Overview in Light of the Turkish Competition Board's WKS Istanbul Decision of 8 February 2018
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Data Controllers’ Handbook to Inform Data Subjects About Their Rights

  Under the Turkish data protection law (" DPL "), data subjects have the right to learn who processes their personal data, the purposes and legal bases of these processing activities, and to whom and for what purposes such personal data are transferred. These rights arise from the data controllers' obligation to inform data subjects about their processing activities. During the collection of personal data, the data controller or any other person authorized by the data controller is obliged to provide data subjects with certain information, such as the identity of the data controller and of his representative (if any), the purposes of the processing, to whom and with what purpose the processed personal data can be transferred, and the method and legal reason/basis of collection. The same article of the DPL further requires data controllers to provide information to data subjects about certain other rights, as discussed below.
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Working Arrangements for Non-Resident Foreign Companies’ Turkey Operations

  Working Arrangements for Non-Resident Foreign Companies' Turkey Operations Conducted through Local Individuals
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• Turkey Moves to Improve the Investment Environment

  I.    Introduction
  - ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law

• 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