PRACTICE NOTES
This Practice Note looks at the framework for recognising and enforcing international arbitral awards in Türkiye and, where appropriate, draws on case law...
Applicable legislation
Türkiye’s arbitration system, together with the rules on recognition and enforcement, is founded on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985. The two principal instruments governing recognition and enforcement are the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention) and the International Private and Procedural Law (IPL) No. 5718. The New York Convention took effect in Türkiye under Law No. 3731 in 1991 and since then has applied to recognition and enforcement applications brought in Türkiye. As an international treaty, the New York Convention prevails over domestic legislation pursuant to Article 90 of the Turkish Constitution. Türkiye has confined the New York
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