1 April 2014Jurisdiction reportsIsik Ozdogan and Ezgi Baklaci
Foreign language trade names permitted
The basic principles for selecting and registering a trade name are defined in the Turkish Commercial Code (TCC). Under Turkish law, trade names for companies are made up of three elements: the company’s name, the company’s subject, and the company’s type (such as ‘ABC Technology Limited’).
The communiqué clarifies the TCC principles and requirements for trade names as follows:
