GOVERNMENT ALLOWS NEW COVID-19 RELATED APPLICATIONS FOR SHORT-TERM WORKING SUBSIDY :

The Presidential Decree numbered 3238 published in Official Gazette dated 1 December 2020 extended the term for benefiting from softened application requirements until 31 December 2020

TERMS OF TERMINATION PROHIBITION AND SHORT-TERM WORKING EXTENDED YET AGAIN:

The Presidential Decrees numbered 3134 and 3135 published in the Official Gazette dated 27 October 2020 extended the terms for termination prohibition, mandatory unpaid leave, and short-term working for two months.

WWL: Hospitality 2020 Ranking :

We are proud to announce that Senior Associate M. Raci Alper has been ranked as the only recommended lawyer in Turkey by the WWL: Hospitality 2020 global guide.

Separate Fines for Customs Brokers: A Change of Policy?:

M. Raci Alper of ErsoyBilgehan has contributed with an article on a recent development concerning customs fines for TT Club’s first publication in Turkish.

ICTA PUBLISHES PROCEDURES AND PRINCIPLES FOR SOCIAL NETWORK PROVIDERS :

The decision of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority introducing the “Procedures and Principles for Social Network Providers” was published in the Official Gazette dated 2 October 2020.

PRESIDENT REDUCES TAX ON FOREIGN CURRENCY PURCHASES FROM 1% BACK TO 0.2% :

With the Presidential Decree numbered 3031 published in the Official Gazette dated 30 September 2020, the BITT rate is now reduced from 1% back to 0.2%, to be effective from the date of publication of the decree.

FINAL WARNING AND TIME EXTENSION FOR DATA CONTROLLERS TO COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS:

Having identified that some of the data controllers have not been able to complete their registration with VERBIS (i.e. the data controllers’ registry) due to Covid-19 related reasons, the Personal Data Protection Board granted a de facto time extension to the data controllers for fulfilling their registration obligations. The decision no. 2020/760 and dated 1 September 2020 on the “extension” was announced on the Board’s website yesterday.

RESTRICTIONS ON DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTIONS TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS:

The Presidential Decree numbered 2948 published in the Official Gazette dated 18 September 2020 extended the term for the restrictions on the distribution of dividends from 30 September 2020 to 31 December 2020.

TERMS OF TERMINATION PROHIBITION AND MANDATORY UNPAID LEAVE EXTENDED AGAIN:

The Presidential Decree numbered 2930 published in the Official Gazette dated 3 September 2020 extended the terms for termination prohibition and mandatory unpaid leave for two months

TERM OF SHORT-TERM WORKING SUBSIDY EXTENDED YET AGAIN:

The Presidential Decree numbered 2915 published in the Official Gazette dated 30 August 2020 extended the period of short-term working subsidy for 2 months for the same employees under the same conditions in workplaces that applied for short-term working before 30 June 2020 due to force majeure events originating from Covid-19.