GB KVK – Right to be forgotten and its criteria – 240720

You can reach the board decision dated 23.06.2020 and numbered 2020/481 issued by the Personal Data Protection Authority on 17.07.2020 and the information notes we have prepared for the Criteria for Indexing The Results in Searches conducted through persons’ first and last name and search engines at the link below. Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu tarafından […]

Erdem BalkanPartner, Guzeldere & Balkan Law Firm

E-Marketplace Platforms Sector Review was initiated by the Competition Board (16.7.2020)

The Competition Board has now decided to review the e-marketplace platforms sector following an investigation into chain markets selling retail food and cleaning products and its suppliers.During the review period, it is stated that the platforms themselves as well as initiatives using the platform will be discussed.As a result, in addition to traditional sales methods, […]

Erdem BalkanPartner, Guzeldere & Balkan Law Firm

Tax Transparency Increases International Taxation, New Reporting Requirements are Obtained with the Cross-Border Reporting Obligations (DAC6)

The dynamics of international taxation is in a great transformation, especially in recent years, through the practices put into effect by tax authorities one after another. While this situation naturally causes groups that have been structured abroad for a long time to change their practice for years and to restrict the movement area with the […]

Terms Of Termination Prohibition, Mandatory Unpaid Leave, And Short-Term Working Extended

This article is one of many articles we have published in relation to the legal implications of Covid-19. Please click here for our “Covid-19 Insights” page and other articles. As our readers will recall from earlier articles on the short-term working subsidy and the prohibition on termination of employment contracts, the government has previously introduced certain time-limited measures in an […]

Yusuf Mansur ÖzerAssociate, Ersoy Bilgehan

The Decision of the President No. 2707 on the Extension of the Periods specified in the First and Second Paragraphs of The Provisional Article 10 of the Employment Law no. 4857

The Decision of the President No. 2707 on the Extension of the Periods specified in the First and Second Paragraphs of The Provisional Article 10 of the Employment Law no. 4857 dated 22.5.2003 and numbered 4857 was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force. You can reach the information note we have prepared […]

Erdem BalkanPartner, Guzeldere & Balkan Law Firm

Yusuf Mansur Özer participates in the IR Global Guide – Crisis Management: Surviving and thriving in a post-pandemic world

Foreward by Andrew Chilvers Businesses across the world are undergoing the biggest remote working experiment since Europeans first sailed from their home ports to set up trading posts in Asia 500 years ago. This time around, however, companies are moving colleagues out of their plush city centre locations to set up offices at home. What […]

Zihni BilgehanSenior Partner, Ersoy Bilgehan

The deadline for registration with data controllers’ registry has been extended due to COVID-19

This article is one of many articles we have published concerning the legal implications of Covid-19. Please click here for our “Covid-19 Insights” page and other articles. The Data Protection Board (“Board”) has just announced that it has extended the deadline for registration with the Data Controllers’ Registry Information System (“VERBIS”) with its decision no. 2020/482. The Board had […]

Zihni BilgehanSenior Partner, Ersoy Bilgehan

Weekly Reporting Requirement for Some Turkish Borrowers Imposed by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

In 2018, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (“CBRT”) introduced the requirement for some Turkish real and legal persons to report transactions which affect the foreign exchange positions (“FX Positions”) to the CBRT. Pursuant to the 2018 Regulation for Monitoring the Transactions Effecting the FX Positions (“Regulation”), Turkish companies with foreign currency debt […]

Zihni BilgehanSenior Partner, Ersoy Bilgehan