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The Basic Law on Health Services No. 3359 is the primary legislation in Turkey regarding implementation principles and procedures of healthcare services in Turkey. The law covers both the private and public healthcare services and facilities. With the Law No. 7496 published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 01.03.2024, significant changes were made regarding regulations...

The Basic Law on Health Services No. 3359 is the primary legislation in Turkey regarding implementation principles and procedures of healthcare services in Turkey. The law covers both the private and public healthcare services and facilities. With the Law No. 7496 published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 01.03.2024, significant changes were made regarding regarding...

The Pharmaceutical and Medical Preparations Law No. 1262 is the main pharmaceutical licenses law applied in Turkey. The law is valid for almost a century, since 1928. With the Law No. 7496 published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 01.03.2024, significant changes were made regarding drug licensing and packaging in Turkey. Accordingly, with the amendment...

Vocational Qualifications Authority of Turkey (MYK) is a public body established by the Vocational Qualifications Authority Act No. 5544 of 2006, to determine the principles of national qualifications in technical and vocational fields, based on professional standards, and to carry out activities related to auditing, measurement and evaluation and certification in Turkey. The Institution, which...

In accordance with the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510, “funeral allowance” constitutes one of the social security benefits provided to insured people and their beneficiaries in Turkey. For the beneficiaries of the insured who died as a result of a work accident or occupational disease, or while receiving permanent disability income,...

There are evaluation criteria that the applicant workplaces and foreigners must meet regarding the work permit requests of foreigners. These criteria are determined in the Article 13 of the Implementation Regulation of the Law on Work Permits of Foreigners issued in accordance with the Fourth Paragraph of the Provisional Article 1 of the International Labor...

Foreign nationals who want to work in Türkiye must obtain either a work permit or a work permit exemption certificate. Work permits for foreigners are being issued by the General Directorate of International Labour Force of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. In order to be granted a work permit, the employee and the...

In accordance with the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Act No. 5510, which is the primary law of the Turkish Social Security System, “marriage allowance” constitutes one of the social security benefits provided to insured people and beneficiaries in Turkey. Accordingly, to girls whose income or pension must be cut off due to their...

In Turkish Labour Law, the concepts of “Child Labor” and “Young Worker” are defined in the Labor Law No. 4857. Accordingly, young worker refers to “an employee who has completed the age of 15, but has not completed the age of 18”, and the concept of “child worker” refers to “an employee who has completed...

“Bad Faith Compensation” is a legal practice regulated in the Article 17 of the Turkish Labour Code No. 4857. This practice was introduced to protect workers who are outside the scope of application of Articles 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Labour Code, in other words, “who cannot benefit from job security provisions”. In...