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First published in the IBA Antitrust Committee newsletter, May 2016. Traditionally, Turkey has considered resale price maintenance (“RPM”) to be one of the hardcore vertical restraints. The Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) has a track record of imposing significant […]

Historically, Turkey, the determination of resale price maintenance (“YSFB“) open-public (hardcore) that characterize as one of the vertical restraints are among the competition law regimes. In the past, it is possible to come across instances in which the Competition Board (“the Board“) has […]

Turkey’s Ministry of Finance has amended various aspects of the legal framework regarding money laundering, terror financing and financial crimes investigation. Amendments are intended to update the laws in accordance with recent developments. The scope and volume of obligations […]

Turkey has updated and amended its block exemption for R&D agreements. R&D agreements which meet the criteria are exempt from a general legislative prohibition on agreements, concerted practices and decisions which limit competition. Major changes apply to the market […]

Media Law International had ranked Moroğlu Arseven in Tier 4 for Media law in its 2016 rankings. Media, entertainment and sport are long established practice areas at Moroğlu Arseven. The firm’s expanding client-base includes performing artists, players, producers, coaches, […]

Turkey has widened the scope of government incentives offered for investments in certain industries. Changes to the Investment Incentive Scheme are intended to update the existing framework to keep pace with Turkey’s market needs and address recent developments. Changes […]

Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) has announced a proposal to remove a financial incentive for unlicensed electricity generation projects which use domestic products. The proposal is intended to keep pace with recent developments in Turkey’s electricity market. The […]

The following article gives a summary of decrees by the Council of Ministers and communiqués by the Ministry of Economy regarding prevention of unfair competition in imports, made between 1 March 2016 and 31 March 2016. Investigation Launched Into […]

Significant structural changes have been made to Turkey’s unlicensed electricity generation market. The most important change is a new 1 MW total installed capacity limit for unlicensed facilities held directly or indirectly by the same persons or entities. Accordingly, […]

Turkey has completed the final step in a long running process to enact the Data Protection Law number 6698 (“Law“). The Law referred to in our recent article has now received Presidential approval and its final text was published in Official […]