Turkey: Corporate and Company Law

The latest issue of the Competition & Trade Quarterly, prepared by the Hergüner Competition & Trade team and highlighting the latest sector developments, is now live!

Avrupa Birliği'nin Yapay Zekâ Kanunu yürürlüğe girerken, Türkiye'deki şirketler bu yeni düzenlemelere nasıl uyum sağlamalı ve hangi hukuki hazırlıkları yapmalıdır?

The class action mechanism, the first examples of which emerged in England in the 13th century, continues today to expose some of the world’s largest companies to litigation arising from misleading consumer practices, personal data breaches, anti-competitive conduct, or commercial activities causing mass harm.

Negotiable instruments—comprising bills of exchange, promissory notes, and checks—are a type of valuable document that plays a significant role in commercial life. These instruments serve a major function in securing claims, expediting commercial transactions, and facilitating economic circulation. Under Turkish law, negotiable instruments are regulated under three separate headings—promissory notes, bills of exchange, and checks—in the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (“TCC”).

The clause of “application to the court for the expulsion of a shareholder for just cause” in Article 621 of Turkish Commercial Code Numbered 6102, has been removed by the Constitutional Court judgment dated...

In February 2026 the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) substantially overhauled Communiqué No. 2010/4 concerning mergers and acquisitions requiring the approval of the Competition Board, raising the turnover thresholds, redefining the concept of “transaction party”, recalibrating the technology-undertakings exception, and codifying coordination-risk review for full-function joint ventures.

Türkiye'de elektrik piyasasına ilişkin lisans rejimi, 6446 sayılı Elektrik Piyasası Kanunu ("Kanun") ve ikincil mevzuat çerçevesinde düzenlenmektedir. Elektrik piyasasında yürütülebilecek faaliyetler ve bu faaliyetler için alınması gereken lisans türleri Kanun'da belirlenmiştir

A significant package of tax measures is currently taking shape in Türkiye. Presidential Decree No. 11257, published in the Official Gazette on 30 April 2026...

The Procedures and Principles on the Netting Transactions of Unlicensed Electricity Generation Facilities and Their Associated Consumption Facilities (“Procedures and Principles”)...