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Click here to Read Welcome to the inaugural Competition Roundup by Moroğlu Arseven. It offers a comprehensive overview of Turkish competition law during 2016, as well as insight on trends and developments during the period. Topics covered include key […]

Turkey’s Professional Competence Authority has published a range of Communiqués introducing and amending National Occupational Standards for a number of professions. The Communiqués on National Occupation Standards No 2016/15, 2016/18 and The Communiqués Amending National Occupation Standards No. 2016/16 […]

Turkey has announced clarifications of taxation arrangements for payment services provided by e-money and e-payment agencies. Legislation deems these e-currency transactions to be banking transactions and services. Accordingly, it is clarified that the Banking and Insurance Transaction Tax will […]

Turkey has made significant changes to rules for Free Trade Zones. From 24 February 2017, land and facilities located in these areas will be subject to urgent expropriation. Changes also apply to a salary tax exemption for employees at […]

Turkey’s High Planning Council (“Council”) has accepted a Strategy and Action Plan for the Software Sector (“Action Plan”) for 2017-2019. It aims to improve the national software market, increase sector exports and employment, as well as produce products and […]

Turkey has amended the support scheme for R&D and design activities to now include third party services. The change means external legal counselling regarding designs, trademarks and patents is now eligible to be included in the government financial support […]

The Turkish Competition Authority recently published a short-form decision from the Competition Board (“Board”) concluding that Mey İçki San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (“Mey İçki”) abused its dominant position in the Raki market (alcohol), violating Article 6 of the Law […]

Turkey’s Central Bank has updated discount interest rates for commercial papers with expiry periods of three months or more. The revised rates are 8.75% for rediscount transactions and 9.75% for advance transactions. The interest rates were announced in Communiqué […]

Turkey has announced Classification Opinions to be implemented in accordance with the International Convention on Harmonized Commodity Definition and Coding System. The system is intended to achieve uniform tariff classification. Council of Minister’s Decision number 2016/9530 dated 14 November […]

Turkey’s Court of Cassation recently ruled that a company’s creditor is entitled to send an attachment notice to a company shareholder since the shareholder is deemed to be a third party relative to the company. The court held that […]