Av. Berk İşcan graduated from Doğuş University Faculty of Law in 2013 as a scholarship student. He completed the Master's Programme in Public Law at Yalova University in 2017 with a thesis on the offence of obtaining services without payment (karşılıksız yararlanma). In 2026, he also graduated from the undergraduate programme in Exercise and Sport Sciences at Istanbul University. He has been practising as a lawyer registered with the Yalova Bar Association since 2014. He served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Yalova Bar Association from 2018 to 2022 and as its Vice President from 2022 to 2026. His practice focuses mainly on criminal law, employment law, real estate law, healthcare law and sports law.
Real Estate Law
The statutory pre-emption right in co-ownership has been reshaped by Law No. 7571: market value instead of sale price, a one-year outer limit and an exception for sales under the State Tender Law. Conditions, time limits and the court process.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Real Estate Law
Risky building assessments and objections, majority decisions by share, sale of the land share of a non-consenting owner, demolition, rent assistance and filing deadlines under Law No. 6306 and its 2023 amendments.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Employment Law
Who benefits from job security, the one-month mediation deadline after termination, the two-week filing period, burden of proof and compensation for non-reinstatement.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Real Estate Law
The cases in which a landlord can end residential and roofed commercial leases: the ten-year extension period, need, reconstruction, written undertaking to vacate, two justified warnings and non-payment of rent.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Criminal Law
When detention can be ordered, judicial control as an alternative, how to object to detention decisions, the reviewing authority and release requests.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Employment Law
When severance pay is due, the one-year service requirement, the wage used in calculation, the cap, late-payment interest and mandatory mediation.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Real Estate Law
How co-ownership of property held in shares or inherited jointly can be ended, mandatory mediation since 2023, division in kind and termination by sale.
21 October 2026 · 2 min read
Real Estate Law
The cap on increases in renewed lease periods, court-determined rent after five years, foreign-currency rents and mandatory mediation before a rent determination action.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Family Law
The one-year marriage requirement and settlement protocol for uncontested divorce, grounds for contested divorce, the waiting period after a dismissed case reduced from three years to one, and the financial consequences of divorce.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Family Law
The Constitutional Court annulled the provision of Article 175 of the Turkish Civil Code allowing post-divorce maintenance to be claimed "indefinitely". The annulment takes effect on 30 June 2027. The reasoning, what will change and the status of existing maintenance orders.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Consumer Law
The consumer's right to withdraw from distance contracts within 14 days without giving reasons, the position of consumers not informed of the right, the 30-day delivery period, exceptions and the liability of intermediary service providers.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Consumer Law
The mandatory application to consumer arbitration committees and the monetary threshold, objections to committee decisions, the jurisdiction of consumer courts and mandatory pre-trial mediation with its exceptions.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Consumer Law
The definition of defective goods under Law No. 6502, the consumer's rights to withdraw, obtain a price reduction, free repair or replacement, repair deadlines, the six-month presumption and the limitation period.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
IT Law
Notification to the Board and data subjects in the event of a data breach under Article 12 of the KVKK and Personal Data Protection Board Decision 2019/10, processor responsibility and key steps for breach preparedness.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
IT Law
The Constitutional Court's annulment closed the route of access blocking via criminal judgeships of peace. We look at the civil and criminal remedies available today for insult, defamation or unauthorised posts.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
IT Law
Unauthorised access to computer systems, data tampering, misuse of bank and credit cards and aggravated fraud through IT systems; the new paragraph added to Article 158 of the Criminal Code by Law No. 7589 and first steps for victims.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Healthcare Law
The contractual and tortious liability of physicians, the liability of hospitals and the administration, negligent homicide and negligent injury, penalties increased by Law No. 7571, and the independence of civil and criminal liability.
21 October 2026 · 5 min read
Healthcare Law
Which court to apply to, limitation and administrative application periods, the distinction between malpractice and complication, and issues of proof in malpractice claims, depending on whether treatment was at a private or public hospital.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Healthcare Law
How and about what patients must be informed before medical intervention, why disclosure matters for complications, and who bears the burden of proof, in light of Court of Cassation decisions.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Healthcare Law
The protection of health data as a special category of personal data, the processing conditions in Article 6 of the KVKK as amended in 2024, patients' right to examine and copy their records, and the obligations of healthcare institutions.
21 October 2026 · 3 min read
Healthcare Law
How the Court of Cassation characterises aesthetic procedures as contracts for work, the promise of a result, debates on fault and complications, the role of consent forms and remedies available to patients.
21 October 2026 · 4 min read
Personal Data Protection
An assessment of the conceptual basis of the right to be forgotten, the Court of Justice of the European Union's Google Spain judgment, and its position in Turkish law.
21 October 2026 · 27 min read
Legal Information
A general overview of administrative, civil and criminal remedies available to investors holding units in investment funds that the Capital Markets Board decided to liquidate in September 2026.
21 October 2026 · 5 min read
Announcements and Statements
A brief overview of the main changes to civil, criminal and administrative proceedings introduced by Law No. 7589, published in the Official Gazette dated 31 July 2026.
20 October 2026 · 3 min read
Legal Information
Law No. 7589 repealed Article 107 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Hukuk Muhakemeleri Kanunu). What procedure will now apply to actions for monetary claims, and how can the amount claimed in a partial action be increased?
18 October 2026 · 2 min read
Legal Information
Law No. 7589 has changed the basis for determining the statutory interest rate. Which rate will now apply if no interest rate is specified in the contract?
16 October 2026 · 1 min read
Criminal Law
The sentence reduction and transitional provisions introduced by Law No. 7589 for those who participate in fraud by providing their account and card details to another person.
14 October 2026 · 2 min read
Criminal Law
Amendments to Article 231 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Ceza Muhakemesi Kanunu) under Law No. 7589 (7589 sayılı Kanun): conditions, the supervision period, and appeals against HAGB decisions.
12 October 2026 · 2 min read