Filing a KVKK Standard Contract in Five Business Days: A Step-by-Step Guide
Which of the four KVKK standard contracts to sign, how to fill it without altering it, who files within five business days, and the 2026 fine for missing it.
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Which of the four KVKK standard contracts to sign, how to fill it without altering it, who files within five business days, and the 2026 fine for missing it.
Employees’ code passes under FSEK Article 18; founders’ and contractors’ code only by written assignment. Two statutory traps, four documents that fix them.
Turkish law has no unvested stock. Founder vesting is built from a call option, an Article 492 transfer restriction, escrow and a leaver price formula.
Choosing between arbitration and courts for shareholder disputes: confidentiality, cost, arbitrability limits, ISTAC versus ICC, and tiered dispute clauses.
A guide to the founders’ agreement: equity split, vesting, IP assignment, confidentiality and separation scenarios, and what verbal promises cost in court.
Turkish joint-stock companies with TRY 1.25m capital must retain a lawyer. The 2026 monthly fine is TRY 66,060; the Istanbul Bar just secured TRY 198,180.