New Rules on Advertisements with Price Information and Advertisements for Discount Sales
Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Regulation”) was amended in a way to include new measures and rules to regulate advertisements containing misleading price information and to protect consumers against unfair commercial practices. The amendments were enacted on February 1, 2022 and entered into force on March 1, 2022. According to new rules enacted in the Regulation; additional measures were implemented to protect consumers against… »
How to use Right to Seek New Employment During Notice Period
Introduction Indefinite-term employment agreements can be terminated by complying with notice periods, unless either party has a just cause for termination. Article 27 of the Labour Law regulates the right for employees to seek new employment during their notice periods: Within the notice periods, the employer is obliged to grant the employee the leave to seek new employment within the work hours and without making any salary deduction. Time of the leave to seek new… »
Effective Date of Additional Obligations on Consumer Protection Approaches
The Law No. 7392, published in the Official Gazette numbered 31796 on April 1, 2022, has introduced significant changes to many issues regulated under the Consumer Protection Law (the “Law”). The provisions of the new law that relate to timeshare and long-term vacation agreements entered into force on April 1, 2022, before the summer season. However, most of the changes, including those below, will come into effect on October 1, 2022. As the changes are substantial, we… »
Turkey Appealed the Decision of the World Trade Organization Panel on the Localisation Policy Regarding Pharmaceutical Products
In Turkey, specific healthcare services are reimbursed by the government due to the social state principle. Accordingly, a large portion of the prescribed pharmaceutical products have been included in the reimbursement list of the Social Security Institution (“SSI”) and the payments of the treatments have been completely or partially made by the SSI. According to the legal framework, pharmaceutical products with the marketing authorization can be included in the… »
Birleşik Krallık ve Çin’den NFT’ler ile İlgili İki Güncel Mahkeme Kararına Genel Bir Bakış
— Birleşik Krallık Yüksek Mahkemesi’nin “Lavinia Deborah Osbourne v (1) Persons Unknown (2) Ozone Networks Inc Trading as Opensea” Kararı — Çin Hangzhou İnternet Mahkemesi’nin “Qice v. BigVerse” Kararı 2021 yılının başından itibaren adını sıklıkla duyduğumuz ve bugün sanat, müzik, video oyunları ve sinema gibi hayatımızın birçok alanında karşımıza çıkan Non-Fungible Token’lar (NFT) uzun süre gündemde yer alacak gibi görünüyor. Nitekim sadece 2022 yılının ilk çeyreği için… »
What Are the Rules for Alcohol Advertising in Turkey?
Alcohol advertising has been a criticized topic for long time in Turkey. The year 2013 can be considered as milestone in Turkey. There has been a major change in the alcohol regulation. Upon the amendments in the “Tobacco and Alcohol Regulation” any advertising of alcohol products has simply been banned in any kind of media. This ban has included broadcasts on TV and radio, ads in the cinema, product replacement, printed media as well as social media and digital platforms.… »