The 56th session of United Nations Commission On International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) which will be held in Vienna between 3-21 July opened today. İTOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi is attending the meeting as a member of Turkish delegation.

This year, Baku State University (Azerbaijan) launched the first international Summer School on Arbitration. As an educator, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) Arbitration Court Member Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak shared his theoretical and practical knowledge on international arbitration with the participants.

21 June 2023: At the "24th Logistics Services Sectoral Committee Arbitration Webinar" to be held between 15:00-16:30 on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, matters related to the benefits of arbitration, especially the resolution of commercial disputes quickly, effectively, and by expert arbitrators, and the ITOTAM Model Arbitration Clause to be added to the contracts will be touched upon, and the zoom link for the webinar is presented below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89052996935
Meeting ID: 890 5299 6935
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A cooperation protocol has been signed between the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) and the Turkish Bar Association Arbitration Center."

We hope that the e-book on the "Seminar Program on Current Developments in Mediation and Arbitration for the Public Working Group on Arbitration", which was coordinated by General Directorate of Law and Legislation, Directorate of Presidential Administrative Affairs, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye on 07-08 December 2022, and contributed by Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) President of the Court Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez with his article "Brief Introduction of ITOTAM" and ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi with her articles "ITOTAM Med-Arb Rules" and "UNCITRAL's Current Studies of the Working Group II on Arbitration and Dispute Settlement", will be beneficial to the interested parties.
Seminer Kitabı

A webinar on "Arbitration in Construction Disputes" was held in cooperation with the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) and 45th ITO Housing Construction Sectoral Committee. In the webinar, where the opening speech was made by Treasurer of the Executive Board Yakup Köç, the importance of arbitration in construction disputes, the possibility of appointing an emergency arbitrator and the processes were discussed, and it was stated that arbitration is a litigation method that resolves disputes quickly, effectively and by experts in the field. ITOTAM President of the Court Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez and ITOTAM Vice President of the Court Prof. Dr. İlhan Helvacı participated as speakers in the webinar, which was attended by ITO Housing Construction Sectoral Committee members and industry representatives.

The "Arbitration in the 100th Year of the Turkish Republic" Conference was held at the Istanbul Bar Association Conference Hall in cooperation with the Istanbul Bar Association Arbitration Center, Marmara University Faculty of Law, and Özyeğin University. At the conference, developments and current applications related to arbitration were discussed in a broad perspective, and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) Court Member Assoc. Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç gave a presentation on "The Evaluation of the Decision of the Yargıtay (Supreme Court) 11.H.D. on the Extension of Arbitration Period with Implied Will" and ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi presented "UNCITRAL's Current Studies of the Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform".

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Construction and Real Estate Specialty Committee Meeting was held under the chairmanship of Treasurer of the Executive Board Yakup Köç and Board Member Zeki Akbal and the participation of Board Member Münir Üstün. In the meeting, which was attended by Assembly and Committee Members and industry representatives, and contributed by Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (ITOTAM) President of the Court Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez and Court Member Assoc. Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç, a presentation was made by ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center has signed The Equal Representation In Arbitration (ERA) Pledge.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center has signed a partnership agreement with Jus Mundi, one of the most comprehensive digital international law and arbitration resources in the world.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center renewed its subscription to the Kluwer Arbitration database. Established in 1995, Kluwer Law International (KLI) is a publishing house that produces mostly English-language legal resources and is one of the world's leading online databases for accessing international arbitration resources. You can visit our center by making an appointment for your research and access the Kluwer Arbitration database.

The symposium titled "Current Developments in Arbitration and Other Alternative Resolution Methods" organized by the Republic of Turkey Presidency of Administrative Affairs General Directorate of Law and Legislation, was held in Ankara between 2-3 February 2023. President of ITOTAM Arbitration Court Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez chaired the session titled “Arbitration Practices in Certain Legal Disputes”.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and ITOTAM Arbitration Court Member Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç have participated as the Turkish delegation to the 44th meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on the "Reform of the Conflicts Between the Investor and the State of the Investment" held in Vienna on 23-27 January 2023. The Working Group continued its reform work on the investor-State arbitration (ISDS). In this context, "Draft Code of Conduct" and “Appellate Mechanism” matters were discussed.

"ITOTAM-PRIAC: Turkish Czech Arbitration Webinar" was held within the framework of the bilateral cooperation agreement signed between ITOTAM and PRIAC. In the webinar , General features of arbitration in Turkey and Czech Republic, cancellation of arbitration awards, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards subjects were discussed. The desire to develop cooperation between the two institutions was expressed.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi attended the 76th meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) tasked with "Arbitration and Conciliation / Dispute Settlement) Working Group II, which was held in Vienna on 10-14 October 2022, as the Turkish delegation. The Working Group continued its work on legal issues related to the digital economy - resolution of disputes in the digital economy.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı have participated as the Turkish delegation to the 43rd meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on the "Reform of the Conflicts Between the Investor and the State of the Investment" held in Veinna on 5-16 September 2022. The Working Group continued its reform work on the investor-State arbitration (ISDS). In this context, "Draft Code of Conduct" was discussed.

ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi attended the General Assembly meeting of IFCAI, the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions, of which ITOTAM is a member, held in Rome on 8 June.

Pakistani Delegation was hosted in ITOTAM within the framework of “Mainstreaming ADR for Equitable Access to Justice” Project which is organized by Asia Foundation, ADR Center Global ve Akina Consulting.

Within the scope of the "One Day at ITOTAM Project" Istanbul Trade University Law faculty students have visited İTOTAM. ITOTAM's activities and Arbitration and Mediation in Turkey were discussed.

Within the scope of the "One Day at ITOTAM Project" Maltepe University Law faculty students have visited İTOTAM. ITOTAM's activities and Arbitration and Mediation in Turkey were discussed.

Within the scope of the "One Day at ITOTAM Project" the club of Istanbul University Faculty of Law working on Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (DRC) has visited İTOTAM. ITOTAM's activities and Arbitration and Mediation in Turkey were discussed.

The dispute was resolved in accordance with the arbitration rules of ITOTAM at Istanbul Commerce University Moot Court 2022. ITOTAM Council Members Assoc. Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç and Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak acted as the arbitrator in the aforementioned lawsuit competition.

Within the scope of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint project, the Workshop on "Feasibility Research Regarding the Turkish Mediation Law and the Features of the Mediation Proceeding in Turkey was held in Antalya ATGV (Justice Organization Strengthening Foundation) facilities. On behalf of ITOTAM, our Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı participated.

Arbitration Academy held the fourth of the "Current Issues in Arbitration" Webinar series. The topic of "Climate Change and Arbitration Effects" was discussed in the webinar. (https://www.youtube.com/c/tahkimakademisi)

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı attended the 75th meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) tasked with "Arbitration and Conciliation / Dispute Settlement) Working Group II, which was held in New York on 31 March – 1 April 2022, as the Turkish delegation. The Working Group continued its work on legal issues related to the digital economy - resolution of disputes in the digital economy.

23rd Annual IBA Arbitration Day Conference will take place on 24-25 March 2022 at Ciragan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul, Turkey.
https://www.ibanet.org/conference-details/CONF2064

ITOTAM will start the cooperation process by meeting with the Mediation Centers on 24 MARCH 2022 and signing a cooperation protocol within the scope of the "ITOTAM- MED-ARB" project, which was initiated with the support of the Ministry of Justice, General Directorate of Legal Affairs, Mediation Department.

ASCAME’s Arbitration and Mediation experts committee meets to prepare the setting of a key ASCAME project: the Consulate of the Sea – Mediterranean Arbitration & Mediation Center in Barcelona. Our Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi has represented ITOTAM in the meeting.

“Arbitration Summit” was held on Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, between 11:00 and 16:00, at the Aşık Paşa Conference Hall in the South Campus of Istanbul Medeniyet University. ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi made a presentation themed "Arbitration at ITOTAM".
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On the Law+ platform, a webinar called "Hybrid Arbitration Agreements" was held moderated by Research Assistant Süleyman Yasin Zorlu, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 18.00 with the participation of ITOTAM Arbitration Court Member Ebru Şensöz Malkoç.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı have participated as the Turkish delegation to the 42nd meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on the "Reform of the Conflicts Between the Investor and the State of the Investment" held in New York on 14-18 February 2022. The Working Group continued its reform work on the investor-State arbitration (ISDS). In this context, "Draft Code of Conduct" and “Standing Multilateral Mechanism in ISDS Regime” matters were discussed.

In the webinar titled "Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in the Construction Sector from the Perspective of Local Arbitration Institutions" organized by SCL Turkey/Construction Law Association, ITOTAM Arbitration Court Chairman Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez will make a presentation.
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Within the scope of the joint project of the Ministry of Justice and the European Union-Council of Europe "Developing Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in Turkey", the 1st Working Group meeting workshop (webinar zoom) was attended by our Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi.

The Turkish Arbitration Academy hosted the Current Issues in Arbitration 3 webinar. İTOTAM Arbitration Court Member Doç. Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç made her presentation titled “Setting Asiede the Arbitral Awards in International Investment Arbitration” The webinar can be watched on the Academy Youtube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/c/tahkimakademisi

Prof. Dr. Nuray EKŞİ, ILSA Özyeğin Law Club and Özyeğin University Faculty of Law held a conference titled " All Aspects of Arbitration Certification Program " on 11-12 December 2021. ITOTAM Secretary General Atty. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi made a presentation on Arbitration in ITOTAM Practice.
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ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı have participated as the Turkish delegation to the 41th meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on the "Reform of the Conflicts Between the Investor and the State of the Investment" held in Vienna on 15-19 November 2021. The Working Group continued its reform work on the investor-State arbitration (ISDS). In this context, "Draft Code of Conduct" was discussed.

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ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı attended the 74rd meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) tasked with "Arbitration and Conciliation / Dispute Settlement) Working Group II, which was held in Vienna on 27 September - 1 October 2021, as the Turkish delegation. The Working Group continued its work on the preparation the Draft Explanatory Note for the UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration Rules.

The Turkish Arbitration Academy will host its third webinar with distinguished scholar and arbitrator Professor Stavros Brekoulakis on 27th October, 2021 under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak. The webinar will be streamed on the Academy Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/tahkimakademisi).

The Turkish Arbitration Academy hosted its fourth webinar. The webinar can be watched on the Academy Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/tahkimakademisi).

ITOTAM’s case manager Attorney Av. M. Buğrahan Helvacı attended to Council of Europe - Project on Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution In Turkey meeting whose main object is to improve effectiveness of the justice system and Access to justice by providing a faster dispute resolution for citizens, businesses, legal persons and other organisations and institutions. At the meeting, suggestions were made to improve the practice of mediation and arbitration in Turkey.

The Arbitration Academy, which is established with the cooperation of the Presidency of Administrative Affairs, Ibn Haldun University and Istanbul Commerce University, held a webinar moderated by ITOTAM Arbitration Board Member Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak on 22 September, 2021, named “Arbitrating in Times of Covid and Long Lasting Implications” hosting Prof. Julian DM Lew QC. Please click for the video record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1GCXEcIwo

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Hukuk+ Platform held a webinar moderated by Süleyman Yasin Zorlu on August 24, 2021 named “International Arbitration – Arbitration in İTOTAM” hosting our Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi. The video of the webinar may be reached via link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmiSrEYNyCw

Advanced Arbitration Training for Lawyers" conference was held online on 3-4 April 2021 in cooperation with ITOTAM - Istanbul Bar Association Arbitration Center.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı attended the 73rd meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) tasked with "Arbitration and Conciliation / Dispute Resolution) Working Group III, which was held in New York on 22-26 March 2021, as the Turkish delegation. The Working Group continued its work on the preparation of the Draft Rules for the UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration.

ITOTAM Secretary General Att. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Att. M. Buğrahan Helvacı have participated as the Turkish delegation to the 40th meeting of the United Nations International Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL) Working Group III on the "Reform of the Conflicts Between the Investor and the State of the Investment" held in Vienna on 8-12 February 2021. The Working Group continued its reform work on the investor-State arbitration (ISDS). In this context, "appeal mechanism and implementation issues" and "selection and appointment of ISDS court members" were discussed.

Istanbul Chamber Of Commerce Arbitration And Mediation Center (ITOTAM) and Arbitration Center of Istanbul Bar Association (İBTM) shall jointly organise fundamental arbitration education. You may reach to the program of the education using the link below. fundamental arbitration education programme

With the ‘One Day at ITOTAM Project’ which is carried out in collaboration with the Istanbul University’s Dispute Resolution Club (DRC), every week students from the Law Faculty of the Istanbul University will take online courses from ITOTAM. We started with the first group on 25 November, 2020 and discussed issues related to arbitration and mediation in Turkey and in ITOTAM.

The purpose of this agreement is to promote the services of the alternative dispute resolution methods, organize conferences and training activities to develop strategic areas of cooperation, amd to ensure the development of the understanding of arbitration within Yemen&Turkey

ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation the thirty-ninth session of Working Group III (Investor- State Dispute Settlement Reform).The Working Group has continued its work on the possible reform of investor- State dispute settlement (ISDS).

ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation the seventy-second session of Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation / Dispute Settlement). The Working Group has continued its work on the drafting of the Draft Rules for Expedited Arbitration.

ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation to the Resumed 38th session of Working Group III (Investor- State Dispute Settlement Reform).The Working Group has continued its work on the possible reform of investor- State dispute settlement (ISDS).

Turkish Swiss Arbitration Forum" will take place on 18 November 2019 between 09.00-17.10 at Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. The conference is free of charge. Please click here to view the Conference Programme

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ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation to the 38th session of Working Group III (Investor- State Dispute Settlement Reform).The Working Group has continued its work on the possible reform of investor- State dispute settlement (ISDS).

Monetary Aspects of the International Arbitration: Rumors and Realities Conference’ with great participation on September 20, 2019.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Secretary General and Mrs. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç, Arbitration Court Member of ITOTAM attended to the IFCAI General Assembly which took place in Helsinki on 24 May 2019. IFCAI Biennial Conference in an international arbitration conference arranged biennially by the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). The conference is hosted in turns by arbitral institutions that are IFCAI members. http://hiad.fi/helsinki-ifcai-biennial-conference-2019/.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Secretary General and Mrs. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç, Arbitration Court Member of ITOTAM attended to the IFCAI Biennial Conference in Helsinki on 23 May 2019. IFCAI Biennial Conference in an international arbitration conference arranged biennially by the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI). The conference is hosted in turns by arbitral institutions that are IFCAI members. http://hiad.fi/helsinki-ifcai-biennial-conference-2019/.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre (ITOTAM) is happy to be hosting the second ‘Compulsory Mediation in Commercial Disputes and ITOTAM Conference’ on April 17, 2019.

A meeting will be held with the law students from the International Law Students Association (ILSA) on April 12, 2019. During the meeting, Secretary General of ITOTAM Av. Senem Bahcekapılı Vincenzi will inform the participants about the arbitration and mediation services of ITOTAM.

ITOTAM Arbitration Court Member Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak and ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation the thirty-seventh session of Working Group III (Investor- State Dispute Settlement Reform).The Working Group has continued its work on the possible reform of investor- State dispute settlement (ISDS).

President of the ITOTAM Arbitration Court Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez and members of the Arbitration Court Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak and Dr. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç successfully gave the 16-hour Arbitration Training for the students from Istanbul University’s Dispute Resolution Club (DRC).

Member of our arbitration court Prof. Dr. Ali Yeşilırmak paid a visit to TUMSIAD and informed the participants about the arbitration and mediation services of ITOTAM.

With the ‘One Day at ITOTAM Project’ which is carried out in collaboration with the Istanbul University’s Dispute Resolution Club (DRC), every week for 2 months, 4 students from the Law Faculty of the Istanbul University will spend the whole day at ITOTAM. We started with the first group on February 13th, 2019 and discussed issues related to arbitration and mediation in Turkey and in ITOTAM.

During the meeting with Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), President of the Arbitration Court of ITOTAM Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez and Secretary General of ITOTAM Av. Senem Bahcekapılı Vincenzi informed the participants about the arbitration and mediation services of ITOTAM.

Vice President of the ITOTAM Arbitration Court Prof. Dr. İlhan Helvacı Av. Buse Niseoğlu participated the sixty-ninth session of Working Group II (Dispute Settlement); during this session the WG II worked on the issues regarding expedited arbitration.”

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre (ITOTAM) hosted ‘Compulsory Mediation in Commercial Disputes and ITOTAM Conference’ with great participation on January 18, 2019.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Secretary General of ITOTAM participated to the official launch of the Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceeding in International Arbitration.

The new «civil-law» set of rules for taking evidence in international arbitration was officially signed 14th of Deceber 2018 in Prague after 10 years of its drafting.
The opening ceremony organized by Russian Arbitration Association (RAA),Global Arbitration Review (GAR) and The Law Offices of Prof. Dr. Alexander Bělohlávekwas held in a privately owned historical location Martinický palác (Martinic Palace) in the Prague’s old city.
The conference dedicated to the Prague Rules gathered more than 150 arbitration practitioners, experts, and in-house lawyers from world’s top companies and was followed by the official signing ceremony of the Prague Rules signatory book, which will be deposited in Prague.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Secretary General of ITOTAM participated to the official launch of the Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration. 

The new «civil-law» set of rules for taking evidence in international arbitration was officially signed 14th of Deceber 2018 in Prague after 10 years of its drafting.
The opening ceremony organized by Russian Arbitration Association (RAA),Global Arbitration Review (GAR) and The Law Offices of Prof. Dr. Alexander Bělohlávekwas held in a privately owned historical location Martinický palác (Martinic Palace) in the Prague’s old city.
The conference dedicated to the Prague Rules gathered more than 150 arbitration practitioners, experts, and in-house lawyers from world’s top companies and was followed by the official signing ceremony of the Prague Rules signatory book, which will be deposited in Prague.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Secretary General of ITOTAM participated as Turkish delegation the thirty-sixth session of Working Group III working in the field of Investor- State Dispute Settlement Reform.

Mrs. Senem Bahçekapıl Vincenzi, Secretary General of ITOTAM attended to the IFCAI General Assembly which took in Rome on Monday, October 8, 2018.

Please click here to view the Draft Prague Rules Inquisitorial Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (The Prague Rules).

Please click here to view ITOTAM Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Av. Buse Niseoğlu’s Article.

European Arbitration Chamber delegation visited our institution on April 3, 2018. During the visit, the current issues in Turkish Arbitration Law and practices of ITOTAM have been discussed.

Due to the great interest of the Dispute Resolution Club of Istanbul University, ‘Arbitration and Mediation at ITOTAM Seminar’ took place on March 29, 2018. ITOTAM Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Av. Buse Niseoğlu explained ITOTAM Arbitration and Mediation Rules along with their experiences in the field.

On March 23, 2018, the seventh meeting of ISPRAMED took place at Milano with participations of ITOTAM Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi and Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Legal Counsel Prof. Dr. Ergun Özsunay representing ITOTAM, Stefano Azzali representing Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), Dr. İsmail Selim representing Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), Salah Dhibi representing Tunis Arbitration Centre, Hicham Zegrary representing Casablanca Arbitration and Mediation Centre (CIMAC), ISPRAMED Network Coordinator Charless Jarosson, ISPRAMED Network Advisor Valentina Renna and Lorena Martignoni representing ISPRAMED. During the meeting, the subject of ‘Timing in Arbitration’ and related issues were discussed.

With the appointments from the professional committees of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, a group of committee members have been selected to be trained as Mediation Experts. The training took place at Istanbul Commerce University between 22-24 March 2018.

ITOTAM entered into new cooperation agreement with Russian Arbitration Association (RAA). The institutions signed a cooperation agreement on 17 November 2017. This cooperation will provide convenience in respect of commercial relationships between Russian and Turkish companies and promote arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in both countries.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre (ITOTAM) will be hosting ITOTAM Istanbul Arbitration Days Contemporary Topics in and Future of Arbitration on 17 November 2017.
The conference will take place at the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Please click here to view the program.

Av. Buse Niseoğlu participated the sixty-seventh session of Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation); during this session the WG II worked on the issues regarding “Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Conciliation Proceedings”.

We are proud to announce that our arbitration centre became a member of IFCAI (International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions). The membership will enable us to receive more international recognition and cooperate with other arbitration centres in a wider sense.

In the previous years ITOTAM has established cooperation with the Institute for the Promotion of Arbitration and Mediation in the Mediterranean (ISPRAMED), the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan (Camera Arbitrale Milano), Pakistan National Centre for Dispute Resolution (NCDR). Recently, we have also established cooperation with Iran Arbitration Centre (ACIC). This cooperation will provide convenience in respect of commercial relationships between Iranian and Turkish businessmen and enterprises and promote arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in both countries.

Researchers who are interested in arbitration law are most welcome to gain free access to Kluwer Arbitration’s database. For further information, please contact ITOTAM Secretariat.

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Third International Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration was successfully held in cooperation with UNCITRAL, OECD and ISPRAMED at Milan, Italy on January 17, 2017.

As part of the ELSA Istanbul Lawyers at Work Organisation, ITOTAM Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi explained ITOTAM Arbitration Rules along with her experiences in the field at Istanbul Chamber of Commerce on December 15, 2016.

ITOTAM Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi explained ITOTAM Arbitration Rules along with her experiences in the field at Yeditepe University on October 12, 2016.

New books arrived to our library:

List of Newly Arrived Books.

11 July 2016 ISPRAMED VI.Meeting;(The Institute For the Promotion of Arbitration and Mediation In the Mediterranean)

On July 11 2016, the sixth Meeting of the Network of the Mediterranean Arbitration Centres took place through conference call.
Participants:
- Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), Egypt
- Stefano Azzali, Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), Italy
- Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre (ITOTAM), Turkey
- Mohamed Ourdedine, Moroccan Arbitration Court, Morocco
- Charles Jarrosson, ISPRAMED’s Network Coordinator, France
- Lorena Martignoni, ISPRAMED, Italy
- Valentina Renna, ISPRAMED’s Advisor for the Network, Italy

Please be informed that the first two Reports shared by the Centres namely; "Report on the Criteria for Selection of Arbitrators" and "Report on Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators" have been published on three reputed arbitration Reviews as; Revue de l’Arbitrage, the Journal of Arab Arbitration and Rivista dell’Arbitrato.

Reports :
Final Report on Independence
Final Report on Selection of Arbitrators

İTOTAM starts to organize "Istanbul Arbitration Days Conferences".
Istanbul Arbitration Days 2016 (1)- Recent Developments in Arbitration" conference will be held on 3 June 2016 at the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.
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ITOTAM Secretary General Mrs. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi will make presentation on "Why ITOTAM Arbitration Rules for Sports Disputes?" for the conference on "Recent Problems on Sports Law" to be held in Yeditepe University Law Faculty on 30 April 2016.

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Please be informed of the upcoming ICC-FIDIC Conference on International Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution, taking place in Istanbul on 29-30 March 2016.
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Members of the ITOTAM Arbitration Court; Prof. Hakan Pekcanıtez (President), Prof. İlhan Helvacı (Vice-President) and Assoc. Prof. Ali Yeşilırmak, will make presentations about ITOTAM Arbitration Rules and other arbitration law issues for the conference organized by the Istanbul Bar Association to be held on 19 March 2016 on "Domestic and International Arbitration Law and Case Studies of Other Jurisdictions".
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ITOTAM and National Centre for Dispute Resolution (NCDR) as of February 2016 have signed a cooperation agreement on arbitration and mediation to establish cooperation for the purpose of offering Pakistani businesses operating in Turkey, and vice versa, a forum to solve their disputes arising of commercial transactions, by using both institutions arbitration centers.
NCDR Website

ITOTAM Vice-President Prof. İlhan Helvacı and Secretary General Av. Senem Bahçekapılı Vincenzi participated as Turkish delegation to the sixty- fourth session of Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) held in New York on 1-5 February 2016.

UNCITRAL web-site: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/2Arbitration.html

KluwerArbitration.com is the world's leading online resource for international arbitration research. You can have access to the Kluwer Arbitration web site by visiting ITOTAM library in our headquartes.

Kluwer Arbitration

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Participated the sixty-third session of Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation).During this session the WG II worked on the issues of “Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Conciliation Proceedings”.

Participated the forty-eight session of the Commission. The Commission considered the draft of the revised the “UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings”.

13.30 – 14.00 Registration
14.00 –14.10 Welcome and Opening Greetings
Murat Kalsım, Vice- President of Executive Board of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Istanbul
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hakan Pekcanıtez, Galatasaray University , ITOTAM President of Arbitration Court
14:10-14:20 Nimet Baş, Attorney At Law, ITOTAM Arbitration Court Member
14:20-14:40 Prof. Dr. Ergun Özsunay, Istanbul University (Em), Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Legal Advisor
“Development of Arbitration in Turkey”
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9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 –10.20 Welcome and Opening Greetings
Hasan Erkesim, Executive Board Member of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Istanbul
Włodzimierz Brych - President of the Court of Arnitration at Nowy Tomyśl Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of Polish Association for Arbitration and Mediation
Session I
Chairman: Prof. Mykola Selivon, President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court and Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce

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Attended to the International Conference for a Euro- Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration.

Attended to the conference organized in collaboration with ISPRAMED : “The arbitrator’s Selection: The Key to an Efficient Proceedings”.

Attended to the V. ISPRAMED’s Network Meeting.