The IFLR Guide to Turkey 2007

• Editorial

• Insurance

  Insurance

• When insurance companies merge

  Serdar Tunçbilek, Banu Sen and Kuthan Öter of Bener Law Office outline the regulations governing M&A in the insurance industry

• Islamic finance

  Islamic finance

• The dos and don'ts of Islamic finance

  Paul Wouters, advisor to Bener Law Office, says that Islamic contracting can easily be adapted to most finance, corporate and construction needs

• Project finance

  Project finance

• Building a base for growth

  M Erol Bircanoglu and Burcu Hosgoz of Bircanoglu Attorneys at Law examine the prospects for project finance in Turkey

• Debt restructuring

  Debt restructuring

• The way forward

  Turkish lenders are increasingly willing to work with debtors to turn around struggling companies. The Guner Law Office describes Turkey's debt restructuring process

• Debt finance

  Debt finance

• Options widened in finance market

  Hergüner Bilgen Özeke summarises new financing terms in Turkey and assesses the effects of new debt instruments on the debt finance market

• M&A

  M&A

• Investors must secure their own financing

  Hergüner Bilgen Özeke outlines the CMB's approach towards using target company assets to secure financing for acquisitions

• Credit card regulation

  Credit card regulation

• Dealing with debt

  A new law will change how credit card receivables are treated. By Hergüner Bilgen Özeke

• Real estate

  Real estate

• Home mortgages open doors for investors

  Turkey's new housing finance system has opened up many new opportunities for investment in the country. By Deniz Pekin and Selin Özbek of Özbek

• Banking reform

  Banking reform

• Building trust in an open market

  Hakan Hanli of Pekin & Pekin outlines Turkey's efforts to reform the banking and finance sector

• Media M&A

  Media M&A

• Alert the media

  Pekin & Pekin outlines the framework for M&A transactions in Turkey's media sector and the country's plans to reduce restrictions on foreign ownership

• Bank mergers

  Bank mergers

• New law regulates bank consolidation

  New legislation outlines the procedures that merging banks must follow. By Ebru Demirhan and Zeynep Lale of Taboglu Ates & Demirhan

• Venture capital

  Venture capital

• Investors venture into Turkey's start-ups

  Venture capital companies have made much progress in the Turkish market since their introduction in 2003. Burcu Sener Sozer and Elif Ates of Taboglu Ates & Demirhan explain how these companies are regulated

• Competition

  Competition

• Turkey clamps down on global deals

  Turkey's Competition Board is placing global M&A transactions under increased scrutiny. By Cüneyt Yüksel and Zeynep Ergun Özeren of YükselKarkinKüçük