NEWSLETTER-2020-metin

VII render unexpected judgments, mandatory mediation in commercial disputes were discussed in our articles. In terms of tax law, we addressed the recent amendments made to the tax legislation, the withholding tax regime envisaged for share buybacks, special consumption tax, taxation of capital decreases in partial spin-offs, tax reductions for tax-compliant taxpayers, non- physical gold sales, and the BITT. In addition, we discussed current issues in the fields of sports law, business law, intellectual property law, information technology law and protection of personal data. We also looked into topics of interest, such as the evidential value of WhatsApp employee correspondence, as well as the changes in the energy market. The chapter on Legal Developments provides global insight into material developments in international agreements, laws, presidential decisions, regulations, and communiqués, the decisions of the Turkish Competition Board Authority, important developments in energy law legislation, as well as extracts of key precedents that were adopted in 2020. It has been a generous year in terms of various legal regulations. We believe that this last chapter portrays an executive look on legal developments. This book contains a total of 74 articles, and an extensive Le- gal Developments section. We prepared this comprehensive content with strong teamwork. Our team exhibited extraordinary devotion, dedication, and believe in the importance of scientific research and its supremacy. We are sincerely grateful and are truly appreciative of the great effort of every author of these articles, as well as other mem- bers of our team who edited, proofread, translated, and uploaded the articles to our website. We are very pleased and honored due to the interest in our e-book in this age of digitalization. You may access our Newsletter 2020 from our website. We continue to develop our collaboration this year, as in previ- ous years, for the publishing and distribution of the book with On İki Levha Yayıncılık, an esteemed legal publisher. Therefore, we would