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Articles published by Güneş & Güneş Law Firm on Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures.
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Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Obstruction of Access to a Business or Property by Road and Sidewalk Works: Annulment and Compensation Routes
Annulment, stay of execution and compensation routes where road and sidewalk works obstruct access to a business or property.
Objection to the cancellation of a building registration certificate, the time limit for an action, stay of execution, updating and refund of the fee.
Constitutional Court and ECtHR Applications
Inviolability of the Home: Scope of Protection, Interferences and Routes of Application
Constitutional guarantees in searches of homes and workplaces, unauthorized entry, eviction, Constitutional Court decisions and routes of application.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Damage Caused by a Municipality Changing the Road Level: Flooding, Access Problems and the Compensation Action
Application, time limits, evidence and compensation where a municipality raises the road level and flooding or an access problem results.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Objecting to a Municipality’s Demolition Cost Claim: Who Owes the Debt, the Calculation and Collection Proceedings
The debtor of the demolition cost, the expense calculation, the 20 percent surcharge and objecting to a payment order; time limits and routes of action.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Objecting to a Municipality’s Parking Fee Demand: Calculation, Exemption and Refund of Overpayment
How the parking fee is calculated, the general installment scheme, the risky-building exception and refund of overpayment; objection and litigation routes.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Objecting to Municipal Police (Zabıta) and Executive Committee (Encümen) Fines: Records, Competent Court and Filing Deadlines
Records, authority, the 15-day filing period, the competent court, discounted payment and post-decision steps in municipal police and executive committee fines.
Two-year and five-year periods in construction permits, renewal, the occupancy permit exception and the July 1, 2026 amendment. The commencement date and the effect of acquired rights.
Administrative Law and Administrative Courts
Compensation for the Annulment of a Construction Permit: Construction Costs, the Principle of Reliance and Municipal Liability
Which costs can be claimed when a construction permit is annulled? The principle of reliance, construction expenditure, calculation of loss and a real Council of State decision.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Rejection of an Alteration Permit and of a Request to Change a Building’s Use: Objection and Annulment Action
Zoning plan, project, condominium ownership, application and litigation routes where an alteration permit or change of use is rejected. With 2025 Council of State decisions.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Cancellation of a Music Broadcast Permit and Objecting to Noise Fines: Measurement, Authority and Litigation Routes
Measurement, authority and repeat-violation conditions in the cancellation of a music broadcast permit and in noise fines, the 30-day period for suing over environmental sanctions, and stay of execution.
Administrative Law and Administrative Courts
Compensation for Unlawful Sealing and Business Closure: Loss of Operations and the Liability of the Administration
How is loss of operations calculated after a business is closed and sealed? Net earnings, rent, stock loss, time limit for the action and a real Council of State decision.
Zoning Law
Rejection of a Project by the Conservation Board: Objection, Annulment Action and Reapplication
When a conservation board rejects a project, how are the objection, the time limit for suit and reapplication handled? Technical documents and an actual Constitutional Court decision.
Municipal Law and Licensing Procedures
Sealing and Closure of a Business by the Municipality: Objection, Lawsuit and Resuming Operations
The correct route of challenge against business sealing and closure decisions, the limitation period, stay of execution and the conditions for resuming operations.
What can be done if a municipality rejects a plan amendment request? The competent body, technical report, public benefit, filing period and the effect of an annulment decision.
Public Procurement Law
Annulment Action Against a Decision Debarring a Company from Public Tenders, and Stay of Execution
Authority, the 45-day decision period, the 60-day filing period and stay of execution in tender debarment decisions. A guide for companies and partners.
Municipal decision, the parcelling requirement, filing deadline, technical documents and remedies, with Council of State decisions, when a subdivision or consolidation application is rejected.
Administrative Law and Administrative Courts
Compensation Action for Unlawful Demolition: Building Value, Property Damage and Loss of Earnings
How are building value, property damage and loss of earnings claimed after an unlawful demolition? The full remedy action, time limits, evidence and a real Constitutional Court decision.
How are setback distance and height checked in a neighbor’s construction? Plan, elevation datum, permit, on-site measurement and the 2026 fire stair regulation.
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