ArticleTurkey Consults On Proposed Amendments For Geographical Indications And PatentsThe proposed amendments relate to geographical indications and patents.TurkeyIntellectual PropertyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTurkish Patent And Trademark Office Reduces Official Fees By 25% To 40%The Amendment Communiqué on the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office's 2018 Fee Tariff was published in duplicated Official Gazette number 30526 on 5 September 2018. TurkeyIntellectual PropertyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTurkey Expands Powers Of Chief Judges In Regional Courts Of Justice To Assign Judges From Other AreasTurkey has broadened the powers of Chief Judges in Regional Courts of Justice in the wake of the 90 day of State of Emergency declared on 21 July 2016. TurkeyLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMoroglu Arseven
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
ArticleAdministrative Fine Amounts Under The Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698The administrative fine amounts, which are increased annually pursuant to the provisions of Article 298 of the Tax Procedure Law No. 213...TurkeyPrivacyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleThe Obligation To Make Rent Payments Through A Bank Has Been IntroducedWith the Income Tax General Communiqué (Communiqué) numbered 328 published in the Official Gazette dated October 17, 2024, and numbered 32695, it is now mandatory to make collections and payments forTurkeyReal Estate and ConstructionMoroglu Arseven
ArticleCertain Amendments Made On Special Consumption Tax Principles Applied On Motor VehiclesThe Communiqué ("Communiqué") published by the Revenue Administration of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance in Official Gazette dated 26 July 2022 and numbered 31904...TurkeyTaxMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTurkish Constitutional Court: Legislative Limit On Reservation Notations For Tax Declarations Not UnconstitutionalTaxpayers in Turkey can file lawsuits against assessments of tax bases, provided their declaration included a reservation annotation and was made by the relevant deadline. TurkeyTaxMoroglu Arseven
ArticleCentral Bank Of Turkey Publishes Country's First Cryptocurrency RegulationOn 16 April 2021, the Central Bank of Turkey published the country's first crypto-asset regulation, styled Regulation on the Use of Crypto-Assets in Payments ("Regulation"), effective 30 April 2021...TurkeyTechnologyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleThe Decision On The Establishment Of A Parliamentary Investigation Commission To Determine The Steps To Be Taken Regarding The Gains Of Artificial Intelligence, To Establish The Legal Framework In This Field, And To Identify Measures To Prevent The Risks Associated With The Use Of Artificial Intelligence Has Been PublishedThe Decision of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye on the Establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission to Determine the Steps to Be Taken Regarding the Gains of Artificial IntelligenceTurkeyTechnologyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleThe Timeframes Granted To Crypto Asset Service Providers Have Been AmendedTurkey's Capital Markets Board has issued a decision linking the timeline for crypto asset service providers to comply with custody requirements to the actual availability of authorized custody institutions.TurkeyTechnologyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleAmendments On The Regulation On Testing, Control And Calibration Of The Medical DevicesMedical Devices Regulation Amending the Regulation on Testing, Control and Calibration of the Medical Devices ("Amendment Regulation") has been published in Official Gazette dated 10 September 2021 and numbered 31594.TurkeyFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleReklam Kurulu Haksız Ticari Uygulamalara İlişkin Yeni Bir Karar YayımladıTürkiye Reklam Kurulu "Alp Elektrik Teknik" unvanlı işletmenin tabelası üzerinde yer alan tanıtımlara ilişkin yaptığı değerlendirme neticesinde.TurkeyIntellectual PropertyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleThe Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority Has Published The Board Resolution Allowing Licensed Energy Generation For Self-Consumption Within Free ZonesIt is prohibited to sell electrical energy exceeding the need to be generated in facilities that will operate with a pre-license or generation license.TurkeyEnergy and Natural ResourcesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTransition Period For Electricity Generation Facilities Extended In TurkeyThe Regulation Amending the Regulation on Acceptance of Electricity Generation Facilities was published in Official Gazette number 29524 on 6 November 2015, stating the transition period expiry as 6 November 2016. TurkeyEnergy and Natural ResourcesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleTurkey Increases Administrative Fines For 2018 For Energy SectorThe Treasury announced the 2017 revaluation rate under the General Communiqué on Tax Procedural Law number 484, published in Official Gazette number 30237 on 11 November 2017.TurkeyEnergy and Natural ResourcesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleCertain Amendments Are Introduced To The Regulation On The Safety Of MedicinesRegulation Amending the Regulation on the Safety of Medicines was published in the Official Gazette dated 21 July 2022 and numbered 31899 and entered into force on the same date.TurkeyFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMoroglu Arseven
ArticleWIPO Standardına Uyumlu Biyolojik Dizi Listeleri İçeren Başvurularda Kullanılacak "WIPO Sequence" Uygulaması GeliştirildiBu araçlar, WIPO Standartları Komitesi'nin yönetimi altında dünya çapındaki patent ofisleriyle iş birliği içinde geliştirilmiştir.TurkeyIntellectual PropertyMoroglu Arseven
ArticleRestrictions And Notification Requirements Amended For Currency Transfers Across Turkish BordersCertain restrictions have been introduced in Turkey regarding currency transfers across national boundaries. TurkeyInternational LawMoroglu Arseven
ArticleThe Presidential Decree On The Increase In The Late Payment Fee Rate Applied To Public Receivables And Communiqué On Debt Collection Have Been PublishedThe Presidential Decree numbered 8484 ("Decree") on the revision of the late payment fee rates in the Law on the Procedure for Collection of Public Receivables numbered 6183 ...TurkeyStrategyMoroglu Arseven