This article contains information on the latest regulatory developments in the Turkish real estate market, in such areas as public tenders and real estate investment trusts.

This requirement prevented REIFs from including properties undergoing urban transformation in their portfolios.

For the most part, the Turkish Labor Law governs legal aspects of the employer-employee relationship in Turkey. This code defines employers as real persons, legal entities, or institutions or establishments with no legal personality which employ people.

The first winds of change in Turkey’s domain name system dates back to 2008 when the authority to allocate and manage Internet domain names was transferred from Computer Center of the Middle East Technical University to the Ministry of Transport through Article 35 of the Electronic Communications Law.

Following the European Union’s (“EU”) launch of the Green Deal in 2019, the transition into a green economy has been framed not only as an environmental imperative but also as a new growth strategy. The Green Deal seeks to combine the reduction of emissions with the preservation of economic competitiveness.

On 7 January 2026, the Turkish Competition Authority ("TCA") published its Mergers and Acquisitions Overview Report for 2025 ("Report") on its website.

The Turkish economy, which aims to access funds from international markets has recognized the need for "good governance" after challenges faced in the past financial crises and corporate scandals. The concept of "corporate governance" has become an important subject for companies, especially for publicly held entities.

The Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Mergers and Acquisitions Requiring the Approval of the Competition Board (“Communiqué No. 2010/4”) (Communiqué No. 2026/2, “New Communiqué”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 11 February 2026 and entered into force.

These changes should also be included in the interim activity reports.

Recent social and economic developments have brought with them the need to provide services to the masses.

As the number of foreign products and services in the Turkish market has increased since the 1980s and 1990s, so has the number of agency and distributorship relationships with foreign companies.

The past decade has witnessed a giant leap forward in the Turkish energy sector since the 2001 enactment of the Energy Market Law. Both the government and the relevant supervisory authority, the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (the "EMRA"), have been actively working to find legislative methods for gradually transforming the energy sector into a more investor- and trader-friendly business environment.

The summer of 2005 has been a very busy period for the Privatization Administration (“PA”) and investors. Privatizations of several State-owned entities, including arguably the three largest of all, were conducted within a very short period of time.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Mersis is an electronic trade registry, which is highly popular and a significant e-portal for attorneys and companies.

A warrant, in its general sense, is a security that entitles the holder to purchase or sell a specific number of shares from a company at a particular price, the so-called exercise price, within a certain term according to the terms of the issue.

Thanks to the Law regarding Amendments to Certain Laws and Decrees, there is an expected 100% increase in the 2014 sale and lease-back transaction volume.

Over the last decade, the operation of port facilities has been among the top investment opportunities in Turkey, attracting the attention of both local and foreign investors.. This comes as no surprise given the country’s long coastlines covering major international transportation routes.

As an emerging market country that was accepted as a candidate for European Union membership in 2005, Turkey faces several major issues in its healthcare sector.

The product liability arising due to the use of pharmaceuticals is a very sensitive issue in comparison with any other kind of product liability, since it is directly related to human health.