This book is a product of Prof. Ansay's lectures from a 4th year undergraduate elective course on international business law (IBL) at Koç University Law School in Istanbul, where a curriculum was implemented to match the needs of increasingly global and international economies. There are many books on IBL on the market. These are mainly geared towards the needs of Western developed states, and the needs of law students in those countries. The main purpose of this book is to provide students and young practi

The migration "crisis" in 2015, the largest human displacement since the end of World War II, made people become aware of the existence of a "right to have rights" and a right to belong to some kind of organized community once again when the refugee who had been forced to flee his or her country of origin lost and could not regain or enjoy these rights elsewhere. This has also demonstrated that human rights indeed need a prerequisite right to be more than citizenship rights: that is the "right to have right

The author Prof. Dr. Rona Aybay served as a judge on the Human Rights Chamber of Bosnia Herzegovina as one of the eight international judges appointed by the Council of Europe. Among other international positions of Prof.Aybay were the memberships of the “Group of Wise Persons” elected by the Council of Europe to consider the long-term effectiveness of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. Prof. Aybay, currently teaches at Istanbul Gedik University

In this book, it is aimed to examine the concept of force majeure in terms of tax law. In this regard, the concept of force majeure in the process of taxation and in the process of tax proceedings is analyzed through a critical perspective. Moreover, the concepts of contingency and difficult status within the Tax Procedure Law no. 213 and their uncertain and non-systematic addressing in the aforementioned law are discussed. These concepts are also examined in terms of tax enforcement law and with respect to

Türkiye is in close and intense relationship with world markets. There are many foreign investors investing and many foreigners, including the refugees, working in Türkiye. Such dynamic situation also arouse interest from foreign academics. Therefore, there is a need for a source in English language for those who are concerned. This work both aims to provide information for foreign researchers, foreigners, and investors; and to overcome the deficiency of a scientific book written on the Turkish Individual L

This book is based on the author's dissertation submitted in 2017 as part of his LLM degree in Commercial and Corporate Law at Queen Mary University of London. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, typically known in the marketplace as 'SPACs', are innovative investment vehicles providing financial resources for M&A transactions from capital markets. The past two years have seen the US SPACs explode in popularity to such a degree that they substantially surpass traditional IPOs in 2021 representing almost

Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research is one of the most controversial issues in the modern world. The topic has ethical, economic and social aspects. Controversy occurs when assessing the balance between medical benefits and the protection of human dignity, both of which are of vital importance. Thus, reaching a common ground and resolving the conflict seems far from being achieved as of today. This unresolved issue is also a key topic to patent law in Europe. This book is mainly a discussion on the pa

Seit dem Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts befinden sich die meisten Industrieländer weitgehend im Umbruch zu Wissensgesellschaften. In diesem Übergangsstadium steht die Förderung von Innovationen im Mittelpunkt. Innovationen haben eine große Bedeutung sowohl für die nationale und internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit als auch für das Wachstum sowie für die Steigerung des wirtschaftlichen Wohlstands. Sie sind ein wesentlicher und dynamischer Bestandteil einer offenen und wettbewerbsfähigen Marktwirtschaft. Aus eben d

This book analyses the function of intellectual property protection particularly the protection of patents, copyrights, trademarks and tradesecrets, in development and independency of defense industries. The book illustrates why and how a well-structured IPRs policy promotes diffusion of technological information and diversity in the dual use technology market and facilitates civil-military technology integration. It is argued that governments should prevent the national security concerns to interfere with

Over the past decade, hosting intermediary services have become the principal actors in providing the public with access to third party-uploaded copyright-protected content. Their increased role in the digital economy and the impact they have on the spread of copyright-infringing content uploaded by their users rendered the old intermediary liability framework under the E-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC) and the InfoSoc Directive (Directive 2001/29/EC) inadequate and created a demand for a new liab

Whether Turkey should be deemed as a "safe third country" for asylum seekers in Europe is a legal conundrum that deserves heightened attention with the adoption of the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016 and EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement. This book aspires to contribute to this discussion through an analysis of Turkish judicial practices on international protection, removal and administrative detention procedures, including their interaction with international and European framework and jurisprudence. One p

In recent years there has been a focus on minority shareholder protection around the world. Turkey, accordingly, adopted new legislation in 2012, namely Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102. This book will reveal the situation regarding the protection of minority shareholders in Turkish company law by presenting recommendations on how to improve minority shareholder protection in Turkey based on the UK's experience. Legal protection of minority shareholders has gone through several reforms and improvements unde

The banking industry has long been the battleground between money launderers and law enforcement agencies. Money launderers have long and frequently misused banking products and services to launder the proceeds acquired through criminal activities. The need to curb the abuse of banking products and services led to law enforcement agencies initiating Anti-Money Laundering institutions to be utilized by the banking industry. It can often be a cat and mouse game between law enforcement agencies and money laund

May I be allowed to extend the comparison to a profession where more mind is certainly to be found; for the clergy have superior opportunities of improvement, though subordination almost equally cramps their faculties? The blind submission imposed at college to forms of belief, serves as a noviciate to the curate who most obsequiously respects the opinion of his rector or patron, if he means to rise in his profession. Perhaps there cannot be a more forcible contrast than between the servile, dependent gait

This book is originally written as the author's Law Master's thesis. The book analyses horizontal shareholder conflicts arising from mergers across four jurisdictions by applying a comparative analysis method. The four analysed jurisdictions in this book are: (i) The United Kingdom, (ii) The United States of America, (iii) Germany, and (iv) Turkey. The results yielded by the comparison are supported by empirical evidence found across the analysed jurisdictions. The book concludes with a final assessment.