News and Publications

On 13.12.2022, the Advertisement Board adopted the Guideline on Advertisements Containing Environmental Statements. The guideline is in line with Consumer Protection Law and the Regulation on Commercial Advertisements and Unfair Commercial Practices. It aims to provide advice and direction […]

The monetary thresholds applicable to consumer transactions in 2024 were designated with the Communiqué on Increasing the Monetary Limits in Article 68 of the Law No. 6502 on Consumers Protection and Article 6 of the Regulation on Consumer Arbitration […]

The administrative fines indicated by the Law on Consumer Protection to be applied for 2024 were revised. With the Communiqué on Administrative Fines to be Imposed in 2024 Pursuant to Article 77 of the Law No. 6502 on the […]

The Communiqué on the Increase in the Lower Limit of Administrative Fines to be effective between 1 January 2024 and  31 December 2024 as stipulated under the first paragraph of Article 16 of the Law on the Protection of […]

The Regulation on Banking Credit Transactions outlines key rules pertaining to the granting of credit, including the delegation of credit approval authority to the board of directors, prevention of conflicts of interest, the role of credit committees, credit limitations, […]

Tariff for the Regulation of Licensed Trustee Warehouses was published on the Official Gazette numbered 32406 and dated 21 December 2023. The tariff determines the fees to be charged for goods kept in licensed trustee warehouses and private warehouses […]

The provision of the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act numbered 2577, which regulates the monetary limit of application for appeal in administrative jurisdiction, has been annulled pursuant to the Turkish Constitutional Court decision. Pursuant to the Turkish Constitutional Court’s decision […]

Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has published several announcements in December. According to the announcement published on December 15, 2023 (“Announcement 1”), The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety and the European Executive Agency for […]

The Guideline for the Protection of Privacy in Mobile Applications  contains recommendations on the current and potential risks related to personal data processing activities in mobile applications. The Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority“) published the Guideline for the Protection […]

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye introduced new interest rates to be applied in rediscount and advance transactions. With the Communiqué published in the Official Gazette dated 23 December 2023 and numbered 32408 (“Communiqué”), the Central Bank […]