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}\n  .eq-turkcis .cta-inner { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 768px) {\n  .eq-turkcis section { padding: 60px 0; }\n  .eq-turkcis .hero { padding: 60px 0; }\n  .eq-turkcis .services-grid,\n  .eq-turkcis .edge-grid,\n  .eq-turkcis .region-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n  .eq-turkcis .container { width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 32px)); }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"eq-turkcis\">\n\n<!-- HERO -->\n<header class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"container hero-content\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">Turkish &amp; CIS Contractors<\/div>\n      <h1>FIDIC claims and <em>arbitration support<\/em> for Turkish &amp; CIS contractors<\/h1>\n      <p class=\"hero-copy\">Independent delay, quantum and FIDIC advisory for Turkish and CIS contractors on international projects \u2014 from claim preparation and DAAB proceedings to expert evidence in ICC and LCIA arbitration. Advice delivered in English, Turkish and Russian, with direct experience of the T\u00fcrkiye\u2013London arbitration corridor.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"hero-actions\">\n        <a href=\"\/contact\" class=\"btn-primary\">Discuss Your Matter<\/a>\n        <a href=\"\/expert-services-2\/\" class=\"btn-ghost\">Expert Services<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <aside class=\"hero-card\">\n      <div class=\"hero-card-label\">Why it matters<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hero-card-grid\">\n        <div class=\"metric\"><strong>ICC<\/strong><span>Turkish parties among the most active<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"metric\"><strong>London<\/strong><span>2nd most-chosen arbitral seat worldwide<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"metric\"><strong>EN\u00b7TR\u00b7RU<\/strong><span>Advice in three working languages<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"metric\"><strong>FIDIC<\/strong><span>Red, Yellow, Silver &amp; Pink Books<\/span><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<!-- OVERVIEW -->\n<section class=\"overview\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Overview<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">A dedicated practice for<br><em>Turkish and CIS parties<\/em><\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"overview-grid\">\n      <div class=\"panel\">\n        <p>Turkish and CIS contractors are among the most internationally active in the world, delivering major infrastructure, transport, power and process projects across the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and beyond. A large share of these projects are governed by FIDIC forms of contract and provide for ICC or LCIA arbitration \u2014 which is precisely where disputes concentrate.<\/p>\n        <p>Equitas provides claims, delay, quantum and FIDIC advisory services built around the realities these parties face: strict FIDIC notice and time-bar requirements, the interaction between the contract and the governing law, and the practical demands of arbitration seated in London and other international forums. We work directly in English, Turkish and Russian.<\/p>\n        <p>The result is advisory support that closes the gap between contractual entitlement and the way a claim must ultimately be presented, evidenced and defended before a dispute board or tribunal.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"quote-panel\">\n        <span class=\"label\">The Corridor<\/span>\n        <blockquote>&#8220;If T\u00fcrkiye supplies a significant share of the parties, London continues to supply a significant share of the forum.&#8221;<\/blockquote>\n        <p>The T\u00fcrkiye\u2013London arbitration corridor is a defining feature of international construction disputes. Equitas works at both ends of it \u2014 the FIDIC contract on the project, and the ICC or LCIA proceedings that follow.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- SERVICES -->\n<section class=\"services\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">How We Help<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Support across the<br><em>full dispute lifecycle<\/em><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"section-intro\">From the first notice on site through to expert evidence at the hearing, tailored to the FIDIC framework and the international forums Turkish and CIS parties use most.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"services-grid\">\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">N<\/div>\n        <h3>FIDIC Notices &amp; Time-Bar<\/h3>\n        <p>Advice on Sub-Clause 20.2 notices, extension of time claims and the strict procedural requirements that FIDIC \u2014 and Turkish courts interpreting it \u2014 apply to time-bar and entitlement. Getting the notice right is often decisive.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">D<\/div>\n        <h3>Delay &amp; Quantum Analysis<\/h3>\n        <p>Programme and quantum analysis for prolongation, disruption, acceleration and loss and expense \u2014 using time impact, impacted as-planned and collapsed as-built methods appropriate to the records and the forum.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">B<\/div>\n        <h3>DAAB &amp; Dispute Boards<\/h3>\n        <p>Preparation and presentation of referrals to the Dispute Adjudication\/Avoidance Board, and support through the DAB stage that FIDIC requires before ICC arbitration can proceed.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">A<\/div>\n        <h3>ICC &amp; LCIA Arbitration<\/h3>\n        <p>Claims consultancy and expert support for arbitration seated in London and other international centres \u2014 the forums Turkish and CIS parties select most for FIDIC construction disputes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">E<\/div>\n        <h3>Expert Witness Services<\/h3>\n        <p>Independent delay and quantum expert reports and oral evidence, with experience of cross-examination and concurrent evidence before international tribunals.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"service-card\">\n        <div class=\"service-icon\">R<\/div>\n        <h3>Advice in Turkish &amp; Russian<\/h3>\n        <p>Direct working capability in English, Turkish and Russian \u2014 so entitlement, strategy and evidence can be discussed without translation loss between the project team and the dispute forum.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- EDGE -->\n<section class=\"edge\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Why Equitas<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Built for this niche \u2014<br><em>not adapted to it<\/em><\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"edge-grid\">\n      <div class=\"edge-item\">\n        <div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n        <h3>The right languages<\/h3>\n        <p>Entitlement and evidence discussed directly in English, Turkish and Russian. Nuance in the contract and the contemporaneous record is not lost between the project team and the tribunal.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"edge-item\">\n        <div class=\"num\">02<\/div>\n        <h3>FIDIC at the core<\/h3>\n        <p>Specialist command of the FIDIC suite \u2014 Red, Yellow, Silver and Pink Books \u2014 and the notice, determination and dispute-board machinery that governs how claims succeed or fail.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"edge-item\">\n        <div class=\"num\">03<\/div>\n        <h3>The forums you use<\/h3>\n        <p>Direct experience of ICC, LCIA, DIAC and ISTAC proceedings \u2014 the institutions Turkish and CIS parties select most for international construction disputes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"edge-item\">\n        <div class=\"num\">04<\/div>\n        <h3>Independent and defensible<\/h3>\n        <p>Analysis grounded in what the evidence can properly sustain \u2014 the standard that matters when a position is tested under cross-examination before a dispute board or tribunal.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- REGIONS -->\n<section class=\"regions\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"eyebrow\">Geographic Reach<\/div>\n    <h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-top:1rem;\">Where Turkish &amp; CIS<br><em>contractors operate<\/em><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"section-intro\">Advisory and dispute experience across the regions where Turkish and CIS contractors deliver major FIDIC projects.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"region-list\">\n      <div class=\"region\">\n        <h3>CIS Region<\/h3>\n        <p>Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan \u2014 cross-border project and dispute environments, with advice available directly in Russian.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"region\">\n        <h3>Middle East<\/h3>\n        <p>GCC and surrounding markets, where Turkish contractors deliver major infrastructure, power and process projects under FIDIC and DIAC\/DIFC forums.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"region\">\n        <h3>Africa<\/h3>\n        <p>Infrastructure and development projects across multiple African jurisdictions, frequently financed by international development banks under FIDIC MDB terms.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- LANGUAGE -->\n<div class=\"language\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"language-inner\">\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:var(--terra-light);margin-bottom:1rem;\">Working Languages<\/div>\n        <h2>One practice, <em>three languages<\/em><\/h2>\n        <p>Construction disputes are won or lost on precision. 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Turkish parties have long favoured established institutions such as the ICC and LCIA, and the United Kingdom \u2014 London in particular \u2014 is one of the most frequently selected seats for international arbitration. The combination makes the T\u00fcrkiye\u2013London corridor a natural home for these disputes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"faq-item\">\n        <h3>How strict are FIDIC time-bar and notice requirements for extension of time claims?<\/h3>\n        <p>Very. FIDIC sets out procedural steps that must be followed for a contractor to preserve entitlement, and both the contract and the courts interpreting it tend to apply these requirements strictly. Turkish courts, for example, have treated FIDIC extension-of-time procedures as conditions that must be complied with precisely. In practice, a well-founded claim can be lost on a missed or defective notice \u2014 which is why early advice on Sub-Clause 20 matters so much.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"faq-item\">\n        <h3>Do you provide advice in Turkish and Russian?<\/h3>\n        <p>Yes. Equitas works directly in English, Turkish and Russian. This means the contract, the contemporaneous project record and the strategy can be discussed in the language the project was delivered in, without the loss of nuance that comes from translating technical and legal material more than once.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"faq-item\">\n        <h3>Can you act as an independent delay or quantum expert in an international arbitration?<\/h3>\n        <p>Yes. Equitas provides independent delay and quantum expert services for arbitration, adjudication and litigation, including expert reports and oral evidence. 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