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The main pieces of employment related legislation applicable to both Turkish nationals and foreign nationals are as follows: Turkish Labour Code (No. 4857), published in the Official Gazette dated 22 May 2003 and numbered 25134. Turkish Code of Obligations (No. 6098), published in the Official Gazette dated 4 February 2012 and numbered 27836, which entered into force on 1...

Labor Law can be divided into two as “Collective Labor Law” and “Individual Labor Law”. The ground principles of this area of law also indicate its close relation to the constitutional system. The principle of “social state”, which is adopted in the second article of the Turkish Constitution, generates the essential basis for labor law....

In Turkey, the corporate income tax rate levied on business profits is 20%. The rate for corporate income tax has been increased to 22% for the tax periods 2018, 2019, and 2020; however, the Council of Ministers is authorized to reduce the 22% rate to a rate as low as 20%. 2. Taxes on Expenditure ...

TURQUALITY® is an ambitious project associated with bringing “Turkey” and “Quality” concepts together. The project is initiated by the Turkish Government, Ministry of Economy, Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM), and Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Association (ITKIB). The initial legal framework was laid out publicly on January 12th, 2004. TURQUALITY® is basically an accreditation system, which...