Attorney Fees under the Turkish Attorneyship Law: An Overview

As a matter of general knowledge worldwide, the concept of the attorney fee represents the fee terms agreed between attorney and client for the legal services the attorney renders to the client. However, a different attorney fee regulated under the Turkish Attorneyship Law and bearing features of a litigation cost is a new concept for many foreign clients, and causes confusion in practice.

The Attorneyship Law regulates two different types of attorney fees. The first is the fee the client and attorney agree on by and between themselves for the legal services rendered by the attorney. The second attorney fee is a litigation cost, incurred by the losing party and paid to the other party at the end of a legal proceeding, as regulated under the Attorneyship Law as well as the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedural Law.