BTS & Partners hopes that this presentation may provide a brief introduction to the recent developments on employee inventions in Turkey.

Recently, the Presidency of Republic of Turkey rendered a decision that amended custom tax ratios and exemptions for certain types of goods.

Under Turkish Law, advertisement activities related to the pharmaceutical products are mainly regulated under the PMPL numbered 1262 and Law on the Establishment and Satellite Services...

On the other hand, another crucial amendment has been made on the Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practice.

Embedded SIM (often referred as "eSIM") is expected to be the next step for the technology in telecommunications sector.

Article 98 of the Law on the Amendment of Some Taxation Laws and Other Laws dated 5 December 2017 and numbered 7061, provides for an amendment of Article 46 of the Electronic Communications Law regulating "radio terminal and equipment fees".

As is known, pursuant to Article 4(1) of Law No. 5549 on Prevention of Laundering Criminal Revenues.

Public institutions and organizations that are authorized by law will be given the authorization to use the MAS to transmit notifications by ITCA.

The Regulation is amended to include Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı Anonim Şirketi's authorisation to provide payment and electronic money services.

The Presidential Decree on Geographical Information Systems ("Decree") was published in the Official Gazette dated November 7, 2019 and numbered 30941 and entered into force on its publication date.

Revenue Administration have published the Tax Procedure Law General Communique No. 507 (on Safe Mobile Payment and Electronic Document Management System) on the official gazette of 01 June 2019.

Bakanlik'in, yetki belgesi sahibi katilimcilari, yetki belgesine uygun hareket edip etmedikleri konusunda denetleme yetkisi bulunmaktadir.

The Regulation covers the procurement of IT services to be made by public administrations.

As per the Amendment, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance shall execute the Amendment.

As an initiative to regulate crypto assets, Turkey published its Regulation on not Using Crypto Assets in Payments ("Regulation") on April 16, 2021.

The Draft Regulation sets forth that it shall enter into force within 3 (three) months following its publications date.

Another important point in the decision of the Authority concerns foreign data controllers.

In recent months, an expectable development with a significant effect to Turkish e-commerce environment has occurred: The Communique on Trust Seal in Electronic Commerce.

Except under special circumstances, time restriction should not be longer than two years.

The Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages, which introduced significant amendments to the Regulation on Commercial Communication and ...