29 Jan 2018
Işık Özdoğan has been ranked as a Gold Tier individual by the World Trademark Review in its 2018 WTR 1000 rankings. The World Trademark Review ranks Işık in the top tier for trademark enforcement and litigation, as well as […]
25 Jan 2018
Turkey has updated the regulatory regime for packaging and waste, including significant new rules regarding waste collection and recycling. Most notably, free plastic bags will be banned from the beginning of 2019 and packaging used in the Turkish market […]
25 Jan 2018
Unit values form the basis of real estate taxes in Turkey (duplicated article 49 of Tax Procedural Law number 213). Real estate valuations are valid for four year periods and during each period, the valuation is annually re-calculated and […]
24 Jan 2018
The Turkish Constitutional Court recently considered an individual’s request for confidentiality within a malpractice case. It ruled that a fair balance must be struck between the public interest in conducting open proceedings and protecting an individual’s right to privacy. […]
18 Jan 2018
To send commercial electronic messages in Turkey, senders must first obtain a recipient’s approval. The Ministry of Customs and Commerce (“Ministry”) is now empowered to establish a system, where senders must log recipient approvals and rejections. If senders fail […]
18 Jan 2018
For the third time, comparative advertising has been postponed in Turkey, now becoming possible from 1 January 2019 onwards. From that date, advertisements will be allowed to include competitors’ titles, trademarks, logos or other distinguishing marks or phrases, as […]
17 Jan 2018
Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the process of deciding whether to join a workers’ union also falls within the scope of the right to join a union, protected by the Turkish Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights. […]
15 Jan 2018
Turkey’s Advertising Board (“Board”) ruled on 302 cases during 2017, in the period up to November. Among these decisions, the Board imposed administrative fines totalling 1.2 million Turkish Liras. 63 cases (21%) resulted in detention, while 21 cases (7%) […]
11 Jan 2018
Turkey has announced procedures and principles for registering with the Data Controllers Registry (“Registry”) by real persons and legal entities responsible for establishing and managing data recording systems (“Data Controller”). It has also outlined processing methods for personal data, […]
10 Jan 2018
Turkey has updated rules for Organized Industrial Zones Specialized in Agriculture (“Agriculture Zones”). Changes apply to principles and procedures for projects, applications, zoning plans, activities, operations and audits of Agricultural Zones. They also include increased details for determining and […]
