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III
PREFACE
The Erdem-Erdem Law Office has always placed an emphasis on academic
studies and supported them since the day it has been founded. The academic
background of the founders of the Office and the academic studies of the attor-
neys on staff ensured that the Office would be distinguished in this regard. The
fact that we approach legal issues not only from a practical point of view, but also
with a regard for their broader jurisprudential implications has also enhanced our
studies.
Our Office publishes a monthly “Newsletter” on its web site in both English
and Turkish in order to inform its clients and its business partners. The attention
that this publication has attracted in last two years has encouraged us to collect
the published articles into a book. In this work, we share the articles written by
the attorneys and published in the Newsletters during 2010 concerning the cur-
rent legal issues. The articles are classified according to subject matter and by the
key notes for relevant month. This classification of the articles was done for the
convenience for of the reader.
For this book, we used articles which are still on our website. The key notes
throughout the year have also been collected. We attached a detailed index to
facilitate research.
This work is a collaborative effort not only by those who wrote the articles,
but also by those translating and proofreading, doing the necessary legislative
research and producing the website. Without the selfless, loyal, and concentrated
efforts of all of the Erdem-Erdem team, this work could never appear. Being awa-
re of that fact, we sincerely thank all the attorneys, trainees, assistants, informati-
on technology consultants, and public relations staff who believed in this project.
We hope the content of this work will be useful for our clients and business
partners, and we wish a New Year full of health, happiness and success to all.
Nisantası, January 2011
Av.
Piraye Erdem
Prof. Dr. H. Ercüment Erdem
Founder and Managing Partner
Founder