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There are social security agreements between the Republic of Turkey and 35 countries in total. With the provisions of these agreements, the rights of the citizen of the other country, such as social security, health, treatment, maternity, disability, work accident, retirement, while he/she is in our country or when our own citizens are in the...

In the vocational education system implemented in Turkey, “Vocational education centers” are schools and institutions that continue their work in order to meet the needs of people with professions. Graduates of these schools gain professional titles such as apprentice, journeyman, master and master trainer. The “Mastery Compensation Program” implemented by the Ministry of National Education...

According to the Identity Information Act No. 1774, business owners are obliged to notify their employees regarding their workplaces to the relevant public authorities. This obligation has been implemented in Turkey for quite a long time. In this context, employers are obliged to report the identity information of temporary and permanent employees to the police...

According to Turkish law, an occupational accident is an event that occurs in the workplace or due to the conduct of the work, causing death or rendering bodily integrity mentally or physically disabled. In the event of an occupational accident at the workplace, a notification must be made to the Social Security Institution within three...

According to the Vocational Training Act No. 3308, enterprises employing ten or more personnel are obliged to provide skills training to the students of vocational and technical education schools and institutions, and internship and supplementary education to the students of vocational and technical secondary education schools and institutions, not less than five percent of the...

The Turkish Constitutional Court has given an important decision concerning the labour life regarding violation of property rights due to non-payment of employee’s overtime wages. With the decision of the Constitutional Court published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 5 April 2022 and numbered 31800, an important jurisprudence has been developed stating that “workers’ right...

The Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum said that the President will make a statement in August about the houses to be built in 81 provinces and to be produced under the conditions that the minimum wage earner can afford. While access to housing has turned into a housing problem, especially in...