In July, the Turkish Competition Board (the "Board") approved eight merger control filings and published 32 reasoned decisions. The highlight of Turkish competition law in July is that many investigations were concluded.

In October 2022, the Turkish Competition Board (the "Board") published 56 reasoned decisions, including 32 merger control filings. The highlight of Turkish competition law in October was that the Board...

On 10 August 2022, the Turkish Competition Authority (the "Authority") announced that the Board had launched a full-fledged investigation against Martı, a leading Turkish e-scooter company...

The Turkish Competition Board fined Google approx. EUR 8.4 million for placing favouring its own local search and accommodation price comparison more favorably at general search results page.

The Turkish Competition Board (“TCB”) has launched an investigation into Google over its online advertising services, examining whether its billing practices towards advertisers and advertising agencies amount to an abuse of dominance.

The Capital Markets Board of Türkiye (“CMB” or the “Board”), through its principle decision No. i-SPK.15.2 (dated 03.09.2026 and numbered 54/1614) (“Resolution”), has lowered to 3% the minimum shareholding disclosure threshold under the Material Events Disclosure Commu-niqué No. II-15.1 (“Communiqué”). The Reso-lution will apply as from the end of the day on 11.09.2026.

The European Union's ("EU") European Green Deal ("EGD") is a comprehensive roadmap towards carbon neutrality by 2050. It also has significant implications for Türkiye, which seeks to align its policies and practices with the EU.

Published in the Official Gazette on 16 July 2021, The Green Deal Action Plan aims to promote domestic and international financing opportunities for environmental and climate change issues.

In this context, CMB has determined the revaluation rate applicable for the period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 as 25.49%.

Turkey's Capital Markets Board ("CMB") has recently published green debt instruments, sustainable debt instruments, green lease certificates and sustainable lease certificates guideline ("Guideline"), ...

The Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Funds to Be Obtained by Development and Investment Banks from Their Credit Customers, Affiliates, and Shareholders ("Regulation") was published in the Official Gazette dated April 9, 2025, and entered into force.

The Belgian data protection authority has ordered four major news websites to bring their cookie banners into compliance with of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") after complaints from noyb...

EU Commission Publishes Guidelines on Online Protection of Minors

In the opinion letter of the Ministry, it was stated that the applicant's personnel file contained confidential information belonging to third parties...

Google has reversed its decision to eliminate third-party cookies from Chrome ending its four-year Privacy Sandbox project. Users will now have the option to block or allow cookies.

In March 2021, the Personal Data Protection Board (the "Board") postponed the registration deadline with the Turkish Data Controllers Registry ("VERBIS") until 31 December 2021.

With the envisaged amendment to the Regulation on Real Estate Trade, it is planned to introduce a secure payment system aimed at ensuring that payment and title deed transfer in real estate transactions are carried out simultaneously and securely.

Within the scope of the Regulation, the end-to- end process is comprehensively addressed, covering the application procedure, the determination of value, the work carried out by the Appraisal Commission, as well as the determination, finalization, and payment of the value increase share

Presidential Circular No. 2026/9, dated 17 August 2026, was published in the Official Gazette on 18 August 2026. The Circular requires public institutions and organisations to carry out the necessary work and provide the support needed to implement the Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (the “Plan”), which sets out Türkiye’s artificial intelligence roadmap for the 2026–2030 period.

During the meeting, data “sovereignty” and cybersecurity were emphasized as integral components of national sovereignty. In this context, strengthening Türkiye’s position in the increasingly competitive global cybersecurity landscape was identified as a strategic priority.