Business Law and Corporate Law

Doğal gaz piyasasında lisans sahibi bir şirketin paylarının devri, yalnızca Türk Ticaret Kanunu çerçevesinde tamamlanacak bir şirketler hukuku işlemi değildir. Doğrudan veya dolaylı pay edinimleri, belirli oranların aşılması ya da altına düşülmesi, imtiyaz ve intifa hakkı tesis edilmesi gibi hâllerde işlem öncesinde EPDK onayı gerekebilir.

The transfer of shares in a license-holding company operating in the natural gas market is not merely a corporate law transaction to be completed under the Turkish Commercial Code. Prior approval from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority may be required where, among other matters, direct or indirect share acquisitions cross above or below specified thresholds or privileges or usufruct rights are created.

According to KPMG's Türkiye Startup Investments 2025 - Q2 Report, Türkiye's startup ecosystem has demonstrated resilience despite the global downturn, achieving a total investment volume of $325 million across 46 transactions and successfully re-attracting foreign investor interest, ...

Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu ("SPK"), 8 Eylül 2026 tarihli ve 2026/57 sayılı Bülteni ile halka açık şirketlerin ortaklık yapısı şeffaflığına ve fiil dolaşımdaki pay kavramına ilişkin olarak ilke kararlarını kamuoyu ile paylaştı.

Turkey's Capital Markets Board has introduced new disclosure thresholds and free-float calculation methodologies that will fundamentally reshape transparency requirements for publicly traded companies. The regulatory changes lower material event disclosure thresholds from 5% to 3% and establish comprehensive daily monitoring of shareholding structures through the Central Securities Depository.

On 8 September 2026, the Capital Markets Board ("CMB") published its Bulletin No. 2026/57, sharing with the public its policy decisions on ownership structure transparency requirements for publicly held companies and the concept of free float shares.

The Turkish Competition Board has partially lifted commitments previously imposed on Yemeksepeti, finding that the online food delivery market has evolved from a near-monopoly to a competitive multi-player environment. This decision examines how binding commitments may be reassessed when market conditions materially change, and explores the treatment of most-favoured-nation clauses under both antitrust and abuse of dominance provisions.

Türk Tahkim Akademisi (“TTA”), 5 Nisan 2021 tarihinde Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği, İbn Haldun Üniversitesi ve İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi arasında imzalanan “Tahkim Akademisi İş Birliği Protokolü” kapsamında kurulmuştur. TTA çatısı altında hazırlanan “Tahkimde Hakemlerin Bağımsızlık ve Tarafsızlığının Sağlanması Konusunda Şeffaflığa İlişkin Kılavuz İlkeler” (“TTA Kılavuz İlkeleri”), İstanbul Finans Merkezi’nde düzenlenen bir törenle İstanbul Tahkim Merkezi (“ISTAC”), İstanbul Ticaret Odası Tahkim ve Arabuluculuk Merkezi (“İTOTAM”), Türkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birliği (“TOBB”) ve Enerji Uyuşmazlıkları Tahkim Merkezi (“EDAC”) tarafından

The Turkish Arbitration Academy (“TTA”) was established within the framework of the “Arbitration Academy Cooperation Protocol” signed on 5 April 2021 between the Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, Ibn Haldun University, and Istanbul Ticaret University. The “Guidelines on Transparency in Ensuring the Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators” prepared under the umbrella of TTA (“TTA Guidelines”), were signed by Istanbul Arbitration Centre (“ISTAC”), Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (“İTOTAM”), Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (“TOBB”), and Energy Disputes Arbitration Center (“EDAC”) at a ceremony held at the Istanbul Finance Center and were published on 7 November 2025 (TTA Guidelines, pp. 1–8).

The Turkish Competition Authority has issued several significant decisions in August 2026, including conditional approval of Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros., acceptance of commitments from ETS Tur regarding exclusivity practices in tourism, and administrative fines against Babymall for vertical restrictions. New investigations have been launched into TEVA's patent strategies and information exchange in plant protection markets, while the preliminary pharmaceutical sector inquiry highlights competiti

This article examines the Turkish Competition Board’s (“Board”) Yemek Sepeti Decision[1] (“Decision”), assessing a request for the removal of commitments made binding in 2021, under the “material change” condition of Article 43(4)(a) of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law No. 4054”).

Rekabet Kurulu (“Kurul”), Paramount Skydance Corporation (“PARAMOUNT”) tarafından Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’nin (“WARNER BROS”) tek kontrolünün devralınması işlemine, PARAMOUNT tarafından sunulan taahhütler çerçevesinde koşullu olarak izin verdi.