This Information Note (“Note“) aims to examine, under Turkish Labor Law No. 4857 (“Labor Law“), the legal mechanisms that may be applied against an employee in the event of absence from work, specifically wage deduction and the disciplinary wage deduction sanction[1]. Wage Deduction and the Distinction Between Fixed Monthly Wages and Hourly/Daily Wages One of […]
Lease agreements are regulated under the Fourth Section of the Turkish Code of Obligations (“TCO”) No. 6098, titled Lease Agreement, and are divided into three sub-sections: (i) General Provisions, (ii) Lease of Residential and Roofed Business Premises, and finally (iii) Usufructuary Leases. In this article, the lessor’s right of termination of lease agreements for residential […]
Foreign investments in Türkiye became attractive thanks to the possibility of obtaining Turkish citizenship and value-added tax (“VAT”) exemption.According to Article 13/1-i of the Value-Added Tax Code numbered 3065 (“Law”), it is possible to benefit from VAT exemption in the purchase of a real estate in Türkiye, under the following conditions. Real persons and legal […]
Ödeme emri, alacaklının alacağına ilişkin icra dairesine yönelttiği icra takibi talebi üzerine, icra dairesince kanuni şartları taşıdığı tespit edilerek borçluya tebliğ edilen belgedir. 1 Genel Haciz Yolu ile Takipte Ödeme Emrine İtiraz Ödeme emrine itiraz, 2004 sayılı İcra ve İflas Kanunu (“İİK”) md. 62 hükmü uyarınca, takip talebi ve ödeme emrinde borçlu olarak gösterilmiş ve kendisine […]
An arbitration agreement is an agreement by the parties to refer all or part of the disputes which have arisen, or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship to a sole arbitrator or an arbitral tribunal.The laws that may be applicable to the validity of an arbitration agreement under the […]
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There are basically three main ways for a partner of a limited liability company to leave the company. These are (i) leaving the partnership by transferring the shares, (ii) resignation[1], and (iii) exclusion[2] from the partnership. Leaving aside the rule regarding the exclusion of the plaintiff claiming dissolution by just cause, a shareholder of a limited […]
According to Article 299 of the Turkish Code of Obligation No. 6098 (“TCO”), the parties to a lease agreement are the “lessor” and the “lessee”. Besides, Article 322/2 of the TCO states that “In residential and roofed business premises, the lessee shall not sublease, or transfer the right of use of the leased premises to […]
Articles 1472 and 1481 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (“TCC”) regulate the principle of subrogation in property insurance and liability insurance, respectively. The right of recourse arising from the principle of subrogation is that in the event of an occurrence of a risk, the insurer shall take the place of the insured after […]
A minimum-term employment contract is a type of contract in which the employee undertakes the performance of work and the employer undertakes the payment of wages for a period not less than a certain period. In practice, it is generally agreed that the terminating party shall pay a certain amount of penalty if the agreement […]
