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Turkish Constitutional Court decided that dismissal of an applicant’s objection to the consumer arbitration committee’s decision as being time-barred, without considering the receipt date of the notice, violates the right of access to a court within the scope of […]

Turkish Constitutional Court, on the basis of the 1st Tax Court of Kocaeli’s application, has decided that statement “…to be applied to transactions after 2 August 2013” in paragraph 1/(d) of article 76 of the Law on the Amendments […]

Turkey has introduced regulations on service providers’ liabilities in e-commerce, as well as transactions to be conducted through the public electronic platform. The Regulation Regarding Amendment on Service Providers’ Liabilities in e-Commerce (“Amendment Regulation”) by Turkey’s Ministry of Trade (“Ministry”) […]

Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently ruled that refusal to register a vehicle for one year on the basis of a precautionary measure, without compensating damages, violated an applicant’s constitutional property rights. The applicant is an international transportation driver, who purchased […]

From 1 January 2019, it becomes mandatory in Turkey to make notifications to certain parties via the National Electronic Services System (“UETS”), which will be established by the Turkish Post (“PTT”). The Electronic Services Regulation (“Regulation”) was published in […]

Article 584 of the Turkish Code of Obligations (“TCO”) requires spousal consent for the validity of surety agreements. Turkey’s Court of Appeals recently ruled that spousal consent is not required for validity of avals, which are regulated separately under […]

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice (“Ministry”) recently published its annual update to the framework for international service and rogatory procedures. Accordingly, international service and rogatory fees will increase around 10% in 2018. The Communiqué on Procedures and Principles to be […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently considered a claim that property rights had been violated by insufficient compensation being paid for the decreased value of an applicant’s property. The court underlined that a fair balance must be established between the […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the right to property had not been violated by completion of expropriation proceedings, initiated by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“Authority”), despite a decision from the administrative court to suspend execution of […]

Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently annulled a legislative provision which allowed the president of the Turkish Information Technologies and Communications Authority (“Authority”) to ex officio block foreign-hosted websites based on obscene content. The court ruled that the provision violated the […]