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The Turkish Patent Institute Reexamination and Evaluation Board Regulation ("Regulation") has entered into effect, published in Official Gazette number 29504 on 16 October 2015.

Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Report" ("Report") has been published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") and European Intellectual Property Office

The WIPO has announced that it has received the United Arab Emirates' accession document to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks.

Given Turkey's geographic position, customs points are critical points for detecting and preventing import or export of counterfeit products.

Turkey has updated the financial support scheme which is available to the foreign entities of Turkish companies.

The Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled that the Article 14 of Decree Law No. 556 on the Protection of Trademarks ("Trademark Decree Law") is contrary to provisions of the Turkish Constitution.

The Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) does not have official guidelines on the examination of trademark oppositions.

By Presidential Decree No. 10435, published in the Official Gazette dated 22 September 2025 and numbered 33025, the Council of Ministers Decision No. 2018/11973 dated 11 June 2018...

The Turkish Ministry of Finance has issued a range of communiqués ("Communiqués") regarding product safety and compliance inspections for technical import regulations.

An overview of notable decrees by the Council of Ministers and communiqués by the Ministry of Economy regarding prevention of unfair competition in imports, made during October 2016.

General Assembly on the Unification of Judgments of Court of Cassation has recently evaluated a partial lawsuit, where a collection of a pecuniary claim with its interest is requested.

An omnibus law in Turkey has amended insurance provisions of the Highway Traffic Law No. 2918 to clarify document requirements and introduce the option of arbitration.

Regional second instance courts will hear cases in Turkey from 20 July 2016. These courts will hear certain cases before they can be brought before the Court of Appeal.

The Regulation on the Identification and Registration of Manuscripts and Rare Printed Works ("Regulation") entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette dated September 5, 2025.

As part of the concrete norm control, an application was filed to the Constitutional Court with the claim that paragraph 11 of Article 18/A ("The Annulled Provision") of the Law No. 6325 on Mediation in Civil Disputes...

The Constitutional Court (the "Court") ruled that the phrase "at the end of the fifth day following the date [on which it reaches the recipient's electronic notification address]" in Article 7(a) of the Notification...

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently considered calculation of judicial fines for bounced cheques. It decided to remove interest and court expenses from the calculation on the basis that this violates the constitutional principle that no crime or punishment should occur without law (Article 38). An individual's right to certainty and predictability is contained within this constitutional right.

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently considered a claim that a land expropriation violated the applicant's right to a fair trial due to the judgment processes lasting five years and ten months during administrative procedures.