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The Labour Code No. 4857, which is the basic law of the Turkish Labour Law, makes the termination of the employment contract by the employer in certain workplaces subject to certain strict conditions. The employer, who terminates the indefinite-term employment contract of an employee with at least six months seniority in workplaces employing thirty or...

One of the obligations imposed on employers by the Turkish Labor Code No. 4857, which is the basic law of the Turkish Labor Law, is the obligation to treat their employees equally in all aspects. Accordingly, employers are obliged to treat their workers equally in terms of duties, wages, rights, obligations and opportunities and not...

One of the rights granted to workers by the Turkish Labor Code No. 4857 is the right to annual paid leave. The annual leave period is calculated according to the seniority of the employee in the workplace. If the worker has service from one year to five years (including five years), the annual leave period...

With the Presidential Decision No. 5986 which is published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 25th of August, 2022 and numbered 31934, “e-Export Supports Programme” has entered into force for Turkish enterprises engaging with export activities. As a very important public support programme e-Export Supports Programme aims to create Turkish export platforms. The relevant decision...

Although it is not widely known in practice, according to the Social Insurance and General Healthcare Insurance Code No. 5510, insurance holders who start working for an employer are obliged to notify themselves the Social Security Institution, directly or via the internet or similar mediums, with an insured notification document, within one month at the...

The Court of Cassation (or the Supreme Court of Appeals) constitutes the highest judicial authority of the Turkish judicial system in terms of civil jurisdiction. As an institution that has division of labor within itself, the Supreme Court of Appeals assigned the 9th Civil Chamber the task of hearing and deciding on cases related to...

The “Life is Easy in Digital” project, carried out in partnership with the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Habitat Association and Türk Telekom, aims to increase women’s knowledge and production skills on subjects such as information and communication technologies, e-services and e-commerce. The programme primarily aims...

The Turquality Support Program, which entered into force on November 23, 2004, is one of the important supports given to businesses in Turkey. Thanks to the Turquality Program, the Turkish state supports businesses to expand abroad and create brands on a global scale. The Turquality Program is a program implemented to ensure that companies become...

The total fund amount of the participants in the Turkish Private Pension System and the state contribution fund amount has reached 306.8 billion Turkish Liras, and the total fund size of those included in the system with automatic participation has reached to 23.2 billion Turkish Liras. The Turkish Private Pension System, which aims to ensure...

The workplace declaration constitutes one of the mandatory notifications that must be fulfilled by the one who opens, takes over or inherits a business according to Turkish social insurance law. According to the Turkish social insurance law, workplace is legally defined as the place where the insured do their work together with tangible and intangible...