Business in Turkey

Social Security Agreement between Turkey and Hungary signed in Budapest on 24th February 2015 has been accepted in Parliament and the related Law No. 6961 has been published in the Official Gazette on 3rd April 2017.

Social Security Agreement between Turkey and Hungary signed in Ankara on 11th April 2014 has been adopted in Parliament and the related Law No. 6982 has been published in the Official Gazette on 3rd April 2017. The agreement will replace the agreement valid from 1st May 1968 between two countries.

In case the employed person is not notified as insured more than 10 days in the workplace’s SSI premium and service documents within three months period preceding the working start date, employer will benefit from the support for employing registered unemployed of İŞKUR. As we informed you before, private sector …

Most of the European countries, as well as some other countries of the world set their clocks 1 hour   forward on Sunday, March 26, 2017. However, Turkey have been already in Summer time-DTS and clocks will remain the same, because the clocks in Turkey had not been set back one …

We would like to remind you that the workplaces employing 250 (Inc.) to 1000 (Excl.) personnel will start to enter into contracts with pension companies and offer pension plans to the employees as of 1st April 2017.  However, in case the number of employed personnel is beyond the 1000 on …

As we informed you before; for each personnel who are employed amongst the registered unemployed of İŞKUR by the private sector employers until 31st December 2017, the withholding tax applied on minimum wage will be set-off from the withholding tax return after the minimum living allowance is applied. Besides, stamp …

Implementation Regulation on Turquoise Card, the new introduced type of work permit that enables qualified foreigner to work in Turkey for an unlimited period of time, and grants the right of residence to his/her spouse and dependent children has been issued in Official Gazette No. 30007, dated 14th March 2017. …

Employment relation between employer and employee is established for a certain type of job expected from employees, however the requirements of a company may change in the course of time and employers want some of their personnel to work in different type of jobs or positions. The change on the …

Changing an employee’s workplace location is a highly controversial issue in the implementation of Labor Law. Main issues related to matter are whether; Employees are obliged to accept the change?   Or can terminate their employment contract for just cause? Employer can dismiss the employee who doesn’t accept the change? …

What is Unemployment Benefit? Unemployment benefit, also called “Jobseekers Allowance” or “Dole,” is an allowance granted to insured employees who lost their jobs against their will.  In Turkey, it is simply referred as “unemployment salary” and paid to eligible workers in the scope of mandatory unemployment insurance in line with …