Recent Development
Recent development
With a presidential decision numbered 4299 and dated 14 July 2021, the effectiveness of Temporary Article 32 of the Banking Law regulating the financial restructuring transactions and related incentives and tax exemptions contemplated under the Framework Agreement has been extended for an additional two years. Please refer to the following links for our alerts on the introduction of Temporary Article 32 and the Framework Agreement:
What’s new?
Financial Restructuring vs. Konkordato/Composition (Turkish Scheme of Arrangement) Our global Restructuring & Insolvency team has a deep understanding of the local and cross-border issues that can arise in all types of restructurings and recoveries. The team is ideally suited to today's business climate where financial restructurings are rarely confined to one jurisdiction. With restructuring and insolvency practitioners located across the globe, we can mobilize teams quickly and seamlessly across borders, time zones, markets and cultures to meet our clients' needs.
Yeni Gelişme
4299 sayılı ve 14 Temmuz 2021 tarihli Cumhurbaşkanlığı kararı ile Çerçeve Anlaşmalar kapsamında gerçekleştirilen finansal yeniden yapılandırma işlemlerini ve bu işlemler için tanınan teşvikler ve vergi muafiyetlerini düzenleyen Bankacılık Kanunu’nun geçici 32. maddesinin geçerlilik süresi iki yıl daha uzatıldı. Geçici 32. Madde ve Çerçeve Anlaşma’ya ilişkin bültenlerimize aşağıdaki bağlantılardan ulaşabilirsiniz:
Değişiklik Ne Getiriyor?
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.
Recent development
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.
Yeni Gelişme
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.
Recent Development
In scope of the various response measures implemented by the Turkish government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Turkey, the President of the Turkish Republic issued the "Decree to Suspend Enforcement and Bankruptcy Proceedings" on March 22, 2020, in accordance with Article 330, "Suspension In Case of Emergency", of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law ("EBL").
What Does the Decision Say?