Business in Turkey

In 2016 working mothers are offered new choices to work half time and/or part time up to some periods of time after birth in addition to existing post-natal leave entitlements, namely 8 weeks maternity leave and 6 months unpaid leave. This newly introduced arrangement caused some confusion about the sequencing …

Employer who employs unregistered workers will not be devoid of premium incentives more than one month, and old fines will be pardoned, according to omnibus bill pass through the Parliament. In current practice employers who, in the investigations and inspections performed by the officers authorized with audits and checks, are …

Qualified employee shall be paid a severance pay equal to last 30 days’ gross wages for each full year of employment. For a portion of a year, pro rata payment should be made.   In calculation of the last 30 days’ wage, the wage paid and the some contractual and …

Amount of minimum wage support will be monthly 99,99 TRY during the 2017, the same amount applied in 2016, however the minimum daily earnings to be taken as base in the application of support will be 110,00/monthly 3.330,00 TRY, instead of daily 85,00/monthly 2.550,00 TRY. Employers will be receiving daily …

Starting from 1st January 2018 withholding tax returns and SSI e-declarations will be combined in a single form under the name of “Withholding Tax and Monthly Premium Service Document” and submitted only to the tax offices until the 23rd of the following month. Law No. 6740 had already stipulated that …

Turkish government, has taken some steps to prevent unemployment by providing SSI premium and tax support for the private sector employers in 2017. We will try to briefly explain these arrangements in three questions; also detailed information can be found in the links provided at the end of every article. …

Number of working days within a month is considered 30, regardless of the actual number of days the month includes. In other words workdays of January (31 days), February (28 or 29 days) or March (30 days) is the same.   Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law Number 5510, Article …

The retirement age depends on the date of entrance into SSI (Social Security Institution) in Turkey. There are several eras determined by the issuance of consecutive legislation that made the age of eligibility very complex; also alternative eligibility conditions exist within these eras. ENTRANCE BETWEEN 9TH SEPTEMBER 1999 – 30TH …

Some of the foreign professionals and personnel, such as professionals of healthcare and educational services, engineers and architects, R&D and free trade zone personnel are subject to special arrangements as regard to obtaining work permit in Turkey.

  Who are in the scope of Press Labor Law? Persons employed in periodical newspapers and magazines, news and photograph agencies, news departments of radio and television companies, under following titles are considered as press members and subject to Press Labor Law (Law on Sector Regulations between Press Employees and …