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In order to increase employment and reduce regional imbalances in Turkey; various incentives policies have been implemented by state, by laws 4447, 4857, 5084, 5225, 5510, 5746, 6111, 6486 by Council of Minister’s Decree of 2012/3305 (Unemployment Law No: 4447, Labour Law No: 4857, Investment and Employment Promotion Law No: 5084, Investment Incentives and The...

Who Is Considered as Invalid Persons? According to the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510; Working power of the insurance holders who are subject to a service contract (subparagraph (a) of the first paragraph of Article 4 of the Law No. 5510) and working independently on their own behalf and account at...

In the Turkish social security system, employees and social insured are being protected from the risks of the work accidents and occupational illnesses with the short-term social insurance branches. With the short-term insurance branches, it is aimed to provide protection to the insured or his relatives against the risks that may occur as soon as...

Turkish taxation system is similar to EU systems. Tax Procedural Code, old Corporate Taxation Code and Individual Income Tax Code come from Germany and VAT comes from Belgium. Special Consumption Tax was also prepared according to European Union systems. Turkish Income Tax Code for Individual Turkish income taxation system consists of two main taxes which...

Turkey has a government-mandated minimum wage. No worker in Turkey should be paid less then this minimum pay rate. Employers in Turkey who do not pay the Minimum Wage may be subject to punishment by the government of Turkey. Turkey has raised the minimum wage by 50.4% as of Jan. 1, 2022. The net minimum...

According to the social security laws in our country, people who have foreign employment whether in a contracted or non-contracted country have the opportunity to credit their services abroad and the periods as a housewife in a foreign country for the consideration of these periods as completed in Turkey in cases of retirement, invalidity, old...

Universal health insurance is described in the Law No. 5510 as an insurance which ensures, first of all, maintenance of health statuses of individuals, and the financing of costs that arise in case the individuals experience health risks. Introduced by the Law No.5510, universal health insurance system provides all insured and uninsured individuals who live...

Foreign Healthcare Transactions 23 of all the social security agreements signed by our country are still in force and the agreements with following countries include healthcare insurance: Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, France, TRNC-Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Luxemburg and Croatia. However, the provisions on healthcare insurance in the...

What are the conditions for being entitled to invalidity, old age and survivor’s pensions based on the credited periods completed abroad? Conditions for being entitled to invalidity, old age and survivor’s pensions based on the credited periods are as follows: Being a returnee, (the statement of returnee represents the termination of employment abroad of the...

With the Decision of the First Chamber of the Board of Judges and Prosecutors of Republic of Turkey, whic is being published in the Turkish Official Gazette dated 30th of November 2021, an important decision regarding the specialised courts is being given. According to the decision, the specialised courts to handle with the cases regulated...