Practical guides and analysis for foreign investors, founders and counsel navigating the Turkish legal landscape.
A foreign investor's tax position turns on one distinction — full liability on worldwide income, or limited liability on Türkiye-source income only. The rates, the 15% dividend and branch-remittance withholding, the filing calendar and the treaty layer.
A company already compliant with the GDPR is not compliant with Turkish law. KVKK and the GDPR compared on lawful bases, cross-border transfer, registration, breach notification and fines — plus the Turkish obligations with no European equivalent.
You do not need a judgment — or even a written contract — to start enforcement in Türkiye, but you do need to survive a seven-day objection window. The three enforcement routes, the deadlines that kill a file, and what a foreign judgment is worth here.
Before it forms a company, a foreign investor chooses a vehicle: a liaison office that cannot trade, a branch of the parent, or a Turkish subsidiary. This guide compares the three on legal status, tax and cost.
The complete guide for a foreign company employing staff in Türkiye — contracts, working time and leave, termination and severance, the job-security regime, mandatory mediation and SGK.
How severance (kıdem) and notice (ihbar) indemnities are triggered and calculated in Türkiye — eligibility, the per-year formula and the statutory ceiling.
Just cause versus valid reason, the job-security regime, and the reinstatement route through mandatory mediation and the labour courts.
Indefinite versus fixed-term, probation, enforceable non-compete clauses and remote work — the contract points foreign employers most often get wrong.
The 45-hour week, overtime at 1.5×, night-work limits and the annual-leave tiers — the everyday rules that generate most labour claims.
Why almost every labour claim now starts with mandatory mediation, how the labour-court process runs, and how an employer's records decide the outcome.
A practical guide for foreign investors forming a company in Türkiye — entity choice, minimum capital, the incorporation process and the points that most often catch newcomers.
A practical guide to registering a trademark in Türkiye as a foreign owner — the first-to-file rule, the TÜRKPATENT and Madrid routes, the process, and the duty to actually use the mark.
A step-by-step guide for foreign buyers: who may acquire property under Article 35, the mandatory valuation report, title due diligence, taxes and the closing process.
How importing into Türkiye works — customs valuation and classification, duties and VAT, the documents you need, and the pitfalls that delay or cost importers.
How Türkiye runs anti-dumping investigations, how the duties are calculated, and how a foreign exporter can defend its position.
The tax, customs and currency advantages of Türkiye's free zones under Law No. 3218 — and who they actually suit.
How the inward processing regime lets manufacturers import inputs duty-free to make goods for export — and the compliance it demands.
Why terminating a Turkish distributor or agent can trigger a portfolio (goodwill) indemnity under Article 122 of the Commercial Code.
Drag-along, tag-along, veto rights and deadlock — and where they collide with the Turkish Commercial Code.
How the New York Convention and the International Arbitration Law govern recognition of foreign awards in Türkiye.
How the concordat process under the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law gives a distressed company breathing room from creditors.
How TÜRKPATENT's new administrative cancellation mechanism and the 2025 regulation reshape trademark strategy.
Grounds for removal, entry bans under Law No. 6458, and how to challenge a deportation decision.
Recognition and enforcement under MÖHUK (Law No. 5718) — reciprocity, requirements and pitfalls.
Liability, limitation periods and compensation in Turkish medical negligence claims.
Deal drivers, market trends and lessons from landmark Turkish M&A transactions.
Customs Law No. 4458, duty types, valuation and penalties under the Anti-Smuggling Law.
Where mediation is a precondition to litigation in employment and commercial disputes.
Rent increase caps, TBK Arts. 344–345 and the balance of landlord and tenant rights.
