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In Which Regions Do We Handle Cases?

Although our office is located on Istanbul's Anatolian (Asian) side, lawyers may act before courts and administrative authorities anywhere in Turkey. A significant proportion of the cases we handle are heard before the judicial authorities of Istanbul's Anatolian side, Kocaeli and Sakarya. Each region differs in the structure of its courthouses, the court that hears appeals (istinaf) and the types of dispute that most commonly arise.

Istanbul's Anatolian Side

Disputes arising in districts such as Kadıköy, Ataşehir, Üsküdar, Maltepe and Kartal are, as a rule, heard at the Istanbul Anatolian Courthouse in Kartal. Appeals against the decisions of these courts are lodged with the Istanbul Regional Court of Appeal. Disputes over construction contracts in exchange for apartments arising from urban transformation, tenancy relationships, commercial contracts and criminal investigations are among the types of case most frequently encountered in the region.

Kocaeli and Gebze

In cases heard at the Kocaeli Courthouse, based in İzmit, and at the Gebze Courthouse, the concentration of industry in the region means that employment relationships, occupational accidents, supply and dealership agreements and disputes over commercial receivables are prominent. Appeals against the decisions of these courts are lodged with the Sakarya Regional Court of Appeal.

Sakarya

In cases heard at the Sakarya Courthouse in Adapazarı and at the district courthouses, the prominent issues are co-owned immovable property passed down through inheritance, partition of co-owned property, employment and commercial relationships in organised industrial zones, and criminal proceedings. Appellate review is carried out by the Sakarya Regional Court of Appeal.

Our Practice Areas at a Glance

• Criminal Law: Acting as defence counsel and representing the intervening party at the investigation and prosecution (trial) stages; police custody, pre-trial detention, appeals and appeals on points of law (temyiz).
• IT and Internet Law: Removal of online content and access blocking, cybercrime, and compliance with personal data protection law (KVKK).
• Real Estate and Tenancy Law: Cancellation and registration of title (tapu iptali ve tescil), rent determination and eviction, partition of co-owned property, urban transformation and construction contracts in exchange for apartments.
• Corporate and Commercial Law: Company formation and general assembly procedures, shareholder disputes, commercial contracts and debt recovery.
• Employment Law: Severance pay (kıdem tazminatı) and compensation in lieu of notice, reinstatement, and occupational accident and occupational disease cases.
• Family Law and Inheritance Law: Divorce, custody and maintenance; renunciation of inheritance, abatement actions and actions concerning sham transfers by the deceased to disinherit heirs (muris muvazaası).
• Immigration and Citizenship Law and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments: Residence permits, deportation orders, restriction codes and the recognition of foreign court judgments in Turkey.
• Constitutional Court and ECtHR Applications: Individual applications to the Constitutional Court and proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.
• Enforcement and Insolvency Law, Intellectual Property Law and Tax Law: Debt recovery and precautionary attachment, trademark and copyright infringements, and tax disputes.

How Does a Case Progress at Our Firm?

• Initial meeting. We listen to the chronology of events and ask for any notifications you have received, contracts, title deed records or case documents.
• Review of documents and time limits. The time limits for bringing an action, filing an objection and pursuing legal remedies, as well as limitation periods, are identified at the very first stage. In many disputes, a time limit decides the outcome before the merits of the case are even reached.
• Roadmap. Options such as litigation, mediation, a formal notice served through a notary (ihtarname) or enforcement proceedings are shared with the client, together with their estimated duration and cost items.
• Monitoring the process. The file is monitored via UYAP; hearings, court-appointed expert reports and interim decisions are reported to the client at every stage.
• After the decision. The reasoning of the decision is assessed, and together with the client we decide whether to use remedies such as an appeal, an appeal on points of law or an individual application within the applicable time limits.

Recent Articles (in Turkish)

Some of our informative articles on legal processes:

• What are the rights of a dismissed employee? (2026 update)
• When can a tenant be evicted? Grounds for eviction and time limits
• Withdrawal and exclusion of a shareholder in a limited liability company
• The right to be forgotten: removal from Google results
• Constitutional Court individual application: the thirty-day time limit and the UYAP trap

To send us information about a case of yours being heard on Istanbul's Anatolian side, in Kocaeli or in Sakarya, or about a request for legal advice, you can use our contact page or make an appointment at our office in Kadıköy.

The information on this page is general in nature and does not replace a legal opinion on a specific dispute.