Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
Click here for the chapter on Turkey in the 2018-2019 Arbitration Yearbook.
Arbitration News from Turkey
ISTAC Introduces Mediation-Arbitration Rules
The Istanbul Arbitration Centre (“ISTAC“), one of Turkey’s leading arbitration institutions, introduced the ISTAC Mediation-Arbitration Rules (“Rules“) regarding alternative dispute resolution on 15 November...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Turkey
TURKEY
Ismail G. Esin, Ali Selim Demirel, Yigitcan Bozoglu and Ceyda Sıla Cetinkaya
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
The International Arbitration Law of 2001 (IAL) governs international...
Turkey: “Mandatory Mediation” Not Mandatory For Parties Who Choose Arbitration
Recent Development
The Law on the Execution Proceedings for the Collection of Monetary Receivables Arising out of Subscription Agreements No. 7155 (”Law”) was published in...
Turkey: M&A Arbitration
This post is an extract from the first edition of GAR’s The Guide to M&A Arbitration, first published in December 2018. The whole publication...
Turkey: ISTAC Arbitration is Now an Alternative For Public Procurement Agreement Disputes
Recent development
The Turkish Public Procurement Authority recently amended the standard contracts annexed to the Regulations on the Implementation of Public Procurements effective as of...
Turkey permits state court interim attachments before enforcement of arbitral awards
Recent development
While Turkey's International Arbitration Law No. 4686 has long permitted Turkish courts to grant interim relief before or during arbitral proceedings, the law...
Turkey: Constitutional Court confirms the constitutionality of the Law on the Istanbul Arbitration Centre
The expansion of economic globalization and the growing number of transnational transactions in the last few decades have - inevitably - resulted in an...
Have you had your day in Court? Swiss Federal Supreme Court decision clarifies conditions...
One of the central objectives of civil procedural law is to provide a mechanism for the final and conclusive resolution of disputes. In accordance...
Turkish Court of Appeal fails to clarify validity of ‘hybrid’ jurisdiction-arbitration clauses
The background
Turkey's International Arbitration Law requires that an agreement to arbitrate disputes be clear and definite. An agreement which contains both a jurisdiction clause...
Turkey establishes Istanbul Arbitration Center
On 29 November 2014, the Turkish government published a law (No. 6570) authorizing the establishment of the Istanbul Arbitration Center. This new institution is...
Arbitration News from Europe
Reform of Swiss international arbitration law: Where do we stand?
In 2017, the Swiss Government released a draft bill aiming at a reform of the Swiss international arbitration legislation. In March 2020, the reform has...
International Arbitration Yearbook, 13th Edition – now available!
We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available. This year, in recognition of...
Swiss Federal Supreme Court upholds broad interpretation of objective scope of arbitration agreement
In its decision dated 6 January 2020, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFSC) decided that an arbitration clause included in an agreement specifically regulating...
Swiss Supreme Court confirms high barrier for extension of a State-owned entity’s arbitration clause...
In its decision dated 24 September 2019, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ("SFSC") held that a State is only bound by an arbitration clause signed...
