FAQ

Attorney fees are set according to the scope, duration and complexity of the matter, and may not be lower than the “Minimum Attorney Fee Tariff” published each year by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations. Please contact our office for detailed information.

Case durations vary depending on the courts’ workload, the type of case, the speed of gathering evidence and judicial recesses. As Kubat Law, our goal is to conclude legal proceedings as quickly and effectively as possible.

To file for an uncontested divorce, the spouses must have been married for at least 1 year — this is a legal requirement. For marriages shorter than 1 year, only a contested divorce can be filed.

When deciding on custody, the court takes “the best interests of the child” as its basis. The child’s age, education, established routine and the parents’ living conditions are examined carefully. Custody of children at an age still needing maternal care is usually granted to the mother.

As a rule, an employee who resigns is not entitled to severance pay. However, severance may still be due in cases of termination for “just cause” — such as military service, retirement, marriage (for women, within 1 year) or the employer’s wrongful conduct (unpaid wages, mobbing, etc.).

An employee whose contract is terminated must apply to a mediator within 1 month from the date the dismissal is notified. This is a strict (preclusive) time limit.

If the rent is not paid, a notice is served on the tenant through a notary. If two valid notices are served within one lease year, an eviction case may be filed at the end of that year. Alternatively, enforcement proceedings can be started for the unpaid rent, granting a 30-day payment period; if no payment is made, the eviction process accelerates.

Yes. To have the rent set at market value independently of the statutory increase rate (CPI), at least 5 years must have passed since the lease agreement.

For individual offences, custody may last at most 24 hours from the moment of apprehension. For collectively committed offences, or depending on the state of the evidence, this period may be extended by a judge’s decision.

Once the sentence has been fully served, the judicial record is moved to the “archive”. After certain periods have elapsed and an application is made to the court (e.g. restoration of forfeited rights), the judicial-record data can be erased entirely.