Anonim Ortaklıkta Pay Sahibinin Bilgi Alma ve İnceleme Hakkı
Özet
At the general meeting, any shareholder of a joint stock company is entitled to information
from the board of directors on the affairs of the company and from the external auditors
on the methods and results of their audit. Also the company ledgers and business
correspondence, limited to the parts about the question may be inspected only with the
express authorisation of the general meeting or by resolution of the board of directors. It
may be refused where providing it would jeopardise the company’s trade secrets or other
interests warranting protection.
If the request for information and examination is left unanswered, unfairly rejected,
postponed or if the shareholder is unable to obtain information as regulated in the law, it
is also possible to exercise the right through a lawsuit to be filed.
Our study consists of four parts. In the first part, the general characteristics of the right to
information and examination and the way it is regulated in comparative law; in the second
part, the principles affecting the right and the purpose of regulation of the right; the
exercise of the right to receive and review information and the limits of the right in the
third part; In the fourth and last chapter, the legal consequences of the violation of the
right are discussed.
