Amendment to the Corporate Governance Communiqué: “Sustainability Principles Compliance Framework” for Public Companies in Turkey

Turkish Capital Markets Board (“CMB”) introduced an amendment to the Corporate Governance Communiqué (“Communiqué”) on 2 October 2020. Accordingly, public companies that are subject to the Corporate Governance Principles will now also be subject to the principles specified in the Sustainability Principles Compliance Framework. Despite the application of principles under this framework is voluntary for public companies, CMB […]

Action Plan on Human Rights Announced

On 2 March 2021, the Action Plan on Human Rights (“Action Plan”) prepared under judicial reform was announced by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and published simultaneously on the Ministry of Justice’s website. It is seen that many topics from freedom of expression to animal rights are included in the Action Plan, which […]