“HR people tend not to be very analytical; they don’t do numbers.” This is how one consultant describes his relationship with a human resources director client.But although heads of HR are often respected for being “people people”, the job is increasingly analytical.HR departments already have access to significant sources of …
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Human Resources Goes Technical
John Sweeney makes no bones about it. “Thirty years ago, HR was a backwater operation,” says the human resources veteran who now works at the Society for Human Resources Management near Washington.“It was totally paper-oriented. In the old days you used to put an [advertisement] in the paper, saying ‘we …
Read More »What is The Basic Process of Setting Up a Company in Turkey?
Setting up a company in Turkey by following basic steps; 1- Power of Attorney for the forming of the company.2- Approval of the companies name from Commercial Registration Office3- Obtaining personal tax numbers for each of the shareholders4- Obtaining circular letter from the notary public for the share holders
Read More »Details on Registering Property in Turkey
Standardized Property Property Value: TL 629,667.49 City: Istanbul
Read More »Do You Have An Idea? By Ela Erozan Gürsel
Have you heard of the new TV show ‘BirFİKRİNmiVAR? (Do you have an idea?) It is a weekly program airing on NTV that features entrepreneurs’ start-up ideas. There are trailers of each week’s contestants who vividly demonstrate their first prototypes in front of the jury, who in return challenges them …
Read More »What is the requirements of getting import lisences for old-second hand -renovated goods in Turkey?
Turkey requires for imports of second hand goods – old, used or renovated – an import license. . According to Article 7 of the Turkish import regime, the importation of old, used, renovated, faulty and obsolete goods is subject to permission by the Under-secretariat for Foreign Trade. Some second hand …
Read More »Details on Starting a Business in Turkey
Procedure 1 Execute and notarize articles of association, signature declaration of the managers, copies of each manager’s identity card or passport and commercial books. Time to complete(days): 1 Cost to complete: Articles of Associations 900 TL.
Read More »Library of Congress or Google Books? By Ela Erozan Gursel
Where is the largest library in the world? Most of you would think that the greatest one is the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA. It has indeed the largest collection in print with 30 million books from numerous different languages and categories. National Library of China stores 22 …
Read More »What is The Work Permit Criteria for Foreigners in Turkey?
Foreigners who intend to work in Turkey as an employer, employee, freelancer, or as an official, are required to declare this circumstance at least 15 days before the start of their work and have it registered in the Ikamet Tezkeresi (Residence Permit) Foreigners are required to submit their ID card, …
Read More »Import Regulations in Turkey
Overview Overall, Turkey has a relatively free market for trade in goods and services as a result of liberalization measures introduced over the past two decades. Turkey follows basic WTO rules to regulate imports and tariff structures and has adopted the European Union (EU)’s common customs tariff for imports from …
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Turkish Labor Law