The Competition Authority’s (“Authority”) “Group Exemption Communiqué on Specialization Agreements” (“Communiqué” or “Communiqué No: 2025/2”) sets out the conditions for the group exemption of specialization agreements between undertakings from the application of Article 4 of the Law on the Protection of Competition (“Law” or “Law No. 4054”) dated 7/12/1994 and numbered 4054. The Communiqué entered...

The resolution dated 10.06.2025 and numbered 2025/1072 (“Resolution”) of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) dated 10.06.2025 and numbered 2025/1072 was published in the official gazette dated 26.06.2025. The resolution evaluates the processing of personal data by requesting the contact information of the relevant persons and sending a verification code via SMS during the processes...

Pursuant to the Presidential Circular No. 2025/6 published in the Official Gazette dated 10.05.2025, the 2030 Industry and Technology Strategy (“2030 Strategy Policy”) is published on the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The 2030 Strategy Policy aims to transform Türkiye’s industrial and technology ecosystem into a structure that produces higher added...

As the June 30, 2025 deadline for operating license application approaches, regulatory activity in the crypto asset space is rapidly progressing. On May 8, 2025, the Capital Markets Board (CMB) published Principle Decision No. i-SPK.35/B.2 in its Bulletin No. 2025/29, addressing proof of reserves audits. This decision sets out the procedures and principles to be...

TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Advanced Technologies Research Center of Türkiye has published the long-awaited Information Systems and Technological Infrastructure Criteria for Crypto Asset Service Providers (“Infrastructure Criteria”). The version of the document with revision code 1.0, dated April 30, 2025, has been publicly released. This document had previously circulated in draft form, but the...

With the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette on May 1, 2025, the Decision on the Determination of Companies Subject to Independent Audit has been amended, and the thresholds for independent audit have been updated as follows: Old New Companies listed in Annex (II)[1] · Total assets: 60 million TRY ·  Annual net sales...

We are approaching the final days for the submission of the 2024 Corporate Tax Return for taxpayers who are subject to corporate tax, as economic activities are carried out by capital companies (limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and limited partnerships with shares), cooperatives, economic public institutions, associations, or foundations that own economic enterprises or joint...

The Regulation on the Organization of the Competition Authority (“Regulation”), which sets out the organizational structure, exercise of powers, functioning, management, duties, powers and responsibilities of service units and working procedures and principles of the Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority”), entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette dated 21.04.2025. The Regulation on the...

As a result of a joint study conducted by the Personal Data Protection Authority and the Turkish Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Association, the Guidelines on Best Practices for the Protection of Personal Data in the Payment and Electronic Money Sector were published on April 11, 2025. This comprehensive 98-page guide covers a wide range...

The Communiqué on Commercial Electronic Message Management System Integrators (“Communiqué”) regulates the procedures and principles regarding the recording of commercial electronic message approval and rejection information in the Message Management System (“IYS”), the realization of these transactions through the IYS through integrators or by service providers, the authorization of integrators and the revocation of their...