Practical legal tools for Turkish founders
Video content, browser-fillable checklists, and downloadable legal documents: all in one place.
Checklists
Browser-fillable, PDF-downloadable checklists for critical processes: fundraising, incorporation, exit, and more.
Investment Readiness Check
Fifteen questions investors ask in the first week of due diligence on a Turkish company: company form, founders and equity, IP, compliance, fundraising. Score by area and an action plan linked to the resource that closes each gap.
SAFE and Dilution Calculator
Model how one or two SAFEs (post-money or pre-money, with cap and discount) convert in a priced round and what founders, the option pool, SAFE investors and new investors own afterwards.
Game Studio Funding Readiness
What a Turkish game studio is actually asked when it raises: chain of title in the build, the publishing agreement, player data, and whether the option pool can be delivered.
AI Act Readiness
A 30-item readiness screen for companies shipping AI into the EU: scope and classification, the August 2026 transparency duties, the GPAI vendor chain, and the high-risk runway to December 2027.
US Flip-Up Decision
Is a US flip-up actually the right move for you? A 15-item decision checklist from strategic fit to timing + decision matrix.
VC Due Diligence Prep
Pre-Series A legal, financial, and commercial readiness: 29-item checklist with a decision matrix.
E-Commerce Mandatory Legal Texts
12 mandatory legal documents for your e-commerce site under Turkish law: KVKK privacy, distance sale, withdrawal rights, cookies, warranty and more.
VERBIS Registration Obligation
30-item VERBIS registration preparation checklist for Turkey: threshold determination, registration, notification, post-registration compliance. 2026 penalty band TRY 341,809–17,092,242.
ETBIS Registration Obligation
30-item ETBIS registration preparation checklist for Turkey e-commerce operators: obligation determination, registration, notification, post-registration compliance. 2026 penalty band TRY 118,053–590,263.
KVKK Tracker
Monthly-updated tracker of Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority decisions, administrative fines, and regulatory updates: with practical implications for founders.
CASP License Obligation
30-item license preparation checklist for Turkey crypto-asset service providers: obligation determination, application, operational compliance, post-license monitoring. Law 7518 / CMB Communiqué III-35/B.1.
Payment & E-Money Licence
32-item checklist for a TCMB payment or e-money institution licence: licence scope, application file, operational compliance, post-licence obligations. Law No. 6493 / TCMB Regulation.
ESOP Design Checklist
30-item checklist for Turkey companies and post-flip-up structures: framework, documentation, tax-compliance, communication-exit. TCC Art. 463-466 anchored.
KVKK + GDPR Compliance Checklist
30-item dual-regime data-protection compliance checklist: scope, legal basis, cross-border transfer (Schrems II), operational compliance. Post-2024 KVKK reform.
Term Sheet Negotiation Position
30-item founder negotiation position checklist for VC term sheets: valuation, governance, founder protection, closing-mechanics. NVCA standards and market red flags.
Reference Documents
Curated reference documents from leading institutions and regulators: Y Combinator (SAFE instruments), 500 Global (KISS templates), UK Private Capital, the Personal Data Protection Authority, the European Commission and the National Venture Capital Association (Series A–D model documents), plus Turkish-law clause maps and licence references. Free, with source attribution.
YC SAFE Documents
All three Y Combinator post-money SAFE templates (cap-only, discount-only, MFN) plus the Pro Rata Side Letter and YC user guide. The early-stage venture financing standard.
NVCA Model Documents
National Venture Capital Association model legal document suite for U.S. Series A–D financings: Term Sheet, SPA, Charter, IRA, Voting Agreement, ROFR/Co-Sale, MRL.
FAST Agreement
The Founder / Advisor Standard Template — grant startup advisors equity in one page. Stage × engagement matrix, two-year vesting with a three-month cliff.
500 Startups KISS Documents
500 Global's KISS templates: Convertible Debt (with maturity and interest) and Convertible Equity (SAFE-like). The other early-stage convertible standard, with optional pro-rata mechanics.
Shareholders' Agreement Anatomy (Turkish Law)
The 30 term-sheet items mapped to where they are enforceable in a Turkish A.Ş.: articles of association or SHA, with TCC anchors and NVCA/BVCA reference documents.
KVKK Standard Contracts and EU SCCs
The four KVKK standard contracts, the five-day filing module and the EU SCCs (Decision 2021/914) side by side, with every official text linked.
Open-Source Licence Reference
MIT to AGPL, SSPL and BUSL: canonical texts, SPDX identifiers and what each licence obliges you to do, plus OSI, OpenChain and REUSE tooling.
EU AI Act Document Set
The regulation, the 2026 Omnibus, Commission guidelines, the GPAI and transparency codes of practice, templates and the post-Omnibus application dates.
Guides
Complete resource hubs: each guide connects plain-language definitions, checklists, model documents and deeper reading for one topic, on a single page.
Company Formation for Foreign Founders
Setting up a Turkish company from abroad: A.Ş. or Ltd., minimum capital and payment, documents and apostille, MERSİS and registry steps, work permits and the filings that follow.
SAFE & Early-Stage Financing
Valuation caps, discounts, conversion mechanics and Turkish-law adaptation: everything we have published on SAFE rounds, in one place.
KVKK Compliance
KVKK and GDPR as one programme: core concepts, the live Board decision tracker, the 2024 transfer regime and audit resources.
Flip-Up
Moving a Turkish startup under a Delaware topco: mechanics, tax timing, QSBS, 409A and ESOP migration, with model documents.
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