The High Court of Appeals, Assembly of Civil Chambers has recently ruled on the issue of whether appointment of an expert for assessment of likelihood of confusion in trademarks is admissible under Turkish Procedural Law (E. 2014/11-696, K. 2016/778, 8.6.2016).

Turkish Data Protection Authority recently published two (2) recent announcements regarding the approval of undertaking letters which were drafted for cross-border transfer of personal data

Turkish Personal Data Protection Board published a decision (2020/542) at the Data Protection Authority's website on September 8, 2020 regarding appointment of the same real person as a contact person for registration ...

The Capital Markets Board ("CMB") issued an announcement on September 27, 2018, on its website and addressed the much-disputed status of digital tokens and Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO").

The presentation will explain recent amendments introduced to the Law No. 4054 on Protection of Competition as of June 24, 2020.

Whether motivated by ethical reasons, the deterrent effect of fines and other sanctions, or both, an increasing number of companies coordinate compliance with anti-corruption regulations in conjunction with compliance with competition laws when establishing their corporate governance policy framework.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has become the main concern of individuals and market players all around the world, its impact over the businesses and daily life has also been observed by the Turkish government...

The Turkish Competition Board announced hot off the press the outcome of the investigation against nine Turkish paper recycling companies.

Turkish corporate law enables foreign entities headquartered abroad to incorporate branch offices in Turkey, even if they do not have any Turkish subsidiary previously established.

A condition precedent, for the purposes of this article, shall be defined as a condition, only upon whose fulfillment closing of a transaction will be made by the parties.

The Communiqué on Procedure and Principles of Implementation of Provisional Article 13 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102...

One of the problems a company may face during an internal investigation is the lack of compliance by its employees with the document retention notices.

On June 9, 2018, the Professional Standards of Ethics and Compliance Management ("Standards") was published in the Official Gazette and came into legal force the same day.

The rationale of the Proposal is unifying payment practices and addressing the emerging needs in the field of payments.

There are certain measures adopted by Turkish authorities which ensure the operation of this localization process.

Recently, the United States of America imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports of steel and an additional 10% tariff on imports of aluminum originating from all exporter countries (initially excluding Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, ...

Current developments in the protection of personal data; Importance of data security in digitalization and primary technical measures to be taken; Protection of personal data as part of the corporate governance culture; Principles of compliance with data protection law for the companies

The Omnibus Law also amended paragraph 3 of Article 344 of the TCO.

The FCPA criminalizes the bribery of foreign officials anywhere in the world for the purposes of preventing corruptly influencing of an official governmental decision in order to obtain a business benefit.

The details of this amendment package have not been made public by the government.