TURUNÇ was one of the sponsors of The Legal 500’s inaugural Turkey GC Summit, held at the Çırağan Palace in Istanbul on September 27, 2018. The summit brought together private practitioners and in house counsel from a diverse range of practice areas and sectors. TURUNÇ was represented by Founding Partner...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Product Liability 2018. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Esin Çamlıbel. The publication is a guide to product liability legislation in 23 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered are Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s inaugural Public M&A  title. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Kerem Turunç. The publication is a comparative guide of the regulation of mergers and acquisitions transactions relating to publicly traded companies in 38 jurisdictions. The contributing editor is Alan...

6698 sayılı Kişisel Verilerin Korunması Hakkında Kanun ile veri sorumlusu tarafından Veri Sorumluları Sicili’ne kayıt başvurusunda kişisel verilerin işlendikleri amaç için saklanacağı azami sürenin belirtilmesi gerektiği hükme bağlanmıştır. Veri sorumlusu azami süre sonunda kişisel verileri silmeli, yok etmeli veya anonim hâle getirmelidir. Veri sorumlularının bu yükümlülüğüne ilişkin usul ve esasları...

The Turkish Law on Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (the “Law”) entered into force on April 20, 2016, replacing its predecessor (the Law on Turkish Human Rights Institution). The Law established the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (the “Institution”), the mission of which is to carry...

The Turkish Law on Industrial Property (the “Law”) was published and entered into force on January 10, 2017. The Law aims to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and adopts a similar method and terminology as those used in European Union legislation. Before the adoption of the Law, intellectual...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Product Liability 2017. The contributing lawyers were Noyan Turunç and Didem Bengisu. The publication is a guide to product liability legislation in 23 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England...

Turkey’s first data protection and privacy law (the “Law”) came into force on April 7, 2016. The Law, which is largely in line with the EU’s Data Protection Directive, aims to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in particular their right to privacy, with respect to the processing...

Many years in the making, the Istanbul Arbitration Centre (“ISTAC” or the “Centre”) was finally established in 2015 and began picking up steam in 2016. The first plans to form an arbitration Centre in Istanbul were laid out by the Turkish government in 2009 as part of the country’s action...