Official Gazette dated 17 September · four publications
In this issue
- All operational, financial, and disciplinary principles of the Union of Opticians-Optometrists and chambers have been redetermined
- New Articles of Association of the Directorate General of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation Published
- Constitutional Court ruled that the 10% monetary fine applied at the upper limit in the annulment of a tender constitutes a violation of rights
All operational, financial, and disciplinary principles of the Union of Opticians-Optometrists and chambers have been redetermined
Regulation on the Turkish Opticians and Opticians Association
Laws concerned: Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004 · Labor Law No. 4857
The Regulation on the Turkish Union of Opticians-Optometrists, published in the Official Gazette, reorganizes the activities, bodies, duties, and financial principles of the chambers of opticians-optometrists and the Turkish Union of Opticians-Optometrists. Within this scope, mandatory registration of professionals with the chambers, meeting procedures of general assemblies, disciplinary investigations, dues amounts, and operating procedures and principles of the Union's bodies have been determined in detail.
Within the framework of the regulation, it has been stipulated that enforcement proceedings for the collection of overdue dues shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004. Furthermore, chamber board of directors have been assigned the duty to regulate issues regarding benchmark salaries, working hours, and similar entitlements between the owners of optician establishments and employees within the scope of Labor Law No. 4857.
The previous regulation has been repealed, and the new regulation entered into force on the date of its publication.
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004 · Article by article
Article 84
Before In the previous regulation, the provisions regarding the collection of dues and enforcement proceedings were regulated differently or were not included.
Now Enforcement proceedings shall be initiated in accordance with the provisions of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004, dated 9/6/1932, against those who fail to pay all kinds of chamber and mutual assistance fund dues within 30 days from the date of notification made pursuant to Notification Law No. 7201.
A legal basis has been established to directly initiate enforcement proceedings against professionals who fail to pay their chamber and mutual assistance fund dues within the legal period.
Effective date
17 September 2026
MADDE 100- (1) Bu Yönetmelik yayımı tarihinde yürürlüğe girer.
Who is affected
Opticians, optometrists, optician establishments, chambers of opticians-optometrists, and the Turkish Union of Opticians-Optometrists.
New Articles of Association of the Directorate General of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation Published
Decision on the Enactment of the Articles of Association of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation General Directorate (Decision Number: 11790)
Laws concerned: Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102
With this Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette, the new Articles of Association of the Directorate General of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) have been put into effect. This newly published regulation comprehensively redetermines the legal structure, objectives and fields of activity, bodies, organizational structure, and financial provisions of the institution. According to the new statute, while TEİAŞ operates as a state economic enterprise with a legal entity whose capital is entirely owned by the state, it is based on fundamental legislation provisions such as Decree Law No. 233, Decree Law No. 399, Electricity Market Law No. 6446, and Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102.
Additionally, the abrogated Articles of Association dated 2001 has been repealed, and provisions of the institution's existing internal regulations that do not contradict this statute shall remain in force until new ones are issued. This decree entered into force on the date of its publication, and its provisions shall be executed by the General Manager of TEİAŞ.
Effective date
17 September 2026
MADDE 20- (1) Bu Ana Statü yayımı tarihinde yürürlüğe girer.
Who is affected
Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ), relevant public institutions, and electricity market participants.
Constitutional Court ruled that the 10% monetary fine applied at the upper limit in the annulment of a tender constitutes a violation of rights
Judgment of the Constitutional Court Dated 20/5/2026 and Numbered 2022/49505
Laws concerned: Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004
The Constitutional Court has ruled that imposing a monetary fine at the rate of ten percent of the tender price, along with the dismissal of the lawsuit filed for the annulment of the tender conducted by the enforcement office, violates the right of access to court. The applicant company requested the annulment of the tender filed on the grounds of payment order and notification irregularities in the proceedings initiated through the conversion of a mortgage into cash, and the court decided to dismiss the case and sentence the applicant to a monetary fine of 560,000 TRY at the upper limit. Following the appellate and Court of Cassation stages, the decision became final, and the Constitutional Court, upon reviewing the individual application, stated that exercising the discretion granted to the judge at the upper limit without considering the specific circumstances of the case and without justification violates the principle of proportionality.
The decision indicates that courts must make justifications in compliance with the principles of proportionality and equity in the application of the monetary fine set forth in Article 134 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004. Accordingly, the file has been sent to the relevant court to eliminate the consequences of the violation and a retrial decision has been rendered.
Who is affected
debtors, creditors, parties to enforcement proceedings, and participants in the tender.
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