Official Gazette Publishes Asset Freeze, Tax, Expropriation Decisions
Presidential decrees update UN sanctions list, revise special consumption tax rates, and authorize urgent expropriations for energy projects.
KEY POINTS
- Asset freeze list updated per UN Security Council resolutions (Decision 11821).
- Special consumption tax rates revised for certain goods (Decision 11822).
- ITU Arı Technokent boundaries and coordinates redefined (Decision 11823).
- Urgent expropriations authorized for TPAO energy projects in southeast and Black Sea regions.
- Overseas allowances and contracted personnel regulations updated.
The Official Gazette dated October 1, 2026 published a series of presidential decrees covering sanctions, taxation, technology zones, and energy infrastructure. Decision 11821 amends the list of individuals and entities subject to asset freezes under UN Security Council resolutions 1267, 1988, 1989, and 2253.
Decision 11822 revises special consumption tax (ÖTV) amounts applied to certain goods. Decision 11823 redraws the boundaries and coordinates of the Istanbul Technical University Arı Technokent Technology Development Zone.
Urgent expropriation decisions authorize Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to acquire immovable properties for oil and gas exploration in Adıyaman-Diyarbakır and Batman-Şırnak projects. Additional expropriations were approved for natural gas distribution facilities in Giresun's Tirebolu, Şebinkarahisar, and Alucra districts.
Further decrees update allowances for civil servants on permanent overseas duty and revise travel expense tables. New principles for contracted personnel employment were also published.
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