Clauses of General Health Insurance Law define the conditions required for an insurance holder’s dependents to benefit from general health insurance. Maternity health benefits are also included within the scope of general health insurance.

One of the top locations for international real estate investments, Turkey is referred among global realtors as ‘the new Spain’.  Just like Spain used to be 5-10 years ago, Turkey offers value property prices with a variety of choices on the Mediterranean coast, rural Anatolia or business districts in the …

In law no 5510, optional insurance is defined as “the insurance which allows the individuals to be subject to long term insurance branches and universal health insurance by paying optional premiums”. As of 01.10.2008, the conditions below apply in order to be optional insurance holder: 1.    Residency in Turkey, 2.   …

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The subjects within the first Fact sheet that Datassist prepared about Social Security and Payroll applications in Turkey are: Social Security Applications in Turkey Employment Law Applications New Employee Registrations Absence Management Tax and Payment Applications Pension Applications Local Information

Although banks and insurance companies have been solid during the financial crisis unlike in Europe and the US, Turkey has been facing major challenges in business: Some businesses filed for bankruptcy, some others laid off employees, some industrial companies ceased production periodically. Both local and foreign businesses have been looking …

Labor Law no 4857 specifies regular working period as 45 hours weekly. Working period may be divided by the working days of the week in different forms. The employment shall be considered as part-time where the regular weekly working period of the employee has been fixed considerably shorter in relation …

Law no 5904 on Amendments to Income Tax Law and Some Other Laws went into effect on 3 July 2009. It is important that the respective taxpayers thoroughly understand the changes to have the utmost benefit and not make mistakes and be penalized. This law mostly deals with tax legislation …

Clauses of Labor Law no 4857 require that “female employees must not be engaged in work for a total period of sixteen weeks, eight weeks before confinement and eight weeks after confinement.” However, a female employee whose health condition is suitable as approved by a physician’s certificate may work at …

Şeyda Aytekin. MESS Chamber Counselor The highly disputed issue of temporary employment relationship still occupies the agenda. As is known, enacted by Turkish Grand National Assembly, article 7/A was included in Labor Law no 4857 with “Law no 5920 on the Amendment of the Unemployment Insurance Law and of the …