Insight | Güzeloğlu Attorneys-at-law

07/10/2026

Non-Compete Undertakings under Turkish Law: Validity Conditions, Statutory Limits, Liquidated Damages and Termination

Our article addresses post-employment non-compete undertakings under Turkish law, explaining the validity conditions, the limits as to territory, duration and scope, the judge's power to narrow an excessive clause, liquidated damages and excess loss, and the grounds of termination.

05/10/2026

Unfair Competition under Turkish Law: The Good Faith Standard, the Six Categories, Available Actions and Limitation Periods

Our article addresses the unfair competition regime under Turkish law, explaining the good faith standard, the six categories of prohibited conduct, the available actions, the liability of employers and media and information service providers, interim injunctions, limitation periods and criminal liability.

02/10/2026

Protecting Trade Secrets and Know-How under Turkish Law: Unfair Competition, Criminal Liability and Contractual Safeguards

Our article addresses the protection of trade secrets and know-how under Turkish law, explaining why there is no dedicated statute, how protection is built through unfair competition provisions, the available actions, criminal liability, confidentiality agreements and the contrast with the EU Trade Secrets Directive.

29/09/2026

Debtor's Default, Withdrawal and Termination under Turkish Law: Notice, Additional Period, Elective Rights and Heads of Loss

Our article addresses the debtor's default, withdrawal from the contract and termination under Turkish law, explaining the notice requirement, fixed maturity, the additional period, the creditor's three elective rights, the immediate notification requirement and the divide between expectation and reliance loss.

27/09/2026

Exclusion and Limitation of Liability Clauses under Turkish Law: Mandatory Limits, the Auxiliary Persons Asymmetry and Clause Design

Our article addresses exclusion and limitation of liability clauses under Turkish law, explaining why standard common law caps often fail here, the prohibition on excluding gross fault, the employment and licensed activity exceptions, and the asymmetry governing auxiliary persons.

25/09/2026

Penalty Clauses under Turkish Law: Types, Reduction by the Judge, and the Merchant Exception under Article 22 of the Commercial Code

Our article addresses penalty clauses under Turkish law, explaining why Turkish law enforces them where common law would strike them down, the three statutory types, the absence of a loss requirement, the judge's power of reduction and the merchant exception that removes it.

24/09/2026

The Review of General Terms and Conditions: Incorporation, Interpretation and Content Review, and the Sanction of Being Deemed Unwritten

Our article addresses the review of general terms and conditions under Turkish law, explaining the elements of a general term, the three-stage review system, surprising clauses, interpretation against the drafter, the prohibition on unilateral amendment, content review and the sanction of being deemed unwritten.

23/09/2026

Letters of Intent, Memoranda of Understanding and Pre-Contractual Liability: Culpa in Contrahendo from a Comparative Law Perspective

Our article addresses the binding force of letters of intent, memoranda of understanding and term sheets, and pre-contractual liability from a comparative law perspective, explaining culpa in contrahendo, reliance loss, the English law approach and the UNIDROIT Principles.

21/09/2026

Setting Aside Arbitral Awards: Grounds, Time Limits, Competent Court and Public Policy Review

Our article addresses the action to set aside arbitral awards under Turkish law, explaining the exhaustive nature of the grounds, the differences between the Code of Civil Procedure and the International Arbitration Law, the time limits, the competent court, the stay of enforcement, public policy review and the consequences of setting aside.

18/09/2026

The Validity of the Arbitration Agreement and Pathological Arbitration Clauses: Written Form, Separability, Arbitrability and Clause Design

Our article addresses the validity of the arbitration agreement and pathological arbitration clauses under Turkish law, explaining the intention to arbitrate, written form, arbitrability, the certainty requirement, separability and competence-competence, and effective clause design.

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