Governments allocate large budgets to maintain and strengthen their security capabilities whilst defense manufacturers explore new markets continuously to expand their sales in this heavily regulated industry.

The 2nd revision of the Circular UOD-2020/2G (“the Circular”) regarding the transport of cargo in the passenger cabin of aircrafts is published on April 29, 2020, by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (“DGCA”) as part of the measures taken against COVID-19 in Turkey. The purpose of the Circular is to enable the transportation of the medical equipment internationally and to protect the market place of Turkey with regards to the cargo transportation.

As per the Presidential Decree No. 2480 published in the Official Gazette No. 31114 dated April 30, 2020, judiciary period suspension stipulated under provisional article 1 of the Law Amending Certain Acts No.7226 published in the Official Gazette No. 31080 dated March 26, 2020 is temporarily extended with the exception of the mandatory administrative application periods stipulated under Public Procurement Law No. 4734, due to the Covid-19.

As per the new announcement published by the Turkish Medicines And Medical Devices Agency (“the Agency”), the previously published announcements on the pre-authorization application processes regarding the certain export prohibited products  have been updated and as of April 27, 2020, the applications to be made to the Agency shall continue in accordance with the new guide attached to the announcement.

A new e-filing system has been established for complaints through Turkish Public Procurement Authority’s (“Procurement Authority”) Electronic Public Procurement Platform (“EKAP”). The launch of the e-filing aims to prevent the loss of rights resulted from procedural mistakes in in-person/in mail applications. In the announcement published on the official website of the Procurement Authority on April 29, 2020, it was stated that a training video and guidelines were published regarding the process.