Related party transactions in joint stock companies

Special regulations regarding related party transactions aim to prevent the transfer of the assets of the joint stock company to the related parties and thus prevent the exploitation of all the stakeholders of the company by the controlling shareholders and managers. For this purpose, a comprehensive regulation has been introduced in the Capital Markets Law regarding related party transactions and a procedure has been envisaged for some significant transactions. Since the main regulation is contained in the Capital Markets Law, our thesis has been shaped based on this regulation. However, this thesis has not examined the subject only for public companies; it has also examined it in terms of non-public companies, and other regulations in the Turkish Commercial Code and other laws, which can be considered as related party transactions. The thesis consists of four parts. In the first part, the concept of related party transactions is explained in general and the reason for the need for regulations regarding related party transactions is tried to be revealed. In this context, related party transactions have been compared with similar concepts and the regulations in the European Union and various countries have been examined. Finally, the historical process of related party transactions in Turkish law is examined. In the second chapter, the concept of related party and related party transactions as defined in legal regulations is discussed. In the third section, the regulations contained in the Capital Markets Law, the Turkish Commercial Code and some special laws related to related party transactions are examined and the procedural protections provided for related party transactions are explained. In the fourth chapter, the results of unlawful related party transactions are examined and the liability of the related parties is tried to be included.