About Us
At Çukur & Partners, we embody the Art of Law by combining precision and innovation to deliver strategic Advisory, Regulatory, and Transactional solutions. As a leading full-service business law firm in Turkey, we empower clients with the clarity, confidence, and ingenuity indispensable for thriving in an ever-evolving legal environment.
Çukur & Partners stands as a premier business law firm in Turkey, renowned for our comprehensive national and global reach and distinguished by a legacy of excellence that has flourished for over three decades.
We are trusted advisors and teammates of visionary, trailblazing and creative businesses and people dedicated to realizing their aspirations and making a profound impact.
Çukur & Partners renders an extensive array of award-winning legal solutions, adeptly addressing a broad spectrum of both Turkish and international legal practices and sectors. We deliver sophisticated and practical legal consulting, transactional advisory, and dispute resolution services, with a particular emphasis on corporate and M&A, commercial and international trade, regulatory and compliance, employment and workforce and technology practices.
VALUES AND CULTURE
YOUR TEAMMATE
INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
POSITIVE AND PROACTIVE
SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE
PRACTICES
At Çukur & Partners, we operate as a full-service business law firm, offering a comprehensive suite of high-profile legal services. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, proactive, and agile, ensuring that we adapt swiftly to meet the dynamic needs of our clients in a rapidly evolving business landscape.
SECTORS & INDUSTRIES
We are deeply integrated into the ecosystems of the sectors and industries we serve. Our cross-disciplinary sector groups bring together leading lawyers from across the firm to deliver cutting-edge, innovative, and value-enhancing solutions to our clients.
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
For over three decades, Çukur & Partners has been at the forefront of addressing intricate legal challenges, both within Turkey and internationally, earning our status as trusted advisors to a diverse global clientele. Consistently recognized by prestigious directories like Legal500, IFLR 1000, and Chambers & Partners for the past 15 years, our accolades include the “Law Firm of the Year in Turkey” at The Lawyer European Awards in 2016 and 2017.
Our extensive experience in cross-border matters allows us to adeptly handle sophisticated legal issues, with landmark clients from Europe, North America, and Asia entrusting us with their most critical legal endeavours. Esteemed global and international law firms also rely on Çukur & Partners as their trusted partner in Turkey, confident in our ability to deliver unparalleled expertise and insight for their clients’ most sophisticated transactions, disputes and high-stakes legal matters.
OUR PEOPLE
The team at Çukur & Partners is globally recognized for its forward-thinking expertise and solution-focused approach. Each member of our team is an in-depth expert in their respective practice areas and the industries in which we operate, bolstered by extensive experience and degrees from leading universities worldwide.
Our high-caliber and diverse team underscores our unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, ensuring that we leverage a broad range of perspectives to deliver the most effective legal strategies.
INSIGHTS
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF WORKPLACE CLOSURE ON THE REINSTATEMENT PROCESS?
Purpose and Legal Basis of Reinstatement Actions The principle of job security, which constitutes the legal basis of reinstatement actions,
REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAINING EXPENSES FROM AN EMPLOYEE WHO LEAVES EMPLOYMENT: AN EVALUATION IN LIGHT OF PRECEDENT COURT DECISIONS
Today, many employers allocate budgets to various training programs in order to support the development of their employees and increase
TUBITAK’S CRITERIA FOR CRYPTO ASSET SERVICE PROVIDERS: A NEW ERA IN SECURITY
Introduction The regulatory process concerning the crypto asset market, which has long been discussed in Türkiye, began in 2024 with
EMPLOYER’S OBLIGATION TO PAY ADVANCE WAGES TO EMPLOYEES TAKING ANNUAL PAID LEAVE
Statutory Basis of the Obligation to Pay Wages in Advance Prior to Annual Leave For the purpose of enabling employees
NEWS
Çukur & Partners Ranked Among Main Sponsors of DEU Law Career Workshop 2025
At Çukur & Partners, we remain committed to supporting young colleagues and law students across every platform. As in previous
ICLG Franchise 2026 Turkey Chapter Prepared by Çukur & Partners
Çukur & Partners, with its expertise in commercial law and franchising, has prepared the Turkey chapter of The International Comparative
Çukur & Partners Once Again Ranked Among Turkey’s Leading Law Firms by IFLR1000
Çukur & Partners has once again been ranked among Turkey’s leading law firms by the international independent rating organization IFLR1000
ESIAD 4th Investment Summit: Aviation and Defense Focused Meeting
Çukur & Partners, having been involved since the ideation and organizational processes of the ESIAD Investment Summit, has contributed as
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