Full title: Turkish Council of State's Resolution Regarding the Taxation of Cross-border Dividends Pursuant to the Netherlands-Turkey Avoidance of Double Taxation Treaty

Date: August 2009

Publication: Emerging Issues Analysis - Lexis Nexis

Excerpt: Residency governs when assessing the availability of the reduced 5% withholding tax rate on dividends to be paid out by Turkey-resident entities to their Netherlands-resident shareholders. As the Turkish Council of State does not qualify branch structures as Turkey-resident under the Dutch Treaty, non-resident investors should consider incorporating their Turkish branches or restructuring their investments under alternative treaties such as the Spanish Treaty.

Download: Lexis Nexis Pekin & Pekin Taxation of Cross Border Dividends

Contributor: Ali Şanver: Tax

Date: July 2009 

Publishers: Lex Mundi Banking & Finance Practice Group

Excerpt: The Bank Finance and Regulation Survey on Security over Collateral was conducted by members of the Lex Mundi Banking and Finance Practice Group... The survey presents jurisdictional overviews on security interests in general, the collateral which may granted as security and certain interesting effects in more than 50 jurisdictions around the globe to banks accepting collateral.

Contributors: Mete Yeğin, Ali Can Kolay, Gözde Çankaya, Fuat Tuaç, Sezin Akoğlu and Tunç Sözen: Banking & Finance

Download: Complete survey - see p406 for Turkey

Date: April 2009

Publishers: Clifford Chance

Synopsis: Our Employment Law lead lawyer, Gülnisa Coşkun, provides Clifford Chance with the Turkey section of their guide “A Guide To Employment In Eurasia & The Middle East”.

Link: Please contact Clifford Chance

Contributor: Gülnisa Coşkun: Employment

Date: March 2009

Publication: Legal Business

Synopsis: Fethi Pekin comments on the changing Turkish legal market, restrictions to the entrance of non-Turkish firms and how the older firms need to change in order to remain competitive.

Link: Legal Business

Contributor: Fethi Pekin: Managing Partner

Date: March 2009

Publishers: TerraLex

Synopsis: Our Employment Law lead lawyer, Gülnisa Coşkun, contributes the Turkey section in our association TerraLex’s “Labour Newsletter March 2009 Hiring Employees”.

Download: International Labour Law Newsletter March 2009

Contributor: Gülnisa Coşkun: Employment

Full title: Mergers & acquisitions - National anti-crisis measures - Emergency politics: Turkey - Elections spur actions

Date: March 2009

Publication: Finance

Excerpt: In Turkey, the financial crisis has not only affected the economy but also politics: The elections scheduled for March 29, 2009 have encouraged the ruling party AKP to vamp up the anti-crisis measures. It has cut gas prices, a primary drag on competitiveness, by 17 per cent for households and 18 per cent for industrial use, effective as of February 1, 2009.

Download: Finance EE

Contributor: Erdem Egemen: Corporate/M&A