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The Communiqué on the Establishment and Operational Principles of Crypto Asset Service Providers (III-35/B.1) and the Communiqué on the Working Procedures, Principles, and Capital Adequacy of Crypto Asset Service Providers (III-35/B.2), which have been prepared by the Capital Markets Board (“Board”), have been published in the Official Gazette dated March 13, 2025. These communiqués have set out the procedures and principles regarding the establishment, commencement of operations, activities, and suspension of activities of crypto asset service providers.

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TÜRKPATENT”) has revised the List of Goods and Services for trademark applications. The changes were published in the Communiqué on the Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Applications No. 2024/2 (“Communiqué”) in the Official Gazette dated 20 December 2024 and numbered 32758, entering into force as of its publication date. This regulation repealed the previous Communiqué No. 2016/2, published in the Official Gazette dated 30 December 2016 and numbered 29934.

The Ministry of Treasury and Finance (“Ministry”) announced that a new service (“Service”) will be introduced for the execution of lease agreements via e-Government and the Service is planned in two phases.

The first phase was introduced via e-Government as of 04.11.2024 and the second phase is expected to be introduced at the end of the year.