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Türk Ticaret Kanunu

Turkish Commercial Law

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Summary

The corporate governance approach in this Law is based on four pillars: full transparency, fairness, accountability and responsibility. Full transparency and accountability is required in the company's financial statements, boards of directors’ annual reports, independent audits, and transactional auditors. The board of directors of publicly held companies are now obliged to publish corporate governance reports which outline their policies and practices.

Reporting Exchange
Issuer

Turkey

Year

2011

Region

Asia

Issuer (type)

Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Turkey (Government)

Instrument type

Law

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • High 0.94%
    • Low 0.03%
    • E focus: pollution, waste, water, environment
    • S focus: compensation, discrimination, intellectual property, children
    • G focus: audit, corruption, financial reporting, risk management, accountability
    • Construction, Finance, Management, Professional services, Real estate, Retail trade, Transportation, Wholesale trade