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Amendment to Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Regulation”) An amendment to the Regulation has been published in the Official Gazette of 31 August 2018. The Amendment includes an additional sub-clause to the Appendix of the Regulation titled “Examples of Conduct Deemed As Unfair Commercial Practices” under “Section A – Deceptive Commercial […]
Kesikli Law Firm – Recommended and Ranked as a Leading Law Firm in Turkey by Legal 500 EMEA – Four Years in a Row! Thank you! Kesikli Law Firm is proud to be recognized for the fourth consecutive year by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2018 edition as a Leading Law Firm […]
NEWS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AREAS IN TURKEY General Directorate of Renewable Energy (“GDRE”) of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) announced new candidate Renewable Energy Designated Areas (“YEKA”) on 23/03/2018. Three candidate wind YEKAs are located in Saros, Gelibolu and Kıyıköy. Similarly three candidate solar YEKAs are located in Hatay-Erzin, Niğde-Bor […]
UPDATE ON TURKSTREAM GAS PIPELINE PROJECT The Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Russian Federation concerning the TurkStream Gas Pipeline Project (“Treaty”) was signed on 10/10/2016. It was ratified by the law No 6765 on 24/12/2016, published in official gazette no 29928 and became effective on 21/02/2017. […]
PORTFOLIO COMPENSATION UNDER TURKISH LAW When two parties are in a commercial agency (e.g. brokers, exclusive distributors and the like) relationship it is evident that the commercial agent, provided that its endeavours to promote the services and/or products of its client are successful, contributes much to the market presence of its client within the market […]
Decision Concerning Unlicensed Generation Applications Relating to Solar Plants which are Connected to the Same Measurement Point with their Consumption Facilities and Treatment of Surplus Energy In today’s (18.01.2018) Official Gazette a decision of Energy Market Regulation Authority (“EMRA”) has been published relating unlicensed generation applications relating to solar plants which are connected to the […]
Amendment to Unlicensed Electricity Generation Regulation In today’s 17.01.2018 Official Gazette, a regulation (“Amending Regulation”) amending Regulation as to Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market (“UCR”) has been published. This is the fifth amendment of the UCR since its entry into force on 02.10.2013. This update will provide a brief overview as to the […]
An Important Milestone for Public Procurement Tenders in Turkey A very important change on Public Procurement Procurement Tenders in Turkey: Forms of Public Procurement Contracts were amended on December 30th, 2017 with an effect of January 19th, 2018. It has always been a crucial decision for foreign contractors and investors whether to bid for public procurement […]
Corporate Rescue and Restructuring in Turkey In the toughness of commercial life, sometimes businesses may fail due to various reasons which are generally, but not necessarily, related with poor management, bad judgement decisions, lack of internal control mechanisms or a turbulent market environment. When a company reaches to such a stage at which insolvency becomes […]
Kesikli Law Firm Recognized by Legal500 EMEA as a Leading Law Firm 3 Years in a Row Kesikli Law Firm is proud to be recognized for the third consecutive year by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2017 edition as a Leading Law Firm in Energy, Real Estate and Construction practice areas. The founding partner, […]