CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe, has interviewed managing partner Kerem Turunç as part of the publication’s “The Buzz” series. The interview focused on the the Turkish economy and the Turkish startup scene, and is available on the CEE Legal Matters website.

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 out activities to protect and...

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 property rights were largely regulated...

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 of their personal data. The...

Kerem Turunç has published a guest editorial for the latest issue of CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Kerem Turunç’s editorial focuses on practicing law and doing business in Turkey and the larger CEE region. The editorial is available in the magazine’s print version...

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 plan and broader strategy to...

Managing Partner Kerem Turunç joined partners from several other Turkish law firms at the 2016 General Counsel Summit, organized by CEE Legal Matters in October 2016, for a panel discussion about last year’s coup attempt and its effects on the practice of law. TURUNÇ was one of the sponsors of the summit. CEE Legal Matters...

On June 1, 2016, TURUNÇ, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Bosphorus IPO Capital, a company that specializes in assisting Turkish and other emerging-market companies with getting listed in London, organized an invitation-only breakfast seminar entitled “Using London’s Capital Markers for Growth & Exits”. The seminar was geared towards private equity and venture capital funds,...

CEE Legal Matters, a publication covering law firm news and legal developments in Central and Eastern Europe, has interviewed Kerem Turunç as part of its “The Buzz” series. The Buzz is a short summary of recent legal and political developments, and topics of interest, in the region. Commentators from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic,...