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Melis Ünlü, is an Associate in the Corporate Affairs Department of Erdem & Erdem. She provides legal consultancy particularly in the areas of national and international mergers and acquisitions, capital markets law and banking and finance law.

Melis is involved in general corporate advisory matters, including assisting in legal due diligence within M&A transactions, contract drafting, and corporate governance tasks. She provides day-to-day legal support to domestic and foreign companies on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. 

She also contributes to capital markets projects, taking part in initial public offering preparations. Additionally, Melis advises clients on e-commerce, consumer protection law and health law.

Service Procurement Agreements Under the Medical Laboratory Services Regulation Newsletter Articles
Service Procurement Agreements Under the Medical Laboratory Services Regulation

Medical laboratory services are one of the foundational pillars of the healthcare system, providing essential support for protecting human health, preventing disease, enabling accurate diagnosis and monitoring patient treatment. Healthcare facilities are not always…

Healthcare and Life Sciences 30.04.2026
Draft Regulation on Batteries and Waste Batteries: New Rules within the Framework of Alignment with European Union Legislation Newsletter Articles
Draft Regulation on Batteries and Waste Batteries: New Rules within the Framework of Alignment with European Union Legislation

Batteries have become indispensable components of modern economic activity as the transition toward cleaner energy systems and electrified technologies accelerates. Their widespread use in portable electronics, transportation, and industrial applications requires…

ESG and Sustainability 31.01.2026
Recent Keynotes of July 2025 Newsletter Articles
Recent Keynotes of July 2025

The Resolution of the President dated 10.07.2025 and numbered 10068 on the Approval of the attached “Additional Financing Agreement” and the “Fifth Amendment Agreement” to the Separate Agreement, signed on 18.12.2024 between the Ministry of National Education representing the Republic of Türkiye...

Other 31.07.2025
Recent Keynotes of January 2025 Newsletter Articles
Recent Keynotes of January 2025

The Resolution of the President dated 21.12.2024 and numbered 9272 on the Approval of the Annexed Letters dated 25/10/2024 and 12/11/2024 Exchanged between the Government of the Republic of Türkiye and the European Commission on the Amendment to the Financing Agreement for IPARD III Assistance...

Other 31.01.2025
Amendments to the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market Legal Developments
Amendments to the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market Amendment Regulation came into effect through publication in the Official Gazette dated 25.11.2025 and numbered 33088...

Energy Law 27.11.2025
The Constitutional Court Decision dated 15.10.2025  Annulling Article 1 of the Law on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency Legal Developments
The Constitutional Court Decision dated 15.10.2025 Annulling Article 1 of the Law on the Protection of the Value of Turkish Currency

The Constitutional Court’s (Constitutional Court) decision dated 15.10.2025 and numbered 2024/193 E. and 2025/136 K. (Decision) was published in the Official Gazette dated 15.10.2025 and numbered 33048. The Constitutional Court annulled Article 1, as well as Article 2 and Additional Article 5 (which were deemed...

Banking and Finance 27.10.2025
Amendments to the Communiqué on Procedures and Principles Regarding the Fees that Banks Can Charge Their Commercial Clients Legal Developments
Amendments to the Communiqué on Procedures and Principles Regarding the Fees that Banks Can Charge Their Commercial Clients

The procedures and principles regarding the fees that banks can charge to their commercial clients have been amended by the Communiqué (No: 2025/24) (the “Communiqué”), which was published in the Official Gazette dated 18.09.2025 and numbered 32568. This Communiqué amends the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Fees that Banks Can Charge Commercial Clients (No: 2020/4). 

Banking and Finance 25.09.2025
Block Exemption Communiqué on Specialization Agreements is Revised Legal Developments
Block Exemption Communiqué on Specialization Agreements is Revised

The Block Exemption Communiqué on Specialization Agreements (Communiqué No. 2025/2) was published in the Official Gazette dated 26.06.2025 and numbered 32938. With the introduction of Communiqué No. 2025/2, the Block Exemption Communiqué on Specialization Agreements numbered 2013/3 and...

Competition Law 08.07.2025
The Council of State’s Board of the Unification of Case Laws’ Decision Legal Developments
The Council of State’s Board of the Unification of Case Laws’ Decision

The Council of State’s (Council) Board of the Unification of Case Laws’ decision numbered 2021/5 E., 2024/2 K. (Decision) was published in the Official Gazette dated 16.04.2025 and numbered 32872...

Other 17.04.2025
Communiqué on Redetermination of Minimum Equity Amounts for Payment and Electronic Money Institutions Legal Developments
Communiqué on Redetermination of Minimum Equity Amounts for Payment and Electronic Money Institutions

The Communiqué on Redetermination of Minimum Equity Amounts of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions (Communiqué) is published in the Official Gazette dated 30.01.2025 and numbered 32798. The Communiqué enters into force on 30.06.2025 and amends the minimum equity amounts stipulated...

Banking and Finance 14.02.2025
Scope of Application of Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standards Amended Legal Developments
Scope of Application of Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standards Amended

The Board Decision (Amending Decision) dated 16.12.2024 and numbered 01/28294 of the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority regarding the amendment of the scope of application of the Turkish Sustainability Reporting Standards (TSRS) is published in the Official Gazette dated...

Capital Markets Law 17.01.2025
Borsa Istanbul A.Ş. Updated Listing Thresholds Legal Developments
Borsa Istanbul A.Ş. Updated Listing Thresholds

Borsa Istanbul A.Ş. (Borsa İstanbul) amended the Listing Directive on 31.12.2024. With the amendments made on 31.12.2024, the minimum market values of shares offered to the public, traded on the BIST Stars, BIST Main, and BIST SubMarket are as follows...

Capital Markets Law 07.01.2025
Thresholds for Public Offering and Transition to the Registered Capital System Are Determined for 2025 With the Capital Markets Board Decision Legal Developments
Thresholds for Public Offering and Transition to the Registered Capital System Are Determined for 2025 With the Capital Markets Board Decision

The Capital Markets Board Decision (Decision) dated 26.12.2024 and numbered 66/2058 is published in the Capital Markets Board Bulletin dated 31.12.2024 and numbered 2024/60. With the Decision, the amounts subject to revaluation in the Capital Markets Law No. 6362 and other regulations issued based on...

Capital Markets Law 06.01.2025
Information Note on Chatbots such as ChatGPT Published Legal Developments
Information Note on Chatbots such as ChatGPT Published

On 08.11.2024, the Personal Data Protection Authority published an Information Note on Chatbots (Example: Chatgpt) (Information Note). According to the Information Note, a chatbot is software that attempts to simulate human conversation with the end-user through an interface, performing tasks and instructions...

Personal Data Protection 12.11.2024

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