ArticleA Milestone In Turkish Employment Law: Renewed Severance Compensation SystemThe details of this amendment package have not been made public by the government. TurkeyEmployment and HRELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleA Milestone for Industrial Property Rights: The New LawFor many years, in order to cover any rights pertaining to trademarks, patents, designs, utility models and geographical indications, one had to look at an assortment of decree laws instead of consulting a single, united code.TurkeyIntellectual PropertyELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleContemporary Dynamics Of Dawn Raiding Powers Of The Turkish Competition Authority: Current Status Of A Debate On Concealment Of EvidenceThe Board recently adopted similar approach in its other decisions concerning hindering and complicating the on-site inspection. TurkeyAntitrust/Competition LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleFirst Ever Settlement Decision In Turkish Competition Law: Turkish Competition Board Concludes The Investigation In The Small Household Appliances Sector With A Settlement DecisionAfter an investigation process of 8 months, the Turkish Competition Board ("Board") announced on August 9, 2021 on its website that it has concluded the investigation with a settlement decision...TurkeyAntitrust/Competition LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleTurkish Competition Authority Awaiting Official Assignment Of New Board Members To Re-Establish Final Decision QuorumThe Competition Board (the "Board"), the competent decision-making organ of the Turkish Competition Authority, no longer has the quorum required to render final/executable decisions...TurkeyAntitrust/Competition LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleThe Court Of Cassation Assembly Of Civil Chambers Decision Introduces A "Presumption" Of "Gross Fault" By Seller In Hidden Defects*The Court of Cassation General Assembly reviewed a case where a consumer had requested reimbursement for his television that turned out to have a defective motherboard due to a manufacturing defect. TurkeyConsumer ProtectionELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleCommuniqué On Equity Crowdfunding Is Officially PublishedBy way of background, in January 2019, the Capital Markets Board ("CMB") had issued an announcement on its website on the Draft Communiqué on Equity Crowdfunding.TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleExemptions To The Obligation To Make Tender Offers In Public CompaniesUnder Article 26 of the Turkish Capital Markets Law, acquisition of shares entitling its owner with management or voting rights obliges the acquirer to make tender offers to other shareholders to purchase their shares. TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleRecent Amendments To Procedures Of General Assembly MeetingsRecent Amendments To Procedures Of General Assembly Meetings.TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleSqueeze-Out Right In Group Of CompaniesThe Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 ("TCC") introduced the concept of "squeeze-out right in group of companies" to the Turkish legal landscape. TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleVisibility Of Shareholders In Non-Public Turkish Joint-Stock Companies: Can Shareholders Remain Anonymous?In Turkish corporate law practice, names of the founding shareholders shall be explicitly stated in the articles of association ("AoA"), registered with the trade registry and published...TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleVoting Rights Of Shareholders In Joint Stock CompaniesDupe TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleVoting Rights Of Shareholders In Joint Stock CompaniesIn accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC"), shareholders have certain rights in joint stock companies. TurkeyCorporate/Commercial LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleEmployee's Refusal To Be Vaccinated For COVID-19 And The Employer's Options In Terms Of Termination Of Employment With Just CauseIn a nutshell, the Occupational Health and Safety Law obligates employers to take all the measures necessary for the safety and health of their employees. TurkeyEmployment and HRELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleE-Export Strategy and Action Plan of the Ministry of Trade (2018-2020) Is Published in the Official GazetteThe Turkish High Planning Council has decided to accept the "e-Export Strategy and Action Plan (2018-2020)" ("Plan"), which was prepared by the Ministry of Trade (formerly known as the Ministry of Economy) ("Ministry"), with its decision numbered 2018/1 and dated January 31, 2018. TurkeyInternational LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleOFAC Publishes Sanctions Compliance Guidance For The Virtual Currency IndustryThe U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control published Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry on its official website on October 15, 2021 ...TurkeyInternational LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleHigh Court Of Appeals Brings A New Approach To Evidentiary Law And Enhances The Significance Of E-Mail Messages As EvidenceThe most essential regimes of the civil procedure law are those on burden of proof and principles on the method of proving an event or transaction. TurkeyLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleConstitutional Court's Decision On Access Ban To News Content On Social MediaTurkish Constitutional Court granted a decision on April 17, 2019 regarding an applicant's claims on violation of his freedom of expression and press due to access ban of a news article...TurkeyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
ArticleICTA's Decision Amending the Principles and Procedures on the Use of Calling Line IdentificationThe Information and Communication Technologies Authority ("ICTA") rendered a board decision amending the Principles and Procedures on the Use of Calling Line Identification ("PPCLI") on April 12, 2018. TurkeyMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
VideoWebinar: Antitrust Policy In Digital Markets: Are We Headed In The Right Direction?Mr. Gönenç Gürkaynak of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law and Mr. Miguel Perez Guerra, Head of Antitrust EMEA at PayPal will discuss as to whether there is a genuine need for regulating digital markets and whether current competition law tools are capable of dealing with digital markets.WorldwideAntitrust/Competition LawELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law