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  <title>Implementing Turkish Arbitration in North Macedonia: Statutory Convergence, Institutional Design, and an Incremental Reform Roadmap</title>
  <slug>implementing-turkish-arbitration-in-north-macedonia-statutory-convergence-institutional-design-and-an-incremental-reform-roadmap</slug>
  <parent>
    <title>Volume 7, Issue 2</title>
  </parent>
  <post_type>
    <title>Research Article</title>
  </post_type>
  <year>2026</year>
  <volume>7</volume>
  <content><![CDATA[The globalization of commerce has increased the importance of effective, 
predictable, and internationally respected mechanisms for resolving 
disputes. Arbitration, particularly international arbitration, has become 
a pivotal and attractive feature of transnational business regulation, 
given its flexibility, neutrality, and the ability, under widely adopted 
international treaties, such as the New York Convention of 1958, to 
gain quick and effective enforcement of arbitral awards. While many 
countries, including North Macedonia and Türkiye, have modernized 
their arbitration laws by adopting provisions from the UNCITRAL 
Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, differing levels 
of institutional development and variations in legal traditions tend to 
produce significant disparities in arbitration performance and capacity in 
emerging legal systems (International Arbitration Law No. 4686, 2001, 
Art. 4). This article considers the potential benefits, as well as possible 
pitfalls, of selectively borrowing elements of the Turkish arbitration 
system for application in North Macedonia, suggesting that a progressive 
process of legal harmonization and gradual institutional development is 
preferable to wholesale transplantation (New York Convention, 1958, 
Art. V). The Turkish experience is worthy of close examination, given 
Türkiye’s unique history of legal development, civil law tradition, and 
position as a gateway between Europe and Asia, all of which offer 
promising parallels for the fast-changing market-oriented legal system 
of North Macedonia. Drawing on comparative law methodology, theories 
of institutional development, and concepts of policy sequencing, this 
paper assesses how improvements in arbitration practice and law may 
contribute to greater court efficiency, foreign direct investment, and 
regional economic integration in the Western Balkans, ultimately proposing a comprehensive reform strategy based on legal harmonization, 
institutional education, and professional community building (Law on 
International Commercial Arbitration, 2006, art. 10).&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content>
  <references />
  <keywords>Modern Law, international arbitration, Turkish Arbitration, Law, North Macedonia</keywords>
  <date>2026-10-26</date>
  <url>https://jlp.ibupress.com/articles/implementing-turkish-arbitration-in-north-macedonia-statutory-convergence-institutional-design-and-an-incremental-reform-roadmap</url>
  <issue>2</issue>
  <pages>157-172</pages>
  <doi>10.69648/YURW2654</doi>
  <language>en</language>
  <license>CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</license>
  <license_url>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/</license_url>
  <pdf>https://jlp.ibupress.com/file/IdrHhZBDNJz/jlp-7-2-11-isildak.pdf</pdf>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <first_name>Muratcan</first_name>
      <last_name>Işıldak</last_name>
      <affiliation>International Balkan University</affiliation>
      <country>North Macedonia</country>
      <orcid>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8156-4371</orcid>
      <ror>https://ror.org/00ghx1590</ror>
      <corresponding>true</corresponding>
    </author>
  </authors>
  <journal>
    <title>Journal of Law And Politics</title>
    <issn>2671-342X</issn>
    <eissn>2671-3438</eissn>
    <publisher>Balkan University Press</publisher>
    <url>https://jlp.ibupress.com</url>
  </journal>
</article>