Since 2006, Eker Law Firm has recovered receivables for clients ranging from banks and residential complex managements to businesses and individuals, and has provided litigation and advisory services in commercial, consumer, inheritance, real estate, employment and family law.
Eker Law Firm was founded in 2006 by Attorney Zeyneb Sümeyye Eker. Since then it has served thousands of clients. Our core focus is enforcement and bankruptcy law and corporate debt recovery. Commercial, consumer, inheritance, real estate, employment and family law are our other main practice areas.
We run bulk enforcement proceedings with reporting for banks, financial institutions, residential complex managements and businesses, and we provide ongoing legal counsel to companies. Our office also offers mediation, an effective route in the mandatory mediation process for employment and commercial disputes.
“In pursuing your rights, what matters is not so much what you tell us as how we present it.”
For banks, financial institutions, residential complex managements, manufacturers, wholesalers and landlords, we run enforcement proceedings, objections and attachments through the UYAP system and report on every file regularly.
We review the contract, invoice, check, promissory note or account statement on which the receivable is based. We assess the statute of limitations, jurisdiction, interest and the appropriate type of proceedings, and we share our initial opinion on collectability in writing.
Where the chances of collection are high, we first demand payment through a formal notice served by a notary public or a written warning. At this stage, the goal is to collect without incurring costs by offering a payment plan or a restructuring.
Depending on the nature of the receivable, we initiate enforcement proceedings without a court judgment, enforcement based on negotiable instruments, or enforcement based on a court judgment. Service of the payment order, objection periods and asset searches on the debtor are monitored regularly through UYAP.
If the debtor objects to the proceedings, we file an action for annulment of objection or apply for removal of objection. Negative declaratory actions, third-party ownership claims and actions for annulment of fraudulent disposition are handled by the same team.
Our core focus is enforcement and corporate debt recovery. Commercial, consumer, inheritance, real estate, employment and family law are our other main areas.
All practice areasEnforcement with or without a judgment and on negotiable instruments, attachment and sale, objections, fraudulent disposition, concordat and bankruptcy.
Commercial receivables and annulment of objection, corporate advisory, shareholder disputes, commercial contracts and concordat proceedings.
Consumer arbitration committee and consumer court proceedings, defective goods and services, loan and card disputes, and collections for sellers and providers.
Certificates of inheritance, renunciation of inheritance, actions for reduction, collusive transfers by the deceased, wills and partition actions.
Flat-for-land construction contracts, annulment and re-registration of title deeds, expropriation, and rent and eviction disputes.
Severance pay and notice pay, reinstatement lawsuits, overtime claims, workplace harassment (mobbing) and advisory services for employers.
All family law disputes, including divorce, custody, alimony, the matrimonial property regime and domestic violence measures, handled with care for privacy.
Tax, administrative, insurance, health, trademark and patent, foreigners law and more.
Contact us for mandatory mediation in employment and commercial disputes and for all other mediation matters. Since January 1, 2018, applying to a mediator has been a precondition for filing suit in employee and employer disputes.
Mediation is an alternative way to resolve disputes through negotiation with a neutral, qualified mediator chosen by the parties, without going to court.
ReadMandatory mediation in employee and employer disputes, a precondition to filing suit since January 1, 2018, and frequently asked questions.
ReadSavings in time and cost, confidentiality and party control over the process: the advantages of mediation and the precondition to filing suit.
ReadThe stages of the mediation process, from the application to the settlement agreement.
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She graduated third in her class from Atatürk University Faculty of Law in 2005. After completing her legal traineeship she began practicing as an attorney registered with the Istanbul Bar Association and founded Eker Law Firm in 2006.
She holds a master's degree from Galatasaray University and speaks advanced French. She has attended seminars and worked on family law in particular, as well as on preventing child abuse and violence against women.
info@ekerhukukburosu.com
How many days do you have to object to a payment order, where and how is it filed, and does it halt proceedings? Consequences for creditors and debtors.
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Read moreNote the date you received the payment order and do not miss the deadlines. The objection period is seven days in proceedings without a court judgment and five days in proceedings based on checks and promissory notes. If you accept the debt, consult an attorney about paying or arranging installments. If you do not, consult an attorney about objecting. For files handled by our firm, a detailed guide is available on our Enforcement Department page.
Once we receive the list of receivables and supporting documents, we assess the collectability of each file. The formal notice, enforcement proceedings, objection litigation and attachment stages are all handled by a single team. The process is shared with you through regular reports. For details, please see our Corporate Debt Recovery page.
In the case of unfair termination, you may claim reinstatement, severance pay and notice pay, as well as unpaid overtime, annual leave pay and pay for national holidays. For employee claims, applying to a mediator before filing suit is mandatory, and our firm handles this process.
A divorce case is filed at the family court where either spouse resides or where the spouses lived together for the last six months before filing. The litigation strategy matters for alimony, custody and property division claims, so we recommend meeting with us before you file.
At the first meeting we listen to your case and explain your legal position and the way forward clearly.