Legal Memorandum on PCR Test Requirement at Workplaces
A-) Overview In the face of the existence of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic, which has been influencing our country since March 2020, authorities intend to prevent the pandemic from increasing its effect again by making advisory and imperative regulations within the scope of controlled return to social and economic life. In this context, the general […]
Periods for Termination Prohibition, Unpaid Leave and Cash Wage Support Are Extended
In order to balance the reflections of the changes created by COVID-19 in our world, a number of innovations have been introduced in the scope of Temporary Article 10 of the Labor Law no. 4857 on the prohibition of termination of the employer’s employment contract and unpaid leave periods. In accordance with the provisional article 10/1 of […]
New Regulation for The Hobby Gardens to Protect Farming Areas
OVERVIEW Today, factors such as urbanization, city crowd, noise, stress, etc. have increased people’s longing for nature and led them to find quiet areas away from the city. Hobby Gardens, which are based in England, have also been established in our country in order to provide people an option to escape and an engagement. Although […]
The Announcement by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance on FX And FX Indexed Contracts
With the Presidential Decree No. 85 dated September 12, 2018, it has been decided to keep the value of Turkish currency from losing value, a ban on contracts with foreign currency was imposed by adding to Decree No. 32 on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency (“Decree”). According to the Decree, except in […]
Term of the Limitations on Profit Distribution Has Been Extended
Regarding the Provisional Article 13 added to the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (“TCC”) on the date April 16, 2020, it is decided that only twenty-five percent of the net profit can be distributed for 2019, last year profits and free reserve stipends could not be distributed, and that the general assembly would not be […]
Duration of the Termination Prohibition and Employers’ Option to Send Their Employees on Unpaid Leave are Extended
Regarding the Provisional Article 10 of the Labor Law dated 22/5/2003 and numbered 4857, published on the date 22/04/2020, for 3-months from the effective date of the article, regardless of whether it is within the scope of this Law or not, all type of contracts of labor or service cannot be terminated by the employer, […]
Information Note on Suspension of Legal Periods, Postponement of Hearings and Operating Principles of Consumer Arbitration Committees in the COVID-19 Period
COVID-19 Period and Judicial Amendments: A Brief Summary Due to the New Type of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has significantly affected the economy by significantly changing the market conditions and the social life due to the social health crisis it gave rise to in the world and in our country, arrangements have been made regarding […]
Force Majeure In The Context of COVID-19
A global emergency has been declared by the World Health Organization because of the virus, which began spreading worldwide at the beginning of January 2020 and the new type of virus was named Covid-2019. By March 11, 2020, it was announced that the virus had been enlisted as a pandemic as a result of the […]
Legislative Proposal on Amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure and Other Laws
“Legislative Proposal on Amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure and Other Laws” (“Legislative Proposal”) dated 20/03/2020 and numbered 103 was submitted to the Speaker’s Office of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (“Parliament”) by the Group Presidency of the Justice and Development Party. A number of notable amendments to the procedural provisions in the Legislative […]
Personal Conviction of a Judge in Private Law
Law is the common point of the world. Although the details of the bound results vary, it is often clear whether most acts are unlawful. Though differently defined and its scope narrowed or expanded, there is a “crime” reflex in society’s view of human actions. Social reaction reflects and shapes the legal system in which it is […]