Determining the law applicable to property regimes with a foreign element is difficult in practice because legal systems differ in how they structure matrimonial property.
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The article addresses the relationship between fairness in private international law and the interests it seeks to accommodate, discussing party interest, order interest, transaction interest, substantive legal justice and state interest through the lens of equity.
Erman Eroğlu’s article in Ankara Haci Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi addresses the law applicable to ghostwriting agreements with a foreign element under Turkish PIL.
The HCCH’s second meeting of the Working Group on the study relating to institutions analogous to trusts took place online on 6 and 7 October 2025, hosted by the Permanent Bureau.
Hacer Ülkü’s article, published on 2 October 2025, addresses how the applicable law is determined in personal-data protection disputes with a foreign element by comparing Turkish law with European Union law.
Aslihan Çoban’s article, published in Başkent Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi on 2 October 2025, addresses the application of the law of the place of acquisition to product liability under Article 36 of the Turkish Code on Private International Law and Procedural Law (MÖHUK) from a…
Erman Eroglu examines the legal problem of determining the applicable law to cross-border competition infringements and the circumstances in which a state may exercise jurisdiction over conduct taking place abroad.
The Argentine Republic deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.
Demirsatan, Bariş authored the academic publication “Form in Modification and Termination by Mutual Agreement of Contracts Subject to The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods” in Public and Private International Law Bulletin, Vol. 45 No.
Elif Selen Batigün authored the academic publication “Resolution Methods for Disputes Arising from International Professional Football Player Transfer Agreements and Determination of Applicable Law” in Anadolu Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, published on 2025-08-14.
A lending for use agreement is described as a contract under which the lender undertakes to transfer the use or enjoyment of a thing to the borrower, free of charge, for a definite or indefinite period, while the borrower undertakes to return the thing at the end of the contract.
The article addresses the law applicable to disputes over the marriages of Syrian Arab Republic citizens residing in Türkiye, against the background of migration driven by political instability in Syria.
After the Constitutional Court annulled Article 27(1) of the Turkish Act on Private International Law and Procedural Law, the rules on choice of law in labour contracts with a foreign element had to be reconsidered from a labour-law perspective.
This article addresses sperm banks and sperm donation as a route to parenthood for people who cannot have children naturally, and notes that under Turkish law the method is not available save in cases of medical necessity.
The article addresses the divergent doctrinal and judicial approaches to determining the law applicable to employment contracts with a foreign element, with a particular focus on differing interpretations of Article 27 of the Turkish Private International Law Act (MÖHUK).
Merve Kutlu's academic work “The Applicable Law for Employment Contracts with Foreign Elements in Turkish Law and the Implications of the Constitutional Court's Decision (Decision dated 05.11.2024 and numbered 2023/158)” was published in Çalişma ve Toplum on 2025-07-24.
Sibel Özel; AYSENUR OZTURK KAYIKLIK's academic work “An Analysis of the Annulment Decision of the Constitutional Court Dated 05.11.2024 and Numbered 2023/158 E., 2024/187 K., in the Light of the Principle of Protection of the Weaker Party” was published in Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi…
In this article published on 16 July 2025, Ozlem Burdurlu Ahlat examines the exclusion of contracts of carriage of goods containing a foreign element from the protective conflict-of-laws regime for consumer contracts under Article 26(4) of the Turkish Code on Private International and Procedural…
This article by Güven Yarar and Sezgin Karma, published in Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, addresses the law applicable to disputes arising from the relationship between self-directed health tourists coming to Türkiye for treatment and an independent physician.
Halil Alperen Işik’s article, published in Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi on 15 July 2025, addresses the formation of reinsurance contracts with foreign elements under Turkish law and the conflict of laws arising from those contracts.
ESRA YILDIZ ÜSTÜN authored the academic publication “Law Applicable to Employment Contracts with Foreign Elements in the Light of Judicial Decisions” in Sakarya Hukuk Dergisi (SHD), published on 2025-07-10. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Türkiye.
ESRA YILDIZ ÜSTÜN authored the academic publication “The Issue of Law Applicable to Foster Family Disputes Including Foreign Elements” in Sosyal Politika Çalişmalari Dergisi, published on 2025-06-30. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning Türkiye.
Ibrahim Doğan Takavut’s article of 30 June 2025 assesses the European Law Institute Principles on the use of digital assets as security from a private international law perspective.