“Türk halkının kayıtsız ve şartsız hâkimiyetine sahip olduğunu bir defa daha ve kesinlikle tekrar ediyorum. Hâkimiyet, hiçbir anlamda, hiçbir şekilde, hiçbir renk ve hiçbir kılavuzlukta ortaklık kabul etmez. Ünvanı ister halife ister başka bir şey olsun, hiç kimse bu milletin kaderine ortak çıkamaz.” – Mustafa Kemal

TURUNÇ was ranked by The Legal 500 in the guide’s EMEA 2021 edition, which researches law firms by country and practice area in the EMEA region. In a testament to the Firm’s full-service approach, the Firm was ranked in six practice areas: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets; Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Competition; Dispute Resolution; Intellectual...

TURUNÇ is pleased to be ranked once again in the Europe and Global 2021 editions of Chambers & Partners, which researches leading law firms around the world. The Firm was lauded for its “business acumen”, with one client commenting that the Firm’s lawyers “always understand our needs and deliver practical solutions that work legally as...

TURUNÇ has advised Sorwe, a Turkey and United Kingdom-based digital employee experience platform helping teams stay engaged, on its latest investment round. Regulated Turkish venture capital fund TechOne led the round, which was joined by the pan-European accelerator program Startup Wise Guys and an individual investor. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, and Yasemin Kerestecioğlu....

TURUNÇ has advised Wellbees on its recently closed angel funding round. Wellbees is a Turkey-based B2B SaaS corporate well-being platform with an international customer base. It provides enterprises with various web and app-based mental health and wellbeing tools to offer to their employees under a single umbrella. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç and Gözde...

TURUNÇ authored the Turkey chapter of Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Debt Capital Markets (2021) title. The contributing lawyers were Kerem Turunç and Esin Çamlıbel. The publication is a comparative guide of the legislation relating to debt capital markets in 12 jurisdictions. In addition to Turkey, the jurisdictions covered by the 2021 edition are Germany, Ireland, Japan,...

TURUNÇ is pleased to welcome İltem Dokurlar as a partner and head of the firm’s capital markets practice. Before joining TURUNÇ, Mr. Dokurlar was chief legal counsel at Borsa Istanbul, Turkey’s national stock exchange, and Yıldırım Holding, a Turkish multinational conglomerate. Mr. Dokurlar has extensive experience in securities regulation, capital markets transactions, project finance and...

TURUNÇ has advised Boğaziçi Ventures on its investment in Barakatech, a super app platform and API marketplace. Boğaziçi Ventures is a leading Turkish Capital Markets Board-regulated venture capital fund focused primarily on fintech, health tech, retail tech and gaming. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç, Yasemin Kerestecioğlu and Beste Yıldızili Ergül. For more information, please...

TURUNÇ has advised Vinci Venture Capital on its investment in ShipsGo, a start-up which uses big data to enable accurate container tracking and route searching for cargo owners and forwarders. Vinci Venture Capital is the venture capital fund affiliate of İnci Holding, a large Turkish conglomerate. The TURUNÇ team included Kerem Turunç and Yasemin Kerestecioğlu....