Real estate acquisition of foreign real and legal persons is governed by the Article 35 of the Land Registry Law numbered 2644 amended by the Law numbered 5444 and dated 29 December, 2005.

On January 13, 2011 the Turkish Parliament adopted the new Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC"), which governs the commercial transactions as well as the formation and governance of companies.

Turkey acceded to the UPOV Convention -as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and on March 19, 1991- on the 18th of November, 2007 and adopted Law No: 5042 Law on Protection of Breeder’s Rights of New Plant Varieties as well as the secondary regulations on the subject.

We set forth below, the termination of employment agreement procedure and rights of the employee due to termination of the employment agreement with an indefinite term by the employer.

Turkey has recently amended its mining regulations in order to attract more domestic and foreign private investors in the industry. The amendments made are criticized particularly by the environmental groups for removing the environmental controls drastically and by domestic mining investors for being radically open to foreign investors. This Article deals with some of the important aspects of the recently enacted pieces of legislation.

This article describes the legal framework for crop seed business in Turkey.

As a part of preparations for EU membership, Turkey is in the process of amending or promulgation its primary and secondary legislation.