Insight | Güzeloğlu Attorneys-at-law

26/10/2026

Urgent Interim Relief in Arbitrations Involving Türkiye: Emergency Arbitrators, Tribunal-Ordered Measures and the Role of the Turkish Courts

This article explains how to obtain urgent interim relief in arbitrations involving Türkiye, and whether emergency arbitrator orders can be enforced there.

23/10/2026

Trading with Turkish Companies Under the CISG: Scope, Opting Out, Notice of Non-Conformity, Avoidance and Damages

This article explains when the CISG governs sales with Turkish companies, and what foreign buyers and sellers should know about notice, avoidance and damages.

22/10/2026

Buying, Building or Leasing in a Turkish Organised Industrial Zone: What Investors Need to Know About Plot Allocation, Transfer Restrictions and the OIZ Rules

This article explains how investors can acquire, build on or lease property in a Turkish organised industrial zone, and the restrictions and risks involved.

21/10/2026

Bank Guarantees Under Turkish Law: The Independence Principle, Manifest Abuse, Injunctions Against Payment, URDG 758 and Recovery After a Wrongful Call

This article examines the independence principle and manifest abuse in bank guarantees, and explains how payment can be stopped and wrongful calls recovered.

20/10/2026

Pathological Arbitration Clauses Under Turkish Law: Clauses Turkish Courts Refuse to Enforce, Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution and Getting the Drafting Right

This article examines the arbitration clauses Turkish courts treat as invalid, and explains multi-tier clauses and how to draft an effective arbitration clause.

19/10/2026

Sanctions, Commercial Contracts and Arbitration: Impossibility, Force Majeure, the EU No-Claims Rule and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Türkiye

This article examines how sanctions affect commercial contracts and arbitration, and explains sanctions clauses and the enforcement of arbitral awards in Türkiye.

15/10/2026

The Ban on Foreign-Currency Contracts Between Turkish Residents: Decree No. 32 Article 4(g), the Exceptions in Article 8 of the Communiqué, Sanctions and Civil-Law Consequences

This article examines the scope of and exceptions to the ban on foreign-currency contracts between Turkish residents, and explains the sanctions and civil-law consequences.

14/10/2026

The Agent's Goodwill Indemnity under Turkish Law: Conditions, Cap, Time Limit and Application to Distributors under Article 122 TCC

This article examines the agent's goodwill indemnity under Article 122 TCC: conditions, cap and calculation, the one-year time limit, the waiver ban and application to distributors.

13/10/2026

Recovering Maintenance Across Borders: Türkiye and the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention, the Central Authority, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Foreign Maintenance Orders

Our article explains how maintenance is recovered across borders to and from Türkiye: the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention and Türkiye's declarations, the Central Authority, applicable law, enforcement of foreign maintenance orders and modification.

12/10/2026

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Court Judgments in Türkiye: Reciprocity, Public Policy, Procedure and the Administrative Route for Foreign Divorces

Our article explains how foreign court judgments are recognised and enforced in Türkiye under Law No. 5718: the reciprocity requirement, jurisdiction review, public policy, due process, the bar on merits review and registering foreign divorces without litigation.

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