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TR-TR BIS Expands the Export Restrictions List
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce (BIS) has issued a final rule effective from … Read more
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Investment Incentives in Turkey in General
The Directorate General of Incentive Implementation and Foreign Investment of Turkey supports the investment projects to be carried out in … Read more
U.S.’s New Military End Use and End User Regulations to Expand the Definition of Military End Use and Imposes New Restrictions
On April 2020; The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has published two rules to expand … Read more
Turkey Extended the Limitation on Dividend Distribution to Reduce the Economic Impacts of Coronavirus
With the Presidential Decree numbered 2948 published in the Official Gazette dated September 18, 2020, limitations on dividend distribution have … Read more
CFIUS Revised the Mandatory Declaration Requirements for Certain Critical Transactions
In order to strengthen and modernize the authority of The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to … Read more
Turkey’s Data Labelling Platform in Defense Industries Launched Recently: DATA HIVE
Presidency of Defense Industries introduced its data labelling platform called DATA HIVE recently. With the platform, it is aimed to obtain the labelled data required in artificial intelligence projects, especially in the defense industry, as a crowd-sourced, collecting labelled data sets in a single source, preventing the formation of data centers on their own, and increasing time and workforce efficiency.
Turkey to Step in to Regulate Micro-Mobility Vehicles
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey (“the Ministry”), took the first step in setting standards for micro-mobility vehicles such as electric bicycles and electric scooters. The future of modern micro-transportation systems has been discussed during the meeting Micro Mobility Focus Group Meeting (“the Meeting”) recently which was concluded with the publishing of the first draft of the rules setting the standards in micro-mobility in Turkey.
COVID-19: Layoff Restrictions Once Again Extended in Turkey
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new provisional article 10 had been added to the Labor Law numbered 4857 (“Law No. 4857”) stating that the termination of any labor contract whether under the scope of the Law No.
A Recent Ruling of U.S. Appeal Court on Defense Contracts: Oracle and JEDI Project
Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), the project potentially worth $10 billion, was awarded to Microsoft Corp. over Amazon Web Service by the Pentagon in October 2019.
COVID-19: Short Term Working Payments Extended in Turkey
As per the Presidential Decree No.2915 published in the Official Gazette No. 31230 dated August 31, 2020, short time working payment period is extended for two additional months to the short time working period determined under the Presidential Decree No.2706 June 29, 2020 and extended for one month with the Presidential Decree No.2810 dated July 30, 2020.
Short Term Working Payments and Layoff Restrictions Extended in Turkey
As per the Presidential Decree No.2810 published in the Official Gazette No. 31202 dated July 31, 2020, short time working payment period is extended for one additional month to the short time working period determined under the Presidential Decree No.2706 published in the Official Gazette No. 31171 dated June 30, 2020.
Flashpoints in Tobacco Markets in Times of the COVID-19: Marketing Authorization for IQOS by FDA and Artificial Intelligence
The United States (“US”) Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) took action regarding tobacco market in the US including authorizing marketing of IQOS Tobacco Heating System with “reduced exposure” information and issuing warning letters to several companies to remove their flavored disposable e-cigarettes and e-liquid products.
