Extension Of Time, Delay Claims And Turkish Law Practice

1. INTRODUCTION

Most of the projects, especially in construction contracts, face with delay and variety of disruptions and proving this delay is not easy for the parties since these projects are too complex with lots of activities and details.¹ In large construction projects, time schedules usually cover a huge volume of activities which are overlapping and running concurrently.² These factors cause uncertainty and thus, construction projects do not proceed with the contractual completion date.

Disputes arising from the construction contracts, usually become subject to the ICC, LCIA or Ad hoc arbitration cases. A large portion of the construction contracts, specifically the ones whose parties are located in different countries, involve arbitration clauses in their dispute resolution provision and thus, these disputes are resolved through ICC, LCIA or Ad hoc arbitration. According to the ICC statistics, in 2019, there are 211 cases arising from the disputes within