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The first legal regulation regarding public employment services in our country is Labour Law with the date 1936 and the number 3008 which is our first law. Said Law had set forth forbidding private offices executing agency business for seeking jobs and employees and establishing the Institution of Providing Jobs and Employees in three years...

Work Permit statistics for Foreigners for 2020 were published the previous day. The number of people granted work permits in Turkey has exceeded the seventy thousand limit since the Turquoise Card entered our legislation in 2016, doubled as of 2019 and reached the limit of 150 thousand. Although it has experienced a decrease, it has...

Mehmet Muş, Minister of Commerce of the Republic of Turkey, announced the new roadmap in exports to the World. The government of Turkey is working on “serious” extension of supports to increase non-physical exports. On a recent public announcement, Republic of Turkey Trade Minister Mehmet Muş said that they will focus on service exports in...

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...

Turkey’s social insurance system is being governed by the Social Security Institution (SSI). This institution is paying pensions to 13.5 million pensioner each month. For easing the payment system and gor avoiding congestions at the banks the SSI is implementing a payment-at-the-door option for pensioners through National Postage Authority (PTT). All you need to do...

Covered Contingencies: – Heath care – Sickness benefit, through social insurance institution (SGK) – Unemployment benefit, through social insurance institution (SGK and Employment Agency) – Employment injury benefit, through social insurance institution (SGK) – Maternity benefits, through social insurance institution (SGK) – Old-age benefits, through social insurance institution (SGK) – Invalidity benefits, through social insurance...

The Turkish Labor Law No. 4857 (‘the Law’) sets forth the procedures and the circumstances for termination of employment contracts of employees by employers. With the confines of the Law, two separate termination mechanisms, namely rightful (just) termination and termination based on justifiable cause are available. According to the Law, the termination of the employment...