Recent Development 

Amendments to the Financial Restructuring Framework Agreement (the "Framework Agreement"), which was drafted by the Turkish Banks Association (the "TBA") within the scope of the Regulation Regarding the Restructuring of Debts Owed to the Financial Sector (the "Regulation"), were distributed to banks and other financial institutions to be executed.

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.

Introduction

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.

2018 yazındaki kur şokuyla, "finansal yapılandırma" kavramı hayatımıza girdi.Borçlu şirketin mali yapısının elden geçirilip, mali stratejisinin tekrar belirlenmesi olarak tanımlanabilecek finansal yapılandırma; bir anda finansal kuruluşlarımızın en büyük gündemi haline geldi. İlgili kurumlarımız hemen müdahale edip, yapılandırma için yasal altyapıyı oluşturma yönünde çalışmaya başladı.

Introduction

The Law amending the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law and Other Laws (the Amendment Law) was published in the Official Gazette 30361 and entered into force on 15 March 2018. The most significant amendments introduced to the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law are:

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.