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Turkey’s Court of Cassation recently ruled that in case of terminating the indefinite-term employment contract due to medical leaves, employers are not obliged to take the employee’s statement. According to paragraph 1/(b) of article 25 of the Labor Law […]

The Regulation on Commissioner for Concordat and Creditors’ Committee and The Regulation on Documents to be added to the Concordat Request were published in Official Gazette numbered 30671 dated 30 January 2019. The rules mainly regulate the following issues: […]

Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently rejected an application which claimed the applicant’s constitutional property rights had been violated by legislative changes which occurred during the trial process. The amended legislation meant the lawsuits could no longer be ruled in the […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that an excessive personal burden had been placed on a property owner where the state had not expropriated a piece of real estate for 27 years since the expropriation had first been approved […]

The Civil Procedures Law number 6100 (“CPL”) entered into effect on 1 October 2011. Turkey’s Court of Appeals recently ruled that arbitral awards which are made based on arbitration agreements that the parties entered before the CPL came into […]

Bankruptcy postponement under the Turkish Bankruptcy Law was heavily criticised on the basis that it was open to manipulation. Critics also claimed the protections offered in this scope went beyond the legislators’ intentions due to systematic errors which had […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that a provision which allows tax authorities to claim unpaid tax and tax fines for undeclared buildings and land within five years of becoming aware of these undeclared properties does not violate the […]

Under Turkish law, if a cheque is delivered to a drawee bank before the availability date stated on the cheque, a provision states that the cheque will be considered properly presented and payable on the presentation date. The provision […]

Turkey recently closed down its regulatory bodies which focused specifically on sugar, alcohol and tobacco. Accordingly, the duties which were previously held by the Sugar Authority and the Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority have now shifted to the […]

The Turkish Constitutional Court recently ruled that the pro-rata attorney fee imposed on consumers is constitutional for annulment actions filed against decisions by consumer arbitration committees if the decision is annulled. The Constitutional Court stated that consumer courts can […]