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What is excess damage (munzam zarar)? Its conditions under TCO Article 122, burden of proof, calculation, expert examination, limitation period and litigation, with current case law.
Commercial Law and Commercial Disputes
How Should a Commercial Litigation Lawyer Work? Evidence, Defense and Collection
Standards for working on commercial disputes, from the review of facts and documents to claims, defenses, interim protection and enforcement after judgment.
Commercial Books and Current Account Disputes
How Is an Invoice Claim Proved? Delivery Documents, Objections and Commercial Books
Assessing the contract, delivery, objection, commercial book, e-invoice, return and payment records in an invoice claim together, from the standpoint of both creditor and debtor.
Employment Law
Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Compensation Claims for Mobbing: Requirements, Proof and Limitation Periods
Pecuniary and non-pecuniary compensation for mobbing: legal bases, proof, damage and causation, mediation and distinctions among limitation periods.
Lease and Eviction Law
Landlord's Rights: Rent, Rent Increases, Eviction, Security Deposit and Compensation
The landlord's rights to rent, eviction and compensation, explained with time limits, evidence, mediation and current case law.
Employment Law
Deficiency in the Mediation Final Record: The Right to Sue Cannot Be Sacrificed to Formalism
The Constitutional Court's Durmuş Çelik decision examines claims written in general terms in the mediation final record, the right of access to court and the mediator's duty to explain.
In a limited liability company, share transfer, withdrawal, removal and exit payment are not the same institution. This guide examines the correct route of action, proof, the current mediation risk and the calculation of real value.
Associations, Foundations and Cooperatives
What Happens If a Cooperative Delivers the Home Late? Rent Loss and Compensation Claims
A guide that runs from the delivery date and the position of comparable members to the calculation of rent loss. The five-year limitation approach of the Civil General Assembly (HGK) and the 2026 procedural change are explained together.
A guide to the scope of the court-appointed expert's task, the conditions of a reviewable report and the judge's duty to give reasons, with the legislation, case law and concrete tools of objection.
The operator’s liability for a yacht damaged by fire, storm or theft in a marina, the evidence to secure, and the heads of compensation.
Yacht and Boat Law
Latent Defects in the Sale of a Used Yacht: The Buyer’s Rights for Engine, Hull and Equipment Faults
Latent defects, notice, the buyer’s optional remedies and limitation for engine, hull and equipment faults in a used yacht.
Construction Law
Contractor, Subcontractor and Progress Payment Disputes in Construction Contracts for Work
Unpaid progress payments of contractors and subcontractors, additional work, security, the final account, identifying the debtor and actions for payment.
Capital Markets Law
Default Interest and Excessive Loss Claims for Unexecuted Fund Redemption Instructions
Start of default on an unexecuted fund redemption instruction, current interest, credit costs and excessive loss; required records, proof and routes of recourse.
Capital Markets Law
SPK Fund Liquidation: Investor Rights, Payment Process and Legal Routes of Recourse
Investor rights in SPK fund liquidation, sell instructions, interim payments and liquidation proceeds; a current assessment of applications to the bank and SPK, civil actions and criminal complaints.
Another person’s subscription, the consumer group, power increases, the 15-day warning, and the documents and legal routes to examine when objecting to an irregular electricity charge.
A guide to detection, calculation and lawsuits for irrigation hours in farming, State Hydraulic Works documents, hotel seasons, industrial shifts, construction-site subscriptions and solar plants operated before acceptance.
A comprehensive legal guide to the difference between unauthorized and irregular electricity use, the detection record, calculation of the charge, objection periods, litigation, disconnection and criminal liability.
A detailed checklist for the unauthorized electricity use report, photographs and video, meter examination, OSOS data, the burden of proof and objecting to an expert report.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
The Offense of Unauthorized Electricity Use: Penalty, Defense and Effective Repentance
The unauthorized electricity offense under TCK 163/3, the perpetrator and intent, technical defense, breaking a seal, effective repentance, payment of damages and the effects of a conviction.
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