For startups in Turkey, digital products are often the first real source of value. A mobile app, SaaS platform, website, online course, design library, video content system, AI-enabled interface, or digital marketplace may have little physical presence, yet still contain the company’s most commercially important assets. Turkish law does protect those assets, but not through […]
For an e-commerce startup, the brand is often the first real business asset the market recognizes. Customers may not know the legal entity behind the business, the supply chain, or the software architecture, but they quickly learn the store name, app name, logo, domain, and marketplace identity. In Turkey, that makes brand protection a legal […]
For Turkish startups, a mobile app is rarely protected by a single legal right. An app usually combines a name, logo, icon, interface, source code, backend logic, database structure, content, user flows, analytics, contracts, and personal-data processing. Under Turkish law, those elements do not fall under one unified “app right.” They are protected through a […]
Open source software is now part of the default technology stack for many Turkish companies. Startups, SaaS providers, fintechs, e-commerce platforms, AI ventures, industrial software businesses, and enterprise IT teams commonly build products on top of open source components, frameworks, libraries, developer tools, and infrastructure software. But the fact that code is “open source” does […]
For SaaS startups, software licensing is rarely just a commercial template exercise. In Turkey, it sits at the intersection of copyright law, contract law, consumer law, data protection, trade secrets, and sometimes competition law. A startup may think it is simply “selling subscriptions,” but the legal reality is more complex: the code may belong to […]
Introduction Search and seizure are among the most important investigative measures in Turkish drug investigations. Many drug cases begin when police officers search a person, vehicle, residence, workplace, hotel room, luggage, or another location and discover a suspicious substance. Because the seized substance often becomes the central evidence in the case, the legality of the […]
For Turkish startups, patent strategy is rarely just about legal protection. It is about timing, fundraising, product iteration, disclosure risk, and commercial leverage. A startup that files too early may lock in an immature invention and spend money before product-market fit is clear. A startup that files too late may lose novelty, weaken investor confidence, […]
For a startup, the name is usually the first legal asset the market notices. Long before customers understand the product architecture, the code base, or the business model, they start recognizing a word, a logo, an app name, or a service name. In Turkey, that makes pre-launch name protection a legal and commercial priority, not […]
For startups, a trademark is often the first intellectual property asset that customers actually see. Before investors understand the cap table, before users care about the code base, and before the product matures into a defensible business, the market usually meets the company through a name, logo, app name, service name, or product label. In […]
Introduction Effective remorse is an important legal concept in Turkish criminal law, especially in drug-related offenses. In general terms, effective remorse allows a person involved in a crime to benefit from a reduction or elimination of punishment if they voluntarily assist the authorities, reveal important information, or help prevent further criminal activity. In Turkish drug […]