NEWSLETTER-2017

348 NEWSLETTER 2017 conclusion may be reached that the Agreement Document is to be left out of this scope. Conclusion In the mediation process, which comes to the fore regularly and is frequently implemented, in the event that the parties come to an agree- ment, the issues that are agreed upon are transformed into a document, and this document is signed by the parties and the mediator. Through the amendment made in the LMPLD through law numbered 7036 on 12.10.2017, it is regulated that if the parties reach an agreement at the end of mediation, the parties shall not file a lawsuit on the issues that have been settled. Accordingly, the Agreement Document has become a legally binding document. Moreover, it is also stipulated in the amendment to the LMPLD, that the Agreement Document that is signed by the mediator and the parties and their lawyers is a document that qualifies as a verdict, without seeking an enforcement annotation. Thus, it is provided that the Agreement Document may qualify as a verdict without application to the courts.