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 Lexology Getting the Deal Through’s Debt Capital Markets (2017) 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 18 jurisdictions. The contributing editors are David Lopez, Adam E. Fleisher and...

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...

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...

TURUNÇ has represented Rivulis Irrigation Ltd., an Israel-headquartered global micro and drip irrigation solutions provider, on its 100% acquisition of Eurodrip SA, a Greek drip irrigation solutions company, from the U.S. private fund Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC. TURUNÇ acted alongside Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. as Israeli counsel and Kyriakides...

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...

TURUNÇ has advised Peoplise, a video-based digital recruitment and human resources solutions platform serving a wide range of industries, on the investment it received from 500 Startups, a U.S.-based and globally operating venture capital fund. TURUNÇ had also advised Peoplise (then known as Elba), on the investment it received from...