Natural or legal persons or their legal successors in title who are nationals of any state party to the Paris Convention or if not nationals who are domiciled or have an active business in these states, shall enjoy a right of priority of six months from the date of filing a valid application at the authorized bodies of these states,for the purpose of filing an application for obtaining a registration certificate in Turkey in respect of the same trademark. The owner of the trademark has a time limit of 6 months to use the priority rights after the goods/services are exhibited on an official national or international exhibitions in Turkey or the members of the Paris Convention. The priority rights which are not exercised within 6 months are considered to be void. Regarding to the application of registration date, the protection of the trademark is considered as beginning from the priority date.