Business in Turkey

Latest Attempt for Establishing Severance Fund in Turkey

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Arguments over severance payment system have a long background in Turkey; and it still constitutes the most controversial issue between labor and employer representatives. Starting from 1975 a severance payment fund, intended to reconstruct the still prevailing system, occupied the agenda during the last 42 years. When the Labor Law …

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Prohibited Occupation for Foreigners in Turkey

As a general rule, foreigners are obliged to get a work permit to work dependently or independently in Turkey. However, some occupations and professions are prohibited to foreigners, and can only be performed by Turkish citizens. This ban is arranged in the special laws of the related professions. According to …

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Unpaid Leave in Turkish Law – Case Study

Unpaid leaves are not clearly defined and arranged in Turkish legislation. An employee may sometimes be in need of taking a day or two off for various and quite understandable reasons, such as sickness of family members, and for other innumerable cases require employee to attend outside of workplace within …

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Fact Sheet 2017

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Datassist, Turkey’s leading payroll company introduces “Turkey Fact Sheet, A Guideline for Foreign Employers” prepared to provide “must to know facts” about labor law and legislation as well as basics of payroll. As a foreign employee or an executive doing business in Turkey, it goes without saying that you have …

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Minimum Living Allowance in Alimony Cases

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A divorced spouse who is paying alimony will benefit from the Minimum Living Allowance for children, regardless of whether the alimony receiving spouse is working or not. In general, MLA is applied only to one of the spouses for children, however in case of divorcement, and paying or receiving alimony …

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NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES WHEN DUE-CASE STUDY

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When the wage of employees is not paid in time for whatever reason by the employer, the conflict is usually settled by the courts. In this article we will take the subject as a case study, but first let’s have a look at the provisions of the related legislation. What …

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