Under the Communiqué on the Principles Regarding Real Estate Investment Funds No. III-52.3 (the “Communiqué”), investments by REIFs and PREIFs in real estate projects are allowed within certain limits

In Türkiye, the annual real estate tax liability of real estate owners is calculated based on the real estate tax value (emlak rayiç değeri) of their real estate.

Following the decision of the Constitutional Court dated 10 April 2003, numbered E. 2002/112, K. 2003/33 that came into effect as of 4 November 2003, Article 38 of the Expropriation Law (Law No. 2942) – governing the twenty-year statute of limitations for claiming any unpaid expropriation price that was to be paid to a landowner or his successors – was annulled.

The Counsel of Ministers has amended Article 14 of the Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Turkish Currency (“Decree No.32”), effective from 15 July 2009.

The debate concerning the use of debt pushdown mechanisms in secured financing of listed company acquisitions has been ongoing in Turkey since the late 1990s.

It is our pleasure to present the first 2026 edition of our newsletter, with articles spanning M&A, competition, arbitration, real estate and data protection in Türkiye and beyond.

The Istanbul-based Hergüner Bilgen Üçer law firm has produced the first of a planned series of videos on ESG, and in particular its importance on how Turkish businesses will operate generally...

Nuclear power has always been a controversial issue.

In this context, the "Implementation Instruction on the Support of the Conversion of Companies' Foreign-Sourced Foreign Exchange into Turkish Lira" ("Implementation Instruction") was published, whereby the definition of foreign-sourced foreign exchange eligible for support was revised.

The European Union ("EU") and its member states continue to advance sustainable trade and investment policies under the Green Deal. Against this backdrop, Germany took a historic step in March and April 2025 by amending its constitution to allow more flexible public borrowing in defined investment areas.

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Certification of Simple Accommodation Facilities and Beach Enterprises was published in the Official Gazette dated August 26, 2026 and numbered 33352.

The Personal Data Protection Authority ("Authority") has issued a Public Announcement dated 14 January 2026 ("Announcement").

The İMM Decision aimed to prevent illegal construction in attics and thus transform these spaces into living spaces with specific standards

The recent history of public tenders governed by the State Tender Law has witnessed controversial developments in Turkey. This resulted in the enactment of a new system in 2002 that initiated a highly restrictive and cumbersome set of rules under the Public Tender Law and related regulations.

The amendments will permit the termination of service agreements only in certain limited circumstances.

The General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre issued the Circular No. 2025/6 on 5 December 2025 ("Circular"), enabling the revocation of powers of attorney related to land registry transactions online and standardizing the revocation process.

Debate in Turkey with respect to utilizing nuclear energy is heating up, as the adverse consequences of the Japanese earthquake on the forty-year-old Fukushima power plant continue to unfold.

Turkish law has, undoubtedly, reached a crossroads. The unrelenting manner in which principal codes – such as the Code of Obligations, Commercial Code and Civil Procedural Code – have been changed in their entirety will have a tremendous impact on the practice of law.

With the number of increasing tourists expected to visit Turkey in the near future, the increasing number of airlines offering domestic scheduled flights, and the effects of a growing Turkish economy resulting in an increasing demand for air cargo transportation, the need for aircrafts in Turkey is on the rise. Currently, there are 17 licensed airlines with a total number of 212 aircraft (17 of which are for cargo transportation) and 49 licensed air taxi operators registered in Turkey. For airli

The Ministry of Health (the “Ministry”) has introduced significant amendments concerning personal health data through the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Personal Health Data (the “Regulation”), published in the Official Gazette dated 4 July 2026 and numbered 33300.