Make it your priority to fully understand the legal requirements for getting married in Turkey. Residency Requirements There are no minimum residency requirements, providing that you obtain a Certificate of No Impediment from the relevant authority in your country of residence.If you have not obtained this document then you will …

According tothe Labor LawNo. 4857,weeklyworking hour regulation is appliedas45 hours. If weeklyworkinghours exceed45hours(except when Article 63of the lawon the basisofthe principle ofequalization is applied), it is considered asovertime. The worker who exceeds the 45 hours of weekly working ceiling,  will be entitled to earn 50% of normalhourlywageforeach extra hour.

A foreign company may do business in Turkey in one of the following ways: Operate as a contractor, establish a branch or a subsidiary. Establishment ProceduresThe registration and foundation procedures relating to Turkish subsidiaries and branches have been simplified considering the permissions to be required for the establishment. Under the …

It was my second year in college. I took a first-year international relations course for which I had to read Orientalism by Edward Said. This was my first official encounter by a well-defined concept of ‘the other.’ Said defined ‘the other’ as lower, less important, different or even strange. The …

A business with employees must file a business declaration with a business declaration form accompanied by other required documents at the latest on the date when insured workers are employed. An employer who has taken over a business with insured employees must file a business declaration at the latest in …

2010… Another year passed by… the first decade of the millennium is over. How will you remember 2010? What happened in these 365 days that made the year significant? Natural disasters, information leaks, technological breakthroughs… 2010 was the year of natural disasters. Different parts of the world were shaken by …

Minimum wage amount is changed, and so did the upper and lower limits of average daily earning taken as basic to premium. Family allowance, child allowance and disability benefit amounts are also redefined. Minimum Wage amount is changed Based on Labor Law no 4857 and with the decision of Commission …

An employee who works full time for six days shall be allowed to take a rest for a minimum of twenty-four hours (weekly rest day) without interruption within a seven-day period. For the unworked rest day, the employer shall pay the employee’s daily wage, without any work obligation in return.

The person who takes a work that requires specialization in auxiliary works or in some part of the main work because of technological reasons or as necessity of work related to the product or service production at the work place and assigns his workers employed for that work only to …

Most of us see things that need to change but we don’t know how to go about it. As we walk down the Istiklal Avenue, we see kids selling tissues to survive in the midst of dangerous streets.  Some of us stop and give them a few coins, others are …