NEWSLETTER-2020-metin

PREFACE 2020 will be remembered as a year of difficulties in which we have witnessed the Covid-19, the most infectious pandemic in the last century, the loss of our loved ones, the closure of our businesses, and have been trapped in our homes. Even in such hard times, we have adapted to the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic and, despite all of the obstacles, we are honored to present to you our new book, ‘Newsletter 2020’. This year, our Newsletter book celebrates its 11th anniversary. At the end of each year, we compile articles that are posted monthly on our website into a book to allow our readers a collective outlook on the year’s key legal developments since 2010. We are pleased to see that this book of articles has attracted growing attention from our clients and business partners, as well as from fellow practitioners over the years. While the book has been well-received by many of our read- ers, we maintain our desire to further develop and expand our work. Our most significant reward is to see that the articles published, both on our website, and in our book, are frequently cited in a number of scientific studies, and are considered as reliable academic resources. Our Newsletter 2020 also contains articles in which we discuss the effects of Covid-19 on the legal environment. We have examined Covid-19 in terms of corporate law, competition law, lease agreements, arbitration, labor law, sports law and tax law. We have published 13 articles in the field of commercial law. In this section, we addressed issues such as the ICC Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses 2020, which entered into force in March of 2020, board meetings of joint stock company, null and void resolutions of