Region: Turkey
Alstom liable to consortium partners over Turkish rail project
Switzerland’s highest court has rejected two challenges to an ICC award that requires French transport infrastructure group Alstom to pay over €63 million to its Japanese and Turkish partners for terminating a project to upgrade a commuter rail line in Istanbul.
26 March 2025
LCIA award looms in Ethiopian railway dispute
A Turkish construction company and Ethiopia’s embattled state railway company are awaiting an LCIA award in a dispute reportedly worth US$2.6 billion over a project that was delayed by civil war.
17 December 2024
Maltese investor brings ICSID claim against Turkey
A Maltese company has brought an ICSID claim against Turkey over the alleged expropriation of its interest in a hydropower plant.
28 October 2024
Top Dutch court won’t revisit Turkish metro award
The Dutch Supreme Court has refused to revisit an ICC award that declined jurisdiction over claims brought by a Siemens consortium against the Turkish city of Bursa in relation to the construction of a metro system.
08 July 2024
Darwazeh and Scherer on Americanisation, advocacy and AI
In a fireside chat at GAR Live Istanbul, Nadia Darwazeh and Maxi Scherer discussed the perceived “Americanisation” of international arbitration, how to pick the right arbitrators, tips for effective advocacy and the use of AI.
27 June 2024
German contractor enforces ICC award in Turkey
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the enforcement of a €24.5 million ICC award won by German engineering group Thyssenkrupp against a fertiliser producer.
25 January 2024
Turkey settles uranium mining dispute
Turkey has paid US$3.1 million to a US mining company to settle an ICSID dispute over revoked uranium project licences after defeating the bulk of its claim for damages.
15 December 2023
Construction Arbitration in Turkey
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12 October 2023
Turkish court won’t enforce ICC award after conviction of witness
A court in Istanbul has refused to enforce an ICC award worth over US$600 million in light of findings by a Turkish criminal court that a witness in the arbitration provided false evidence.
06 October 2023