PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES OF SOME WEBSITES AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS WERE DECIDED TO BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY
Pursuant to the Article 15/6 of the Law on Protection of Personal Data, the Personal Data Protection Board has a right to make principle decisions if it is determined that there is a widespread breach of the Law as a result of reviews conducted upon complaints or ex officio. Within this scope, two principle decisions were published within the Official Gazette on 25.1.2018. With the decision of 2017/61, it was resolved that the data processing activities of websites and mobile applications which are providing communication information of persons without a legal basis shall be terminated immediately. Otherwise it was set out
Anti-Dumping Duty Will Be Imposed to Solar Panels from China
As a result of the damping investigation about the solar modules and panels that are imported from the People’s Republic of China which was carried out by the Ministry of Economy General Directorate of Imports, it is determined that the products are dumping and caused injury to the domestic production. Therefore it was decided that anti-dumping duty of USD per m2 shall be applied to the products shown below with the application of absolute measures against dumping and within the scope of the Communique on Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports numbered 2017/6. The Communique was published in the Official
Amendments on the Free Zones Law
The amendments on the Free Zones Law (“FZL”) numbered 3218 for facilitating investments and decreasing the financial burden of the public were published in the Official Gazette of 24.02.2017 numbered 29989. The details regarding these amendments are provided below: Expropriation Within the scope of the amendment a provision was added to the 5th Article on organization of free zones which determines that the Council of Ministers may decide for urgent expropriation of lands and facilities that are declared as a free zone. Expropriation procedures are undertaken as per the Expropriation Law numbered 2942 under Turkish law. In case of an urgent expropriation,
The Eligible Consumer Limit Is Determined As 2400 kWH for 2017.
By the decision of EMRA dated 22.12.2016, amendments were made to the Law numbered 4628 and the Regulation on Electricity Market Consumer Services to set forth the eligible consumer limit as 2400 kWH for 2017. The decision was published on the Official Gazette on 27.12.2016 and the amendment will be applied starting from 01.01.2017. Accordingly, 8.4 million subscribers shall be able to benefit from the decreased limit provided that their monthly electricity consumption is equal to at least 82 TL.
Anayasa Mahkemesi Kararları Işığında Enerji Piyasalarında Uygulanan Maktu İdari Cezalar
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Acquisition of Real Estate in Turkey by Foreigners
The construction & real estate sector is one of the largest contributors of the economic growth of Turkey during the period of the past 10-15 years. The legal regulations enabling and simplifying the acquisition of real estate by foreigners, urban renewal and large real estate projects together with high yield ratios also made a positive impact on the foreign investments that were made to the Turkish real estate market by the investors. Brief information will be provided below in relation to the legislation in respect to the acquisition of real estate by foreigners. The Legal Restrictions The reciprocity condition which was applied