Determination of International Jurisdiction of Turkish Courts Over Disputes Arising from Consumer Contracts Involving Foreign Elements

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Özçelik Gülüm Bayraktaroğlu’s article, published on 1 December 2014 in Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 63 No. 4, addresses how Turkish courts’ international jurisdiction is determined in disputes arising from consumer contracts involving a foreign element. It focuses on the special rules in Act No. 5718 on Private International Law and International Civil Procedure, in particular the nature and scope of Article 45, the jurisdictional factors set out there, and whether the parties may conclude a choice-of-court agreement in the light of Article 47(2).