Log in or register
Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 01 SEPTEMBER 1997

Piracy - Turkish Copyright Laws Give Upper Hand To The Software Owners

Mehmet Gun & Co
Explore more from Mehmet Gun & Co

TurkeyEnvironment
Giambrone Partners
Giambrone Partners
Amendments to the Turkish Copyright Laws in June 1995, protects the computer software under the Copyright provisions. Prosecution of the software piracy has been made subject to quickest investigation procedures. The Police has been authorised to seize pirate software without a court order.

Following these amendments the Business Software alliance have established itself in the Turkish Jurisdiction. Mehmet Gun & Co, of Istanbul have been appointed as the Local legal counsel. BSA aims to educate the practitioners, to raise the public awareness on the software copyright and to take legal actions against the pirates.

BSA Turkey has taken number of criminal actions on targets in Istanbul, Ankara the major centres in Turkey. The actions involved 20 reseller targets, and (4) BBS operators. The police detained more than (20) suspects for charges of copyright violation and seized more than (40) PC's, thousands of floppy disks and CD-ROM's.

We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.

Register for freeORLog in

Related Articles

Legal Intelligence Newsletters: sign up for the latest legal and regulatory news on your chosen topics

Read more about

Related Comparative Guides

See more popular content from

Article

Assessment Of The Türkiye Emissions Trading System Regulation

The Türkiye Emissions Trading System Regulation (the “Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette No. 33353 dated August 27, 2026, and entered into force on the same date. Pursuant to the Climate Law No. 7552 (the “Climate Law”), the Regulation sets out the fundamental rules governing the scope of the Türkiye Emissions Trading System (“ETS”), greenhouse gas emissions permits, monitoring, reporting and verification, the allocation of allowances, and the operation of the market.
TurkeyEnvironment
Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership
Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership
Article

Türkiye Emisyon Ticaret Sistemi Yönetmeliği’ne İlişkin Değerlendirme

Türkiye Emisyon Ticaret Sistemi Yönetmeliği (“Yönetmelik”), 27 Ağustos 2026 tarihli ve 33353 sayılı Resmî Gazete’de yayımlanarak aynı tarihte yürürlüğe girmiştir. Yönetmelik ile 7552 sayılı İklim Kanunu (“İklim Kanunu”) uyarınca Türkiye Emisyon Ticaret Sistemi’nin (“ETS”) kapsamı sera gazı emisyon izni, izleme, raporlama ve doğrulama, tahsisatlandırma ve piyasa işleyişine ilişkin temel kuralları düzenlemektedir.
TurkeyEnvironment
Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership
Gen Temizer Erdogan Girgin Attorney Partnership
Article

New Regulation On Plant Quarantine Was Published

Turkey's new Plant Quarantine Regulation introduces comprehensive digital transformation through the BKKTS system, eliminating wet signatures for entry, exit, and transit procedures. The regulation establishes stricter controls for high-risk products, mandates electronic plant health certificates with QR codes, and implements a three-stage official control process to prevent contamination from harmful organisms.
TurkeyEnvironment
Moroglu Arseven
Moroglu Arseven
Article

Türkiye Green Taxonomy Regulation Published: A New Framework For Sustainable Finance

As environmental sustainability becomes increasingly important in the conduct of economic activities, companies operating in different sectors are required to take environmental impacts and sustainability criteria into account in their business processes. In addition, regulations aimed at supporting access to finance for sustainable investments are further increasing the importance of sustainability in financial decision-making processes.
TurkeyEnvironment
Egemenoglu
Egemenoglu