Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) and Custom Penalties under Turkish law (available in Turkish)
On 9 February 2022, our partner Meriç Bahçıvan sat in Bulgarian - Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s panel on “Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) and Custom Penalties under Turkish law” together with Yücel Karadiş, the founder and partner at Consultürk Global. The panelists provided perspectives on various practical issues, including:
- The benefits provided by the AEO scheme;
- The fact that AEOs in the EU, which only amount to 0.4% of the total number of importers and exporters, represent 51% of EU’s foreign trade volume;
- The estimation that Turkey has a potential to absorb around 600 more AEOs and the route to facilitate this; and
- Recent precedents on objection to custom penalties and practical considerations to avoid the hinderance of claims due to procedural issues.
EDAC’s Turkey Arbitration Week 2021 | Natural Gas Disputes
Our partner Erdem Başgül moderated the “Natural Gas Disputes” session in EDAC’s Turkey Arbitration Week 2021. The distinguished panelist were Gökhan Yardım (ADG Gaz Consultancy), Steven Finizio (Wilmer Hale), William Lowery (Covington & Burling) and Christian Jeffery (Charles River Associates). The panelists discussed the following:
- Country specific issues in Turkish natural gas market.
- Gas price review arbitrations in the EU and Asian natural gas markets.
- Potential ways for Turkey to mitigate the complex and costly disputes.
We had a conversation on crypto assets in this episode of our podcast. (available in Turkish).
Attorneys from Basgul sits around for a casual discussion of legal topics. In this episode of our podcast, we had a talk on crypto assets, covering:
- Regulatory works on cryptoassets in Turkey and around the world
- “Cryptoasset exchanges” which are in the limelight regarding the bankruptcy of service providers
- Suspicious transactions under anti-money laundering framework
We had a conversation on Turkish data protection legislation in this episode of our podcast. (available in Turkish).
Attorneys from Basgul sits around for a casual discussion of legal topics. In this episode of our podcast, we had a talk on protection of personal data, covering:
- What is personal data?
- Why is the protection of personal data so important?
- What rights do we have as individuals against the entities processing our personal data?
- How can we effectively exercise these rights?
- What can we do to stop getting unwanted ads via SMS or e-mail?
Kaya Ulusay hosted us on his podcast, “Devinimler”, for a talk on renewable energy (available in Turkish).
We are grateful to Kaya Ulusay, our dear friend and the author of the must-read book “Zamansız”, for hosting us on his podcast, Devinimler. We had a conversation on the following questions:
- What is renewable energy?
- Why does the climate change increase the demand towards renewable energy?
- Were the wind turbines, in fact, the main cause of the Texas’ blackout?
- Why being green and minimizing the carbon emissions had become a must; and what is the role of the renewable energy in this new investment phenomenon?
- What do the “EU Green Deal” and “carbon border tax” mean for a Turkish investor?
- What are the main environmental and social impacts of the renewable energy projects; and how we can mitigate these?
- Can we achieve a %100 renewable based electricity generation?
