ArticleEducation Status Update On SSI Registration PortalPreviously, Social Security Institution has made the employee education level information field as mandatory on Social Security registration portal.TurkeyEmployment and HRCottGroup
PodcastAmendments To Consumer Law Will Soon Be In Force (Podcast)Save for the amendments regarding time-share vacation, which entered into effect on 1 April 2022, the other provisions will enter into effect in less than two months, on 1 October 2022.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleRight To Rescission From Distance Sales Contracts Is Being DelimitedThe amendments to the Distance Sales Regulation ("Regulation") regulating the implementation of procedures and principles regarding distance sales contracts based on the 6502...TurkeyConsumer ProtectionBaysal & Demir
ArticleTurkey Extends Retailers' Deadline For Labelling House-Brand GoodsDeadline for retailers to ensure house mark-branded goods comply with the Regulation on Principles and Rules for Retail Trade has been extended for 12 months. TurkeyConsumer ProtectionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTurkey Increases Fines For Consumer Law Violations In 2022Effective 1 January 2022, higher fines will be imposed for certain violations under the Law No. 6502 on Protection of Consumers ("Consumer Protection Law").TurkeyConsumer ProtectionEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleTurkey To Impose Higher Fines For Consumer Law Violations In 2016Effective January 1, 2016, higher fines will be imposed for certain violations of Turkey's Consumer Protection Law (No. 6502). Fines will increase 5.58% compared to 2015.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleTüketici Hukuku İhlalleri İçin Öngörülen Para Cezası Arttırıldı1 Ocak 2022 tarihinden itibaren geçerli olmak üzere, 6502 sayılı Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanun'da ("Tüketici Kanunu") yer alan birtakım ihlaller için uygulanacak para cezaları miktarları %36,20 oranında arttırıldı.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleAmendments To The Regulation On Distance Sales ContractsThe provisions regarding liability for return costs in the context of exercising the right of withdrawal were amended by the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Distance Contracts published...TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawKST LAW
ArticleTurkey Increases Risk-Weighting For Consumer Credit Receivables To Determine Bank Capital AdequacyAn amendment to the "Regulation on Measuring and Evaluating Banks' Capital Adequacy," effective March 18, 2015, has increased the risk-weighting of Turkish banks' consumer credit receivables.TurkeyFinance and BankingEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleTurkish Ministry Of Commerce Advertisement Board Published A Decision On The Unfair Commercial Practice Of Not Providing Information About The Additional Service Fee Through The Call CenterWith the Commercial Practices Decision with File Number 2024/2660 ("Decision"), published on the website of the Turkish Ministry of Commerce Advertisement Board...TurkeyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentMoroglu Arseven
Article"CE" İşareti Taşıması Gereken Bazı Ürünlerin İthalat Denetimi Tebliği'nin (Ürün Güvenliği Ve Denetimi: 2021/9) Ek-1'inde Değişiklik Yapıldı31 Aralik 2020 tarihli ve 31351 dördüncü mükerrer sayili Resmî Gazete'de yayimlanan "CE" Isareti Tasimasi Gereken Bazi Ürünlerin Ithalat Denetimi Tebligi'ninTurkeyConsumer ProtectionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleCommercial Advertising And Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation Amended To Include Misleading PackagingThe Amendment Regulation is effective as of 1 April 2021.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleInformation Note On Amendments To Vocational Education LawPresidential Decision No. 5063 ("Decision") on Amendments to Vocational Education Law was published at the Official Gazette dated 05.01.2022.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionBener Law Office
ArticlePublication Of Amendments To Annex-1 To The Import Inspection Communiqué Regarding Certain Products Required To Have The "CE" Mark (Product Safety And Inspection: 2021/9)Annex-1 to the Import Inspection Communiqué Regarding Products Required to Have the "CE" Mark, published in Official Gazette numbered 31493...TurkeyConsumer ProtectionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleSanctions Against Unfair Price IncreasesDue to the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and worldwide, demand for protective masks, sanitisers, cleaning products and foodstuff significantly increased.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionGün + Partners
ArticleThe Regulations Envisaged By The New Law On Protection Of The Consumers Gain ForceThree more regulations envisaged by the new Law on Protection of the Consumers which became effective on 28 May 2014 have entered into force. TurkeyConsumer ProtectionMGC Legal
ArticleTurkey Increases Fines For Consumer Law Violations In 2021Effective 1 January 2021, higher fines will be imposed for certain violations of the Law No. 6502 on Protection of Consumers ("Consumer Protection Law"). The fines will increase by 9.11% from 2020.TurkeyConsumer ProtectionEsin Attorney Partnership
ArticleTurkey Introduces 90 Day Time Limit For Launching Tobacco Products To The MarketTurkey's Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority has introduced a 90 day time limit for launching tobacco products to the Turkish market once it has issued a supply conformity certificate. TurkeyConsumer ProtectionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleVAT Rates In Education Services Are Decreased From 8% To 1%With the Presidential Decree No. 2913 dated 29/08/2020, which was published on the Official Gazette No. 31229 on 30/8/2020, Decision on Determination of Value Added Tax to be applied to Goods...TurkeyConsumer ProtectionCottGroup
ArticleTurkey Relaxes Restrictions On Credit Card And Consumer Loan Installment Payment PlansThe four-month installment limit remains in place for jewelry purchased using consumer credit cards.TurkeyFinance and BankingEsin Attorney Partnership