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Data Controllers Exempt From The Obligation To Register To Data Controllers Registry
Data Controllers Exempt from the Obligation to Register to Data Controllers Registry.
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Changes In The Green Certificate Expertise Requirements
The Regulation on Amendments to the Green Certificate Regulation for Buildings and Settlements ("Amendment Regulation"), published in the Official Gazette No. 33095 on December 2, 2025, introduces changes to the validity period ...LBF Partners - Article
Revised IPO Financial Thresholds And Underwriting Requirements For 2026
With its decision dated 30 December 2025 and numbered 58/2461, published in the Capital Markets Board Bulletin dated 31 December 2025 and numbered 2025/68, the Capital Markets Board of Turkey has increased the financial criteria ...LBF Partners - Article
Significant Amendments To The Tax Legislation By Law No. 7417
Significant tax amendments on the following were made by the Law numbered 7417 on the Amendment of Public Personnel Law, Certain Laws and Decree Law Numbered 375 ("Law")...LBF Partners - Article
Decision In Panagro: The Competition Board Imposes A Fine Directly On The Company That Obstructed The On-Site Inspection, Rather Than On The Economic Entity
The Turkish Competition Board ("Board") conducted an on-site inspection at Panagro Tarım Hayvancılık Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. ("Panagro") and Panek Ziraat Aletleri Dayanıklı Tüketim Malzemeleri Otom.LBF Partners - Article
The Competition Board Rejects IMDER's Individual Exemption Request For Information Exchange
Türkiye İş Makinaları Distribütörleri ve İmalatçıları Birliği applied to the Turkish Competition Board under Article 5 of the Turkish Competition Act No. 4054, requesting either a negative clearance or an individual exemption for a monthly information exchange ...LBF Partners - Article
The Turkish Competition Board Published The Guidelines On Administrative Fines For Competition Infringements
On December 27, 2024, the Turkish Competition Board ("TCB") adopted a new regulation on administrative fines for competition infringements ("New Regulation")...LBF Partners - Article
Amendments Made To Maternity And Paternity Leave Periods Under The Labor Law
The Law No. 7578 on Amendments to the Social Services Law and Certain Laws (“Amendment Law”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 1 May 2026 and numbered 33240, and entered into force on the same dateLBF Partners - Article
Banking Regulatory And Supervisory Authority Announced Details On The Decision Regarding Derivative Transactions Carried Out With Non-Residents
The Banking Regulatory and Supervisory Authority ("BRSA") had decided with its decision dated June 23, 2022 and numbered 10248 ("Decision") that a risk weighting of 500% would be applied...LBF Partners - Article
New Venue In The Capital Markets Law: Debt Instrument Owners' Board
Law No. 7222 on the Amendment of the Banking Law and Certain Laws ("Amendment Law") published in the Official Gazette dated February 25, 2020 and numbered 31050LBF Partners - Article
Regulations Introduced Regarding The Integration Of Payment Service Providers With The BKM API Gateway And Digital Wallet Services
On March 28, 2025, the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers ("Amendment Regulation")...LBF Partners - Article
Draft Guideline On Processing Of Personal Data In Loyalty Programs Is Published
In order to evaluate the personal data processed within the loyalty programs, the "Draft Guideline on Processing of Personal Data in Loyalty Programs" ("Guideline") was drafted by the ...LBF Partners - Article
KVKK Principle Decision On The Use Of ID Photocopies In The Tourism Sector
The Personal Data Protection Board ("Board") examined the issue upon increasing complaints regarding data controllers in the tourism and hotel sector requesting and recording photocopies of Turkish Identity Cards from guests.LBF Partners - Article
De Minimis Rules Under Turkish Competition Law
In March 2021, the Turkish Competition Board "(TCB") published communiqué no. 2021/3 on agreements that do not significantly restrict competition ("De Minimis Communiqué"). Although the provisions of the said Communiqué...LBF Partners - Article
Provision On Choice Of Law In Employment Contracts With A Foreign Element Annulled
The Constitutional Court, with its decision numbered 2023/158 Esas and 2024/187 Karar published in the Official Gazette dated March 10, 2025, annulled the first paragraph of Article 27 of the Law No. 5718 on International Private Law and Procedural Law ...LBF Partners - Article
New Official Correspondence Rules For Turkish Administrations Announced
In the Turkish Official Gazette dated 10 June 2020, the Official Correspondence Regulation of 2 February 2015 has been superseded by the Regulation on the Terms and Conditions Applicable...LBF Partners - Article
Amendments To Free Float Calculation Principles
The Capital Markets Board’s (“CMB”) Principle Decision dated 04.06.2026 and numbered 34/1044 (“New Principle Decision”) was announced in the CMB Bulletin dated 05.06.2026 and numbered 2026/35.LBF Partners - Article
Aggregator License Conditions In The Electricity Market
The license to be obtained for the market activity carried out by the aggregator within the framework of combining the generation and/or consumption of one or more network users allows companies to operate on a legal basis.LBF Partners - Article
Bankacılık Düzenleme Ve Denetleme Kurumu Yurtdışı Yerleşiklerle Gerçekleştirilen Türev İşlemlere İlişkin Risk Ağırlığını Belirledi
Bankacılık Düzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu ("BDDK"), 23 Haziran 2022 tarihli ve 10248 sayılı kararıyla ("Karar") yurt dışı yerleşiklerle türev işlem gerçekleştiren bankalar ve finansal kuruluşlar...LBF Partners - Article
The Advertising Board Sanctioned Some Crypto Asset Companies For Misleading Advertisements
The Presidency of the Advertising Board (“Board”) under the Ministry of Trade decided, at its meeting dated March 12, 2026 and numbered 367, to impose sanctions on many businesses and individuals within the scope of applicants’ complaints, based on its findings and assessments regarding advertisements they published online. These decisions were published in the Board’s press bulletin (“Press Bulletin”).LBF Partners