Perhaps the most memorable line in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises appears in an otherwise minor exchange. Bill Gorton asks the dissolute, perpetually broke Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” Campbell replies. “Gradually, and then suddenly.” Campbell’s road
Another Click in the Wall
The Australian social media ban for children under 16, introduced in December 2025, appears to have influenced lawmakers across Europe: one country after another announces its intention to implement similar restrictions on children’s access to social media. France,
An SEC Comment on a Control Deficiency
In its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company disclosed that it had identified errors in its previously issued financial statements related to the historical currency remeasurement of its operations in Turkey,
Article V(1)(e) of the 1958 New York Convention in Light of a Decision of the Turkish Court of Cassation
Posted on behalf of Erdem Küçüker, an attorney-at-law registered at the Istanbul Bar Association and a private law LL.M student at Koç University. Mr. Küçüker specializes in commercial arbitration, arbitration-related litigation and commercial litigation, and acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
A Jurisdictional Stretch?
An interesting DOJ criminal action alleging foreign bribery to highlight.
As highlighted in this recent press release an indictment was unsealed charging a Turkish national (Bahadir Hatipoglu) and a German national (Ralf Grywnow) for an alleged bribery scheme involving contracts with
A New Chapter in the Prophet Cartoon Controversy: A Clear Violation of Freedom of Speech in the Making
On June 26, satirical magazine Leman published a cartoon, depicting two men with white wings flying over a bombarded city, greeting each other: “As-salamu alaykum (Peace be upon you), I am Muhammad,” “Aleichem sholom (Peace be upon you), I
South Korea and Turkey agree to boost cooperation, covering AI
During President Lee Jae Myung’s state visit to Turkey, South Korea and Turkey have agreed to enhance cooperation in nuclear and renewable energy, AI, digital technologies and infrastructure construction. They issued a joint statement titled “A legacy of brotherhood, a
Turkey’s privacy watchdog to publish guidelines on generative AI
It is reported that Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority will soon publish guidelines on generative AI to help companies and citizens harness the benefits of AI and uphold human values, according to the authority’s president Faruk Bilir.
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BIS Adds 29 Entities and Addresses in China, Turkey, and the UAE to Entity List
On October 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule adding 29 total entries to the Entity List, including 26 entities and three addresses. The entities and addresses are located in
BIS Adds 26 Entities, Mostly in China, to the Entity List for Supplying Iran with Drone Parts and U.S.-Origin Electronic Items
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule on October 9, 2025 that will add 26 entities and three addresses to the Entity List for a total of 29 new entries (effective immediately).