Article 12
(1) Natural or legal entities or their successors in title who are nationals of one of the states that are party to Paris Convention or Agreement Establishing World Trade Organization or those who are domiciled or has an active commercial enterprise therein although they are not nationals thereof, shall enjoy priority right for applying in Turkey within six months following the date of application they duly filed, for a trademark registration of the identical trademark and identical goods or services to competent authorities, in one of those states within the scope of the provisions of Paris Convention. Priority rights which are not used within this period shall be forfeited. It is mandatory to get a document of priority right from the competent authority of the state to which the first application was filed in order to enjoy the priority right.
(2) The natural or legal entities or their successors in title set out in the first paragraph shall enjoy the priority right within the framework of the rules set out in the first paragraph based on the trademark application they duly filed in a state which is not a party to Paris Convention and the Agreement Establishing World Trade Organization.
(3) Natural or legal entities set out in the Article 3, who display under the trademark
the goods or services for which the trademark is applied for, at national or international exhibitions in Turkey or official or officially recognized exhibitions in the countries which are parties to Paris Convention or Agreement Establishing World Trade Organization and who presents the certified reproduction of the trademark, shall enjoy the priority right in filing application for registration of the identical trademark in Turkey within six months following the display in the exhibition.
(4) If the goods or services for which trademark specified in the application will be used have been displayed along with the trademark in a visible way in the exhibition before the official opening date, the period of priority right shall commence from the date when the goods are put on the exhibition or the services are displayed.
(5) If more than one application has been filed in terms of goods or services displayed in any exhibition, the first person who displays these goods or services shall benefit from the priority right and if goods or services are displayed at the same time, the person who filed the first application shall benefit from the priority right.
(6) If an application is filed on the basis of priority right, applications filed by third parties after the priority date and which cover identical or indistinguishably similar trademarks with identical or similar goods or services shall be refused.