Intellectual Property and Trademark Registration in Turkey

In recent years, Turkey has become one of the internationally attractive business centers in the world. Compliance with quality, protection and formality standards relating to different sectors of the economy, has always been an important objective for businesses. The intense commercial activity both on an international and national level imposes the necessity to safeguard the properties of business entities and individuals in order to validate their commercial activities.

Due to its candidature for the European Union, which has advanced to accession negotiations in 2005, Turkey further extended its scope of legislative and administrative activities. In this context, Turkey has also signed various international conventions in several legal areas and has become a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and also is a party to numerous related conventions. International treaties to which Turkey is a party are Paris Convention for the Protection of