During the press conference on 28 June 2024, FATF announced the outcomes of its plenary meeting held on 26-28 June 2024.

After announcing its intention in 2013 to create a National Public Integrated Data Center to unify the data centers of all Turkish public institutions, Turkey took the next step, amending the Law on Electronic Communications to authorize the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications to establish a National Public Integrated Data Center.

The prior approval obligation will not apply to B2B relationships, and commercial messages can still be sent to businesses without their prior approval.

The Regulation Amending the Planned Areas Zoning Regulation ("Regulation") published in the Official Gazette dated 25 February 2022 and numbered 31761 entered into force on the same date.

Yönetmelik, yatırım yaparak vatandaşlık sahibi olmak isteyenler için uygulanacak usullere ilişkin önemli düzenlemeler getirdi.

According to the Presidential Decree No. 476 published on the Official Gazette dated 19 December 2018, payments made for advertising services provided through the Internet to the providers of this service ...

The Law No. 7297 Amending Certain Other Laws ("Law No. 7297"), which was published in the Official Gazette on 20 March 2021, introduced significant changes to the Law No. 3996 Concerning the...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ("AIIB"), a new multilateral development bank established after China proposed the initiative in 2013, officially became operational on January 16, 2016...

On 7 October 2021, the decision of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority No. 10442-2 on "Preliminary License Periods and the Reference Construction Periods for Determining the Facility Completion Date"...

The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority has introduced the concept of data protection officers with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Personnel Certification Mechanism.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (the "CBRT") amended the Communiqué No. 2013/15 on Mandatory Reserves (the "Amendment").

In light of the recent legislative changes, the TPTO aims to organize a faster and more efficient intellectual property system.

On 23 December 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ("Ministry") published the Regulation Amending the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation...

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Payment Services and Electronic Money Issuance and Payment Service Providers (the "Regulation") prepared by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye...

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("TPTO") published long-awaited statistics on IP right applications for 2022. The Minister of Industry and Technology, Mustafa Varank, announced...

Without doubt, this is the age of gaming companies. We have seen toons blasting, we have seen toys blasting and we have seen gaming company M&As blasting like nothing else.

The exemption rate applied to capital gains arising from sales of participation shares, which is regulated in Article 5/1-(e) of Corporate Income Tax Law No. 5520 ("Corporate Income Tax Law")...

Law No. 7440 on Restructuring of Certain Receivables and Amendments to Certain Laws ("Law No. 7440"), published in the Official Gazette dated 12 March 2023, allows financing costs incurred...

According to Presidential Decree No. 9284 ("Decree") published in the Official Gazette on 22 December 2024, the withholding tax rate to be applied to e-commerce activities has been set at 1%.

With its resolution numbered i-SPK.35.B.1 (dated 19 September 2024 and numbered 1484) (the "Resolution"), the Capital Markets Board (the "CMB")...