Construction disputes in Turkey are among the most complex and commercially important disputes in the Turkish legal system. They often involve large financial exposure, technically dense facts, multi-party contracting chains, urgent interim protection needs, and intense evidentiary battles over delay, defects, payment, variation works, and project completion. In practice, a construction case in Turkey is […]
Unfair competition lawsuits in Turkey are one of the most practical and commercially significant tools available to businesses that need to react quickly to misleading market behavior, deceptive advertising, confusion-based sales tactics, misuse of trade secrets, and other bad-faith competitive practices. Under the Turkish Commercial Code, the purpose of the unfair competition regime is to […]
Shareholder disputes and corporate litigation in Turkey are among the most important issues in Turkish business law. They affect joint ventures, family companies, growth-stage businesses, closely held companies, foreign-invested subsidiaries, and mature corporate groups alike. In Türkiye, international investors are generally granted the same rights and liabilities as local investors, and the Turkish Commercial Code […]
Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Turkey is one of the most important topics in cross-border dispute resolution. A favorable award is valuable only if it can be turned into a practical result, and that usually means recognition, enforcement, or both in the country where the losing party or its assets are located. […]
Settlement agreements play a central role in Turkish dispute resolution practice. In Türkiye, parties do not have to wait for a final judgment or arbitral award to resolve a dispute. Depending on the procedural setting, they may settle through a private agreement governed by general contract law, a judicial settlement recorded during litigation, a mediation […]
Mandatory mediation in Turkey has become one of the most important procedural filters in civil litigation. In many private-law disputes, the first question is no longer only whether the claimant has a strong legal position. The first question is whether the claimant is allowed to go directly to court at all. Turkish law now makes […]
Appeal procedures in Turkish courts are one of the most important parts of Turkish litigation strategy. In many cases, the first-instance judgment is not the real end of the dispute. A party may still be able to challenge that judgment before the Regional Court of Appeal through istinaf, and in appealable cases may later seek […]
Debt collection and enforcement proceedings in Turkey are a central part of commercial life. A receivable is only as valuable as the creditor’s ability to collect it, and Turkish law treats collection not as a single act but as a structured process involving enforcement offices, civil enforcement courts, ordinary civil or commercial courts, and in […]
Learn how civil litigation procedure works in Turkey, from filing a lawsuit and serving pleadings to preliminary examination, evidence, appeals, and enforcement. Civil litigation procedure in Turkey is the legal pathway used to resolve private law disputes before the Turkish courts. It matters in contract cases, property disputes, debt claims, tort claims, tenancy matters, family-related […]
Commercial litigation in Turkey is one of the most important areas of business law for local companies, foreign investors, shareholders, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, technology businesses, and financial institutions. In practice, business disputes in Turkey rarely stay limited to a single unpaid invoice or a single contract breach. They often expand into questions of jurisdiction, interim […]