Guides
Short, sourced answers on researching Turkish law with AI, working with case files and searching the decisions of Turkish courts and regulators.
AI and case files
- How to connect Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini to Turkish law sources (MCP, 2026)Connect Claude, ChatGPT (Codex) and Gemini (Antigravity) via MCP to Turkish Court of Cassation, Council of State and Constitutional Court decisions, legislation and the Official Gazette.
- AI hallucinations: how to verify fake Turkish court citationsWhat an AI hallucination is, why ChatGPT or Claude invents Turkish court decisions and citations, and how to verify them before filing: a three-step check and a real search example.
- How to download UYAP case files to your computer and have AI read themDownload case documents from Turkey’s UYAP Lawyer Portal and read them with folder-aware AI apps like Claude Code, Codex or Antigravity: steps, readable files, data flow and access risk.
- Researching Turkish legal scholarship with AI: DergiPark, TR Dizin and YÖK TezHave your AI search Turkish law journal articles and theses: setting up free, open-source skills for DergiPark, TR Dizin and YÖK Tez, what each needs, and a real search example.
Regulator decisions
- How to search Turkish Competition Board (Rekabet Kurulu) decisionsHow to search Turkish Competition Board decisions on the Authority’s website and with your AI assistant: decision types, filters, reading them with court rulings, and a real search example.
- How to search Turkish tax rulings (GİB özelge)Where and how to search Turkish tax rulings (özelge) of the Revenue Administration (GİB): the site’s filters, searching with your AI assistant, a real example and whom a ruling binds.
- How to search Turkish Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) decisionsSearch Turkish Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) General Assembly, Board of Appeals and Chamber decisions on its website and with your AI assistant, plus a real phrase-search pitfall.
- How to search Turkish Public Procurement Board (Kamu İhale Kurulu, KİK) decisionsSearch Turkish Public Procurement Board (KİK) decisions on EKAP and with AI: dispute, regulatory and court decisions, decision-number letters and a worked search on abnormally low tenders.
- How to search Turkish Ombudsman Institution (Kamu Denetçiliği Kurumu, KDK) decisionsSearch Turkish Ombudsman Institution (KDK) recommendation and rejection decisions in its Decisions Database and with your AI assistant: subject filter, application number and a real search.
- How to search Turkish Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (Uyuşmazlık Mahkemesi) decisionsSearch Turkish Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (Uyuşmazlık Mahkemesi) decisions by content, docket and decision number, with a real jurisdiction-dispute search run through an AI assistant.
- How to search Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK) Board decisionsWhere and how to search Turkish Data Protection Board (KVKK) decisions, principle decisions and summaries: the Authority’s lists, AI-assisted search, a cookie example and how to appeal.
- How to search Turkish banking regulator (BDDK) Board decisionsTurkish banking regulator (BDDK/BRSA) Board decisions: separate lists of decisions published and not published in the Official Gazette, AI search, a credit card example and the route to court.
- How to search Turkish telecom regulator (BTK) Board decisionsWhere and how to search Turkish telecom regulator (BTK) Board decisions: title, number, date and department fields, AI-assisted search, a real sanction example and judicial review.
- How to search Turkish Insurance Arbitration Commission (Sigorta Tahkim Komisyonu) decisionsTurkish Insurance Arbitration Commission decisions are published in quarterly PDF issues of the Hakem Karar Dergisi. How to search inside them, plus objection and appeal limits.
- How to search Turkish Advertising Board (Reklam Kurulu) decisionsTurkish Advertising Board decisions appear as one bulletin per meeting on the Ministry of Trade site. How to find bulletins, search inside them and check the deadline for a judicial challenge.
- How to search Capital Markets Board of Turkey (SPK) principle decisions and bulletinsSPK principle decisions and guidelines are in the Capital Markets Legislation System; bulletins are on spk.gov.tr. How to search decisions, bulletins and guidelines and check what is in force.
- How to search Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Disciplinary Board decisionsTBB Disciplinary Board decisions are searchable on barobirlik.org.tr from 2005 by year, subject, docket and decision number. An advertising ban example, objection period and finality.
- How to search Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) Board decisionsWhere Turkish energy regulator EPDK publishes Board decisions for electricity, natural gas, petroleum and LPG, how to search them, and a real search of unlicensed generation decisions.
- How to search Turkish Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) disciplinary and principle decisionsWhere Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) publishes disciplinary and principle decisions, why disciplinary decisions omit dates and numbers, and how to search the texts with AI.
- How to search Central Registry Istanbul (MKK) regulations and in-house directivesWhere Central Registry Istanbul (MKK), Turkey’s central securities depository, publishes its regulations and directives, how to search their full text, and a crypto asset example.
- How to search Borsa Istanbul directives and proceduresWhere Borsa Istanbul publishes its directives, procedures and policies, how to search their full text, what the status field and list date mean, and a real search on short selling.
- How to search Turkish Capital Markets Association (TSPB) circulars and Association rulesHow to search circulars, general letters and rules of the Turkish Capital Markets Association (TSPB): the site’s lists, full-text search by date range, and the status field’s limits.