A company or a branch must provide one of the following circumstances to be counted as “special direct foreign investments” :a) The fact that the company’s or branch’s last annual turnover amounts to at least 61,04 million Turkish Lira, under the condition that the total capital share of the foreign …
Read More »Turkey Sends Most Workers To Iraq In 2011
According to ISKUR’s statistics, 5,526 Turkish workers went to Iraq in the first seven months of 2011 with a 113.6 percent year-on-year rise.Turkey sent the highest number of workers to Iraq in the first seven months of 2011, according to Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR).According to ISKUR’s statistics, 5,526 Turkish workers …
Read More »How can foreign nationals from countries that don’t have a social security agreement work in Turkey?
Foreigners who come to Turkey except from the countries mentioned above and work with employers with labour contract, will be subject to clause (a) of first subclause of 4th article according to clause (c) of second subclause of 4th article of Law, in other words will be regarded as insured …
Read More »Which countries have social security agreement with Turkey?
Countries signed social security agreement with Turkish Republic . Germany Albania Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Czech Republic Denmark Georgia France Netherlands Netherlands Sweden Switzerland K.K.T.C. Canada Quebec Libya Luxembourg Macedonia Norway Romania
Read More »Which foreign nationals are entitled to social security in Turkey?
1- Citizens of countries of which signed social security agreement based on the reciprocity principal,2- The foreigners who are sent to Turkey with a mission by and on behalf of an institution established abroad and can certify subjecting to insurance in their own country won’t be regarded as insured in …
Read More »E-trade Rises, Boosting Employment
Employment in the e-commerce sector tripled in the first eight months of the year, according to figures by Kariyer.net, Turkey’s largest human resources platform. Labor demand in the sector has grown 200 percent in the first eight months of 2011, thus providing jobs for some 2,000 people, Kariyer.net’s data showed. …
Read More »Carrots, Eggs or Coffee Beans… by Ela Erozan Gürsel
We are all back to work after a 9 day Eid holiday. Most of us are struggling to get adapted to our routine week schedule and workload. You might have been willing to remain in the flip flops that you wore at the beach last week and resist wearing the …
Read More »Turkish public servants waiting for October
This year’s collective bargaining talks, annually slated for August, will be replaced with the collective agreement talks to be held after Parliament opens in October in line with the approved constitutional amendments granting public servants the right to a collective agreement. Labor Minister Faruk Çelik, who came together with public …
Read More »Global downturn reverses brain drain in Turkey
The recent global downturn led to company mergers, bankrupt firms and layoffs which have forced white-collar workers to make new plans about their lives.Many white-collar Turkish professionals working in United States and European countries are now seeking ways to return home after the global financial downturn in 2007, human resources …
Read More »US Investors Eye on Turkish Trendyol.com by Ela Erozan Gürsel
Although I didn’t want to write another article on e-commerce, the success of trendyol.com urged me to do so. Have you heard of Trendyol? Are you one of the 4 million users who buy trendy clothes and accessories online? Or have you recently heard of the e-commerce page through the …
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