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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
Investment Incentives: Turkish Defense Industry
Turkey provides various incentives for both newly established companies, and for the companies which are already in the business. Ministry … Read more
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
BIS Issues an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to Identify and Review Controls on Foundational Technologies
The Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has published an advance notice of proposed … 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
Turkish Personal Data Protection Board’s Latest Decision on Cross-Border Data Transfer
Turkish Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”), in its decision numbered 2020/559 dated July 22, 2020 (“Decision No. 2020/559”) evaluated cross-border data transfer rules of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6698 (“Law No. 6698”) and the Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data numbered 108 dated January 28, 1981 (“Convention No. 108”).
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.
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.
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.
