Looking for a lawyer in Şişli?

Our office in Bakırköy follows the files of Şişli residents whichever courthouse the dispute is heard in. About 35 minutes to Bakırköy by the metro with a Marmaray change.

The district where the Çağlayan Courthouse sits; there is heavy court traffic in criminal and commercial files.

What do we handle in Şişli?

Commercial and company law, enforcement and bankruptcy, employment law and compensation law are the headings that stand out in our Şişli files. We take files in other areas of law as well; which court has jurisdiction becomes clear at the first meeting, according to the nature of the dispute.

Main neighbourhoods

We take files from across the district; the neighbourhoods we work in most are Mecidiyeköy, Nişantaşı, Bomonti, Fulya, Esentepe.

How does the meeting work?

You can have the first meeting at our office in Bakırköy in person or by video. If you send your documents digitally beforehand, we complete the preliminary assessment before the meeting and set out the roadmap in a single session.

The district where the Çağlayan Courthouse stands

The Istanbul Courthouse is within the boundaries of Şişli; the files of eight districts on the European side, and the intellectual and industrial property courts, are here. That gives two practical advantages to enquiries from the district.

The first concerns trade mark and design disputes: the presence of the intellectual and industrial property court here makes it possible to lodge quickly the interim injunction that stops sales of a counterfeit. In most files that measure produces a more effective result than the case itself.

The second concerns criminal files: same-day action is possible in matters where hours are decisive, such as custody, questioning and challenges to detention.

In the district’s own file profile, the business centres along the Mecidiyeköy and Bomonti corridor feed employment and commercial debt files, while the retail businesses around Nişantaşı feed disputes over roofed business premises tenancies, transfers of business and the ten-year extension period.

A practical note: In retail businesses, turnover-rent clauses in a lease give rise to disputes when the method of calculation is not clearly written out. What the turnover covers, by which documents it is to be proved, and whether there is a minimum rent, should all be clear in the contract.

Which courthouse will your case be heard in?

Disputes within the boundaries of Şişli are heard at the Istanbul Courthouse (Çağlayan). This site, the central courthouse for the European side, has civil courts of first instance, commercial, family, labour, civil courts of peace, intellectual and industrial property, criminal courts of first instance and serious crime courts, together with the enforcement offices. Because the intellectual and industrial property courts sit here, this courthouse is the single address for trade mark and design disputes on the European side.

Administrative disputes are heard at a separate site, in the Istanbul administrative and tax courts.