Born in Elazığ on the east of Turkey, Saim Dursun, depicts, with the warm liveliness of light and color on his spatula, the true Anatolian picture uncovering the strong willpower of Turkish people and their joy of life despite hardship. Painter Saim Dursun passed away in August 13, 2021 at the age of 62.
How Do Insurance Contracts Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak?
1. General Overlook Measures and restrictions being gradually introduced by the government against the COVID-19 outbreak, which was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization and diagnosed for the first time in Turkey on 11 March 2020, aim to protect public health while sustaining employment, production and supply chains. Restrictions, which were first imposed on flights to China in February, were introduced for flights to another 71 countries in March.[1] These…
Judicial Remedy Against Decisions Issued by Turkish Data Protection Board
Under the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 Article 18 ("DPL") the Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has the authority to impose administrative fines on data controllers due to failure to comply with their various obligations regulated under the DPL, i.e. failure to comply with the obligation to inform data subjects, obligations related to data security, the decisions issued by the Board and registration and notification obligations to the Data Controllers’…
Prohibition on Termination and Unilateral Unpaid Leave Enters Into Force
Introduction On 17 April 2020 the Law on Minimising the Impacts of the New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak on Economic and Social Life and the Amendment of Certain Laws (7244) (the Amendment Law) was published in the Official Gazette (31102) and entered into force. The most significant amendments introduced to the Labour Act, the Act on Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements and the Unemployment Insurance Act include: the prohibition on employers terminating…
Precautions to Be Taken in Clinical Trials Due to COVID-19
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, precautions needed to be taken in the field of clinical trials where it is requisite to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and wellbeing of trial participants. In this regard, European Medicines Agency published Guidance on the Management of Clinical Trials during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic on 20 March 2020 and released revised Version 2 on 27 March 2020 and recently updated Version 3 (“EMA Guidance”) on 30 April 2020. The EMA…
Trademarks with High Distinctiveness in Bad Faith Assessment
... 11th Civil Chamber of the Turkish Court of Appeals (“CoA”) has set forth in its decision dated 18.11.2019 (2019/359 E. and 2019/7279 K.) that the later dated trademark application was filed in bad faith by taking into account the high level of recognition as well as the original and distinctive nature of the prior dated trademark which has no meaning. ... CoA has emphasized in its decision dated 18.11.2019 (2019/359 E. and 2019/7279 K.) that the high distinctive character…