Sep 23, 2022
Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on the Equipping of Ships and their Characteristics of Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class-B CS Devices
Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on the Equipping of Ships and their Characteristics of Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class-B CS Device was published in the Official Gazette da...
Sep 20, 2022
Regulation on the Trafe of Second-Hand Motorized Vehicles
With the Regulatıon on Amending The Regulation on Trade of Second-Hand Motorized Vehicles of the Ministry of Commerce, which was published in the Official Gazette on 16 August 2022, some prohibitions ...
Jun 22, 2022
MARINE POLLUTION FINES
New amendments to the Environmental Code were published in the Official Gazette on the 15th June 2022. With the new measures for marine pollution the vessels face harsher penalties especially within t...
Jun 14, 2022
LEGAL NATURE OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS
About Electronic Contracts In an increasingly digital world, the importance of Electronic Contracts ("E-Contract") is increasing for both individuals and companies. E-Contracts are define...
May 13, 2022
NFTs and Intellectual Property
NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is a unit of data stored on the blockchain, confirming that a digital asset is unique and therefore not interchangeable. NFTs serve to prove the entity that represents it brie...
Apr 20, 2022
The fifth package of sanctions issued by the European Commission
Is the Turkish shipping market effected by the fifth package of sanctions issued by the European Commission? With Russia being considered a “War Zone” , On the 8th of April the fifth ...
Apr 15, 2022
Company Establishment by Foreign Real and Legal Persons in Turkey
With the contribution of the existing legal regulations and incentives granted time to time, Turkey is amongst the markets where foreign real and legal persons would find it beneficial to operate in b...
Apr 4, 2022
Mediation for Commercial Disputes
As shared in our memorandum on Bill of Law (the “Bill of Law”) regarding the obligation to apply to mediation method as a pre-condition to file a lawsuit for commercial disputes regarding ...
Apr 4, 2022
New Procedures and Principles Regarding Loss of Capital and Insolvency
The Ministry of Trade has published the Communiqué (the “Communiqué”) on the Procedures and Principles Relating to Implementation of Article 376 of Turkish Commericial Code n...
Apr 4, 2022
New Regulation on Transit Vessels Passing Through Bosphorus
On July 28th, 2017, “The Regulation on the Amendment of the Turkish Straits Marine Traffic Regulation” has been published on Official Gazette numbered 30137. In accordance with the new ...
Apr 4, 2022
The Personal Data Protection Law
The Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“Law”) has recently been published in the Official Gazette numbered 29677 on 07.04.2016. Although Turkey signed the Convention for the Prot...
Apr 4, 2022
Maritime Law – Passenger Claims
What are the key provisions applicable to the resolution of maritime passenger claims? The provisions regarding the Contracts of Carriage of Passengers by Sea have been regulated under the TCC in l...