Three fundamental concepts are crucial to do business with Chinese businessmen. The first concept Guanxi, which means relationship in Chinese can be defined as developing close ties with business partners whom you respect and trust. These mutually beneficial relationships don’t happen over night but takes time and effort to develop. …
Read More »Communiqué on Arduous and Dangerous Works is still in obscurity
Dr Aykut Engin ,Mess Director of Education With a change in Labor Law, it is regulated that workers without vocational training cannot be employed on arduous and dangerous work. The effective date was determined as 01.01.2009. Hereafter, the Communiqué on Arduous and Dangerous Works was issued in Official Journal dated …
Read More »Why Don’t We Have a Local Nose? By Ela Erozan Gürsel
As we approach the new year, there is a festive mood everywhere. Especially those of you who work closely with the Western world can tell the Christmas holiday is already here. Celebrating holidays is much fun with the family and loved ones in the company of delicious food, good wine …
Read More »Can severance pay be paid in installments?
Resul Kurt This is a really sensitive issue. On one hand, there are employers imprisoned because they could not pay their checks and on the other, there are employees whose greatest subsistence assuranceis their labor. Generally, the severance pay should be paid on the day the employment contract is terminated. …
Read More »Religious Holiday Makes Us Think Of Tourism By Ela Erozan Gürsel
When we think of a religious holiday Kurban Bayramı or Eid, we think of vacationing in the South of Turkey or cultural sightseeing tours in Çanakkale, Pamukkale, Cappadocia, Mardin and many other destinations. Tourism blossoms with local tourists when the religious holiday is more than 4 days, as more people …
Read More »Who Shall Benefit From Job Guarantee?
İbrahim Işıklı Labor Law no 4857 article 18 states that “termination of contract of an employee engaged for an indefinite period, who is employed in an establishment with thirty or more employees and who meets a minimum seniority of six months, must depend on a valid reason for such termination …
Read More »Al Gore’s Climate Movement is in Turkey by Ela Erozan Gursel
Turkey is an unsaturated market for non-profit organizations and grassroots activities. Since much development is needed in fighting poverty, empowering women, and preserving the environment, the small number of non-profit organizations is increasing incrementally. One of the international movements on the rise in Turkey is former US Vice President Al …
Read More »Employment package for 500.000 unemployed goes into effect
Government’s employment package to hire half a million of unemployed persons for public works like painting, whitewashing and cleaning roads went into effect in Giresun and Bitlis. The project that was developed in Faruk Çelik was the Ministry of Labor to create employment opportunities for 500 thousand people is finally …
Read More »Social Insurance and Universal Health Insurance Law
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Read More »Villa, Flat, Office or Hotel? by Ela Erozan Gursel
One of the top locations for international real estate investments, Turkey is referred among global realtors as ‘the new Spain’. Just like Spain used to be 5-10 years ago, Turkey offers value property prices with a variety of choices on the Mediterranean coast, rural Anatolia or business districts in the …
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