Inheritance is one of the most sensitive areas of private law because it affects family relationships, property ownership, business continuity, and financial liability all at once. In Turkey, inheritance matters are mainly governed by the Turkish Civil Code, while international estates may also trigger the Act on International Private and Procedural Law and tax obligations […]
Ship mortgage enforcement in Turkey is one of the most important subjects in Turkish maritime finance because a ship mortgage is often the lender’s primary hard security over a vessel. When a borrower defaults, the key question is no longer whether a debt exists, but whether the secured creditor can convert the vessel into cash […]
Crew wage claims and seafarer rights under maritime law are among the most important issues in the global shipping industry because unpaid wages are rarely just a payroll dispute. When a seafarer is not paid, the problem often sits alongside repatriation risk, onboard welfare issues, abandonment, medical-care concerns, and possible detention or intervention by flag-State […]
Maritime pollution liability in Turkey is not a narrow regulatory topic. It is a multi-layered legal risk area that can expose shipowners to administrative fines, civil compensation claims, cleanup and preventive-measure costs, operational restrictions, insurance and certification problems, and, in serious cases, parallel criminal-law exposure. For shipowners trading to Turkish ports, passing through Turkish waters, […]
In shipping disputes, one of the most commercially important questions is not whether a claim exists, but where that claim sits in the payment queue. If a vessel is arrested, sold by court order, or otherwise turned into a fund for creditors, the central issue becomes priority: who gets paid first, who gets paid later, […]
Ship registration in Turkey is not just a formal administrative step. It is the legal mechanism that determines a vessel’s nationality, flag entitlement, registry status, title visibility, mortgageability, and in many cases its tax and operational profile. For shipowners, lenders, charterers, yacht investors, maritime groups, and international transport businesses, the choice of registry in Turkey […]
General average in shipping is one of the oldest doctrines in maritime law, but it remains highly relevant in modern international trade. When a vessel and its cargo face a common peril, the law may require all property interests involved in the voyage to share certain extraordinary losses or expenses that were intentionally and reasonably […]
Salvage claims in maritime law remain one of the most distinctive areas of shipping law because they sit at the crossroads of emergency response, property protection, environmental risk, and commercial reward. When a vessel, cargo, or other maritime property is in danger, the law of salvage does not merely ask who helped. It asks whether […]
Collision liability in maritime law is one of the most important and technically demanding areas of shipping law. When two vessels collide, the legal dispute is rarely limited to the physical impact itself. The real controversy usually concerns fault, causation, apportionment of loss, limitation of liability, and the evidentiary record that explains what the vessels […]
Marine insurance law is one of the most commercially important parts of shipping law because it determines when a shipowner, operator, charterer, cargo interest, or insurer will bear the financial consequences of a maritime casualty, a liability claim, or a trading loss. At its statutory core, the Marine Insurance Act 1906 defines a contract of […]