Legal Insights Quarterly - March 2023
LEGAL INSIGHTS QUARTERLY
March 2023 – May 2023
Corporate Law
Amendments to the Independent Audit Requirement Criteria for Turkish Companies
Banking and Finance Law
Turkey: Draft Regulation for Amending the Regulation on Bank Cards and Credit Cards
Capital Markets Law
Fundamental Obligations of Unlisted Public Companies
Competition Law / Antitrust Law
Undertakings Generating Turnover Outside of Turkey in the Sensitive Sectors Defined in the Secondary Legislation Will Fall into the Lower Jurisdictional Threshold Regime If They Have Any Commercial Activity or Users in Turkey in Any Market
The Most Recent Yemek Sepeti Decision of the Turkish Competition Board Demonstrates the Significant Change in the Market Dynamics for Online Food Order Platform Services
The Extent of Activity in Exempted Sectors is Irrelevant When Assessing the Scope of Threshold Exemption
The Board’s Hepsiburada Decision - Still Better to Think Twice Before Deleting Data During On-site Inspections
Is The Turkish Competition Board Significantly Changing Its Approach Towards Ancillary Restraints That Would Affect the Consequences of Its Clearance Decisions?
Employment Law
Turkey Plans to Eliminate the Age Limit for Retirement
Litigation
Unifying Decision of the Court of Cassation regarding Filing a Lawsuit for Undue Receivables
Data Protection Law
The Year Gone: The Turkish Data Protection Board Decisions and Highlights of Personal Data Law in 2022
Internet Law
Constitutional Court’s Recent Decision on the Freedom of Expression
Telecommunications Law
Development on the Refund of the Amounts Unfairly Received from the Consumers
White Collar Irregularities
Standards of Corporate Compliance Programs Based on Recent Trends of the DOJ
Intellectual Property Law
The Regulation on E-Commerce Intermediary Service Providers and E-Commerce Service Providers to Require an Internal Communication System for due processing of Notices regarding Infringement of Intellectual and Industrial Rights