Turkish Labor Law
In businesses, payments to interns, apprentices, candidate apprentices, journeymen, and students undergoing vocational training include the minimum threshold determined in relation to the minimum wage. These amounts are updated at the beginning of each calendar year and have been redefined in 2024 with the increase in the minimum wage.
Conditions for the minimum payment and government support to interns are as follows:
- In workplaces with fewer than 20 employees, interns’ pay should be at least 15% of the net amount of the minimum wage,
- In workplaces with 20 or more employees, interns’ pay should be at least 30% of the net amount of the minimum wage,
- For those undergoing vocational training in the status of apprentices and candidate apprentices, at least 30% of the net amount of the minimum wage,
- For vocational training center 12th-grade students who have achieved journeyman competence, at least 50% of the net amount of
the minimum wage should be paid.
| Intern Wage /Workplaces with 20+ Employees | : ₺5,100.64 |
| Intern Wage / Workplaces with Less than 20 Employees: | ₺2,550.32 |
| Journeyman Wage / Vocational Education Center 12th Grade | : 8.501,06 ₺ |
| Apprentice and Candidate Apprentice Wage | : ₺5,100.64 |
Full government support is applied to the wage paid to vocational training center students. For students studying in other educational institutions and schools who will undergo an internship in businesses, government support varies depending on the number of employees in the business.
- In businesses with fewer than 20 employees, two-thirds of the minimum amount to be paid to the intern will be covered by the government.
- In businesses with 20 or more employees, one-third of the minimum amount to be paid to the intern will be covered by the government.
