Energy, Infrastructure & ESG Quarterly – December 2025

Turkey's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced major renewable energy tenders for 2026, offering 900 MWe of solar capacity across 14 projects and 1,500 MW of wind capacity across 7 projects. These YEKA tenders present strategic opportunities for investors to participate in Turkey's expanding renewable energy infrastructure through competitive bidding processes with 20-year power purchase agreements.

Turkey offers foreign investors a large and diversified energy market, substantial renewable resources, a strategic position between producing and consuming regions, and a regulatory system that combines market liberalization with close administrative supervision.

Turkey's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced major renewable energy tenders for 2026, offering 900 MWe of solar capacity across 14 projects and 1,500 MWe of wind capacity across 7 projects.

In line with the goals of combating global climate change and building a sustainable energy future, the integration of renewable energy sources into electricity networks is gaining greater importance day by day.

Turkey has been a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) since 1980 and a member state of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1957.

Turkey's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has launched the Energy and Carbon Reduction Support Programme, offering grants of up to 30% of 2026 energy expenditures to businesses that achieve significant reductions in carbon intensity through energy efficiency improvements.

The Law No. 5346 on the Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy was amended on 8 January 2011.

With the regulation published in the Official Gazette on September 12, 2023, changes have been made to the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market.

The new Mining Regulation ("Regulation") was published in the Official Gazette dated 21.09.2017 and numbered 30187

Turkey's Ministry of Economy has temporarily expanded government incentives to also include solar panel imports made within solar energy power investments.

Mersis is an electronic trade registry, which is highly popular and a significant e-portal for attorneys and companies.

We are living in an era in which digitalization is accelerating and Artificial Intelligence ("AI") technologies are reshaping both societal and professional practices.

The Law No. 7464 on the Rental of Residential Properties for Tourism Purposes and Amendments to Certain Laws1 provided the short-term rental of residential properties for tourism purposes in Türkiye with a legal framework.

For the most part, the Turkish Labor Law governs legal aspects of the employer-employee relationship in Turkey. This code defines employers as real persons, legal entities, or institutions or establishments with no legal personality which employ people.

We are pleased to share our latest article, “German Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Neutrality: Opportunities for Turkish Companies”, jointly prepared by the Hergüner and Taylor Wessing teams.

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission published the draft Industrial Accelerator Act ("IAA"), a legislative proposal to strengthen European Union ("EU") manufacturing in strategic sectors including steel, cement, aluminum and automotive.

With the number of increasing tourists expected to visit Turkey in the near future, the increasing number of airlines offering domestic scheduled flights, and the effects of a growing Turkish economy resulting in an increasing demand for air cargo transportation, the need for aircrafts in Turkey is on the rise. Currently, there are 17 licensed airlines with a total number of 212 aircraft (17 of which are for cargo transportation) and 49 licensed air taxi operators registered in Turkey. For airli

The Turkish Competition Board amended Communiqué No: 2010/4 Concerning Mergers and Acquisitions Calling for the Authorization of the Competition Board as of February 1st 2013.

The Regulation Amending the Zoning Regulation for Planned Areas (“Regulation”), published in the Official Gazette dated 1 July 2026 and numbered 33297, introduces several amendments to the Zoning Regulation for Planned Areas. The amendments include significant changes concerning construction license procedures, construction co-efficiency calculations, elevator requirements, modification works in existing buildings and the conversion of certain office buildings into residential use.

This issue of the Competition & Trade Quarterly brings together the two parts of the bulletin. The competition section reviews eleven Turkish Competition Board decisions and announcements published during the second quarter of 2026 — merger control and joint-control assessments, conditional clearances secured through commitments, interim measures in the food sector, information exchange in labour markets, digital-platform commitments, and the criminal dimension of an ongoing cartel file.