Recent Development
The Turkish Parliament enacted a law amending the composition (tr. "konkordato," a Turkish scheme of arrangement) articles in the Code of Enforcement and Bankruptcy in response to widespread abuse of the composition proceedings. The changes are effective as of the date of promulgation on the Official Gazette, 19 December 2018, with pending applications remaining subject to the previous version of the provisions.
The Amendments
The major amendments are summarized below.
Yeni Gelişme
Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi, konkordato sürecinin suiistimal edildiğine ilişkin gelen tepkileri göz önünde bulundurarak, İcra ve İflas Kanunu'ndaki konkordato hükümlerinde değişiklikler öngören kanun teklifini yasalaştırmıştır. Değişiklikler 19 Aralık 2018 tarihinde Resmi Gazete’de yayımlanarak yürürlüğe girmiştir. Ancak görülmekte olan konkordato talepleri hakkında önceki hükümler uygulanmaya devam edecektir.
Kabul Edilen Değişiklikler
Önemli değişiklikler aşağıda özetlenmiştir.
Recent Development
The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency added a provisional article on consumer loan restructuring to the Regulation on Banks' Loan Transactions and the Regulation on Establishment and Activities of Financial Leasing, Factoring and Financing Companies. Pursuant to the provisional article, consumer loans whose principal and/or interest payments became overdue before February 10, 2019 can be restructured to a maximum of sixty months at the borrower's request.
On 15 September 2018, Communiqué on Procedures and Principles on Implementation of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code no. 6102 ("TCC") (“Communiqué”) was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force. The Communiqué provides procedures and principles to be followed in case of capital loss and insolvency situations, and sets out details of remedial actions to be taken pursuant to Article 376 of the TCC.
Introduction
On 15.03.2018 Amendments to Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law has been introduced by Law No. 7101 and published in the Official Gazette. The most significant changes are as follows:
The Ministry of Trade introduced the Communiquéon the Implementation of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code Numbered 6102 ("Communiqué") detailing the measures to be implemented in companies subject to technical bankruptcy.
What's New?
The Communique provides helpful guidance about how companies and their shareholders and management must address a company's financial distress.
The Ministry of Commerce issued a Communiqué on 15 September 2018 ("Communiqué") setting out the principles and procedures pertaining to the application of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC"). In brief, Article 376 regulates the measures to be adopted by joint stock companies and limited liability companies (for the purposes of this article, each a "company") in cases of loss of capital or insolvency.