“If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital”, said Napoleon Bonaparte. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) ranked Istanbul as the top city for new acquisitions and development for the second year in a row in 2011. However, the ancient capital holds as many …

In case of termination of work where severance pay is necessary, the employee should receive 30 day worth of pay for every year completed. For severance pay, all side benefits such as food, transportation should be included besides the salary. Overtime pay should not be included in the severance pay …

Communication channels are shifting towards the internet in an innovative way. If you upload videos, podcast or tweet news in English with some humor, you could become the next hit online. Of course, if you combine your angle on the news with your creative talent, your voice could be heard …

by Sharlyn Lauby on February 16, 2012 Plan more parties. That’s what the company said when I asked them the biggest challenge facing human resources. Years ago, I was interviewing for a director-level position. During the conversation, I asked what the biggest challenge was facing the company’s HR department.  Everyone …

ISLAMABAD – Agence France-Presse This file photo shows a group of people inside a vocational training school in the eastern province of Gaziantep.Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in the three months to November, from 11.2 percent in the same period in 2010, official data showed on Monday. The number …

According to the regulation on work durations effective as of April 6, 2004, if the work is halted due to imperative reasons, national holidays or periods when working hours are shrunk considerably for similar reasons, the extra work time to make up the lost labour is called compensation work. The …

Cihangir, IstanbulWhat’s going for it? I bet guide books blathered on about “where east meets west” when Istanbul was Constantinople. But at least it’s finally coming true again. On account of Turkey’s wooing of both the EU and East Asia, the past decade has seen the city turn from lovely-if-decrepit …

CHARLOTTE MCPHERSONc.mcpherson@todayszaman.com Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3) In the previous two articles we have been exploring the challenges expats face when living in a different culture and having to speak another language. I imagine if I were to ask Today’s Zaman readers which one they’d prefer …

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily NewsA high number of Armenian and Georgian people working in Turkey are leaving the country in the wake of a recent law implementation that complicates working permits for foreign people. While workers complain of extreme financial difficulties, Labor Ministry announces that there will be exceptions for …

An ultra modern building that could have belonged to another galaxy stands in the arid plains of northeastern Anatolia near Bayburt, a traditional town in the Black Sea region. The 4 juxtaposed buildings in different length are in the shape of cylinders buried in the ground. For some reason, as …