Firm Developments First published: January 30, 2023

The Contract Between Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren Was Signed at Güneş & Güneş Law Firm

The signing of the contract between Grand Müzik and the artist Cengiz İmren took place at the office of Güneş & Güneş Law Firm. The news item includes real footage and a video of the meeting at our office.

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Frame from the video of the Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren contract signing meeting at the Güneş & Güneş Law Firm office; four people behind the desk.

The contract between Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren was signed at our firm’s office. See the real video frame and the video of the signing.

The contract was signed at the Güneş & Güneş Law Firm

The meeting at which the contract was signed took place at the office of the Güneş & Güneş Law Firm. The cover of this news item uses a real frame from footage recorded at that meeting and shared with our firm. The people in the footage and the office setting have not been altered with artificial intelligence.

It was reported in the press in early 2023 that an agreement concerning musical works had been made between the singer and composer Cengiz İmren and the producer Hayrettin Güneş under the umbrella of Grand Müzik. The report of 30 January 2023 (opens in a new tab) and the report of 2 February 2023 (opens in a new tab) relate that the parties announced a long-term agreement on rights in the works.

Because the full text of the contract is not available in public sources, the word “lifelong” used in the reports is a relay of statements that appeared in the press. Which financial rights were transferred, to what extent, for what period or by what method, or made subject to a licence, cannot be established without examining the contract itself.

Watch the video of the signing at our office

A video concerning the signing of the contract between Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren was published on the official Facebook account of the Güneş & Güneş Law Firm. This record is among our firm’s earlier corporate social media posts.

Watch on Facebook: video of the Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren contract signing (opens in a new tab)

Hayrettin Güneş’s role as producer and press reports on music projects

The press reports discussed the collaboration between Grand Müzik’s producer Hayrettin Güneş and Cengiz İmren and the agreement on his works. In the same period the artist’s music projects and video work were also in the news. This page reports only publicly verifiable developments; it makes no further statement about the private terms of the contract or about any representation relationship that may continue today.

Legal framework for music contracts

The transfer of financial rights arising from authorship and the grant of permission to use those rights are transactions with different legal consequences. Article 52 of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works no. 5846 requires contracts and dispositions concerning financial rights to be in writing and the rights covered to be specified separately. This explanation is not a legal opinion on the content of the contract between Grand Müzik and Cengiz İmren.

The difference between a public news report and the legal scope of a contract

In determining the nature of an agreement on a musical work, provisions such as the type of right, term, territory, scope, exclusivity and price are assessed separately. Public statements by the parties alone do not prove all the provisions of the contract.

Note on the use of sources

This news item is a historical corporate archive entry prepared on the basis of 2023 press reports, our firm’s social media post and a general explanation of the legislation. It is not a person-specific legal opinion, a statement of a current business relationship or an announcement of a client reference.