Official Gazette

The Turkish government has reorganized the subsidies allocated to group-A tourism operators bringing in tourists on flights and cruise ships, according to two separate cabinet decrees published in the Official Gazette on March 13.

A law aiming to cut red tape and boost investments in Turkey has gone into effect after being published in the Official Gazette on March 10.

A top defense industry authority has been tied to the Turkish presidency with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette on Dec. 24.

Turkey banned television dating shows with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette on April 29. 

Ankara declared a state of emergency after the July 15, 2016 military coup attempt, widely believed to have been orchestrated by the movement of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, and has been issuing decrees ever since.

A number of estates and "urgently needed" land will be expropriated for the construction of Istanbul's third bridge across the Bosphorus.