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366 NEWSLETTER 2020 ensure that young football players gain experience by taking part in different team squads. A temporary transfer is a time-limited transfer that allows a player, whose contract with his club continue, to be transferred to a club other than his contracted club for a certain period of time and for a certain fee, and allows him to return to his original club at the end of this period without any transfer fee 1 . Elements of Temporary Transfer Contract Article 15 (1) of the RPFPST stipulates that a professional foot- ball player may only be transferred temporarily from his original club to another club by a written contract to be concluded between himself and the relevant club. The TFF includes the mandatory elements that must be included in the standard temporary transfer contract that it requires to be signed by the parties and submitted to it 2 . According toArticle 15 (2) of the RPFPST, the minimum duration of the temporary transfer contract is the time between two transfer and registration periods. According to this provision, a temporary transfer contract can be as short as a “half season” in public terms. Article 15 of the RPFPST does not contain rules on the maximum duration of a temporary transfer contract. However, it is stated that the maximum duration of a temporary transfer contract should be accepted as the remaining period of the professional football player contract between the player and the original club 3 . In practice, it is common for the original club that the football player signed a professional football player contract with to receive a fee in return for the temporary transfer of the player. However, the original club is not obliged to receive a fee for a temporary transfer; it can also be made free of charge. As well, at the end of the temporary 1 Petek, Hasan : Profesyonel Futbolcu Sözleşmesi, 2002, p. 307. 2 TFF Standard Temporary Transfer Agreement: https://www.tff.org/Resources/ TFF/Documents/FORMLAR-SOZLESMELER/2018-2019/Gecici-Transfer-So- zlesmesi.doc 3 Cem, Çağrı : Profesyonel Futbolcu Transfer Sözleşmesi, 2012, p. 37.