How to help executives make well-informed decisions about the workforce Top Business Challenges for Today’s CEO The current economic environment has forced CEOs to focus almost all of their attention on revenues and profitability. They must be very aware of what competitors are doing— and competitors can be anywhere in …

There is a lot of paperwork to be done before you start working in Turkey. Work Permits are either obtained from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı) or from the Consulates of Turkish Republic abroad.

Whatever business we’re in, we have busy schedules. Sometimes we don’t even have much time to read a book, practice sports or even to enjoy lunch with friends. We need to rush from one engagement to another, complete tasks within deadlines and most importantly make no mistakes. If we make …

There are some companies that encourage employees to have a healthy work-life balance. A happy worker, so goes the thinking, is a productive worker.Yet, with the rise of social media, there is more personal information about individuals available on the web than ever before.As a result, the lines between work, …

“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 …

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 …

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

Standardized Property Property Value:  TL  629,667.49 City:  Istanbul

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 …

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 …