Annulment Of International Arbitral Awards Under Turkish Law

The right to file an action for annulment/ cancellation of an international arbitration award is regulated under Article 15 of the International Arbitration Law numbered 4686 ("IAL"). IAL applies to disputes where a foreign element is involved in the case and Turkey is designated as the place of arbitration; or where the provisions of this law are chosen to be applied to the case by the parties or arbitral tribunal. One of the important differences between international arbitral awards and domestic arbitral awards is that provisions of domestic arbitral awards are regulated under the Code of Civil Procedure ("CPC") [you may read our article on Annulment of a Domestic Arbitral Award Under Turkish Law here], while international arbitral award provisions are regulated under IAL. In this note, we would focus on the annulment of an international arbitral award.