When one spouse owns a company, divorce-related property liquidation can become significantly more complex than the division of a house, vehicle or bank account. A privately held company may have substantial economic value even when its registered share capital is relatively low, its annual accounts show limited profit, or the company has never formally distributed […]
Cryptocurrency has created a new challenge in divorce and matrimonial property disputes: assets can be transferred within seconds, held outside traditional banks, moved to foreign exchanges, converted into stablecoins, or stored in private wallets that do not display the owner’s name. This does not mean, however, that crypto assets are invisible to the courts. In […]
A spouse who senses that divorce is approaching may try to place valuable assets beyond the other spouse’s reach. One of the most common scenarios is deceptively simple: an apartment, land, villa, commercial property, or other real estate registered in one spouse’s name is suddenly “sold” to that spouse’s mother, father, brother, or sister shortly […]
A spouse who owns a company may believe that transferring company shares before filing for divorce will remove those shares from the marital property calculation. Under Turkish law, however, the situation is not that simple. A transfer of company shares before divorce is not automatically unlawful or invalid. A spouse remains entitled, in principle, to […]
For many startups, intellectual property is the most valuable asset the company owns. A technology startup may have: while its commercial value depends almost entirely on: This creates an important legal question: Does the startup actually own the intellectual property on which its business depends? The answer is not always obvious. A founder may have […]
— THE HIGH SEAS, THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED AREA, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT In international law of the sea, alongside maritime areas over which coastal States possess sovereignty or sovereign rights, there are also maritime areas over which no State may claim sovereignty as it would over its own territory and from which […]
Elbette. Aşağıda Bölüm 3 metninin tamamını, hiçbir kısmını atlamadan, hukuki terminolojiyi mümkün olduğunca koruyarak İngilizceye çeviriyorum. CHAPTER 3 THE RIGHT OF FOREIGNERS TO WORK IN TÜRKİYE AND THE WORK PERMIT SYSTEM The right of foreigners to work in Türkiye does not automatically arise merely from the fact that a foreigner is lawfully present in the […]
RESIDENCE PERMITS IN TÜRKİYE AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGNERS The ability of foreigners to remain lawfully in Türkiye is not determined solely by the fact that they have entered the country. The period and purpose for which a foreigner may stay in Türkiye are determined by taking into account the visa or visa exemption […]
For many startups, intellectual property is the most valuable asset the company owns. A technology startup may have: while its commercial value depends almost entirely on: This creates an important legal question: Does the startup actually own the intellectual property on which its business depends? The answer is not always obvious. A founder may have […]
How Are the Entry of Foreigners into Türkiye, Their Stay in Türkiye, and Their Departure from Türkiye Regulated? — The Entry, Stay, and Departure of Foreigners from Türkiye The legal status of foreigners in Türkiye is comprehensively regulated by the Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection (LFIP). Adopted on 4 April 2013, the […]