What are Turkish lawyers fees?
Turkish lawyer fee represents the amount or value that the legal service is worth. Turkish lawyer fee may be agreed as a certain percentage of the entity or money to be litigated or adjudicated, not to exceed twenty-five percent. Contracts to be made in accordance with Turkish Attorneyship Law may not bear any terms to the effect that part of the non-monetary property and rights under litigation will be owned in kind by a Turkish attorney. No agency fee may be agreed below the minimum Turkish lawyer fee tariff. Cases of accepting a commission free of charge will be reported to the board of directors of the bar association. The minimum Turkish lawyer fee tariff will be applied in lawsuits and cases for which a Turkish lawyer fee has not been agreed and of which the value cannot be measured in terms of money. An amount from five to fifteen percent of the value of the suit on the date of the dispute over Turkish lawyer fee, depending on the outcome of the suit and the amount of work put in by the attorney, will be adjudged as Turkish lawyer fee by an authority having the power to review objections to fees in lawsuits and cases the value of which can be measured in terms of money, the fee thus determined not being less than the minimum Turkish lawyer fee tariff. Turkish lawyer fee to be imposed on the opposite party at the end of the suit depending on the decision and the tariff belongs to Turkish attorney. This fee may not be traded or deducted due to the client being in debt; nor may it be attached.