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 …
Read More »Year of Disasters, Leaks and Technological Breakthroughs – Good Bye 2010 by Ela Erozan Gursel
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 …
Read More »2011 Wage Parameters
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 …
Read More »Which Works Can Be Given To The Subcontractor?
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 …
Read More »Education is the Greatest Gift for Our Future by Ela Erozan Gursel
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 …
Read More »Criteria for Work Permit of the Foreigners Started To Be Implemented
With a view of finalizing transactions for work permit requests of the foreigners in an objective and rapid way, as per the Article 13 of the Regulations on the Implementation of the Act No. 4817 on Work Permit of the Permits, the assessment criteria were determined with the Consent of …
Read More »Creative Ads Still Attract Our Attention By Ela Erozan Gursel
The information age makes all kinds of information and images available. Because we receive a lot of irrelevent data besides useful and interesting ones, we take only a few seconds to screen and label them as ‘worth reading or watching’ or ‘junk’. The job of advertisers is tough because they …
Read More »The Process Required For Work Permit Applications In Turkey
Documents Required From The Company For Work Permit -Original signed and countersigned business contract between the employer and the employee -SSK report referring to the latest month, stating the numbers and names of Turkish and foreign employees working in the company. -Balance sheet or original income scheme approved by tax …
Read More »Can Art Become a Lucrative Business? By Ela Erozan Gursel
Last week I went to a public lecture by Tamar Almor at Sotheby’s Singapore. It was a good lecture to hear about trends in the art business. If you’re simply an art enthusiast, art investor or creative business professional interested in art, you will enjoy to see new perspectives in …
Read More »Amendment in Income Tax Law
It was expected that the rate of 35% in the income tax for the waged workers would be cancelled by the constitutional court and then a new constitutional arrangement would be made. 6009 no INCOME TAX LAW AND LAW ON MAKING AMENDMENTS IN DELEGATED DELEGATIONS AND SOME LAWS containing the …
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