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The highest judicial body in the Turkish legal system is the Turkish Constitutional Court. Everyone may apply to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that any of the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Turkish Constitution and within the scope of the European Convention on Human Rights, have been violated by the public authority....

The employment relationship between employee and employer may involve in disputes occationally. For solving these disputes the provisions of the Turkish Labour Law are being used. As regulated in the Turkish Labour Code No. 4817, the employer who terminates the indefinite-term employment contract of a worker with at least six months of seniority in workplaces...

In Türkiye, national holidays and general holidays are determined by the Act No. 2429 on National Holidays and General Holidays. In this context, general holidays are as follows: Public holidays Religious holidays New Year’s Day May 1st On July 15th. Likewise, the official holidays are as follows: April 23 is National Sovereignty and Children’s Day....

One of the rights granted to insured employees in the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510, which is the basic law of Turkish Social Insurance Law, is “temporary incapacity allowance”. Incapacity for work is the name given to the temporary inability of an insured employee to work during a period of rest,...

One of the rights granted to insured employees in the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510, which is the basic law of Turkish Social Insurance Law, is “temporary incapacity allowance”. Incapacity for work is the name given to the temporary inability of an insured employee to work during a period of rest,...

In Turkiye, foreign nationals are subject to permission to work in the country legally. The main legislative text on this subject is the International Labour Code No. 6735 dated 28.07.2016. According to the provisions of the International Labour Code No. 6735, employers who will employ foreigners to work in Turkey are required to obtain a...

In Turkiye, foreign nationals are subject to permission to work within the country legally. The main legislative text on this subject is the International Labour Code No. 6735 dated 28.07.2016. According to the provisions of the International Labour Code No. 6735, employers who will employ foreigners to work in Turkey are required to obtain a...

The Labour Code No. 4857, the primary legislation of Turkish Labour Law, alongside regulating several provisions for the protection of the employee, also contains provisions prohibiting employers from discriminating among their employees. In accordance with the Article 5 of the Labour Code No. 4857, discrimination based on language, race, color, gender, disability, political opinion, philosophical...

The obligation of employers to employ disabled personnel in their workplaces is regulated in the Article 30 of the Turkish Labour Code No. 4857, which is the primer law of Turkish Labour Law. Accordingly, employers are obliged to employ three percent disabled people in private sector workplaces where they employ fifty or more workers. Employers...

The obligation of employers to employ disabled and ex-convict personnel in their workplaces is regulated in the Article 30 of the Labour Code No. 4857, which is the basic law of Turkish Labor Law. Accordingly, employers who are within the scope of the Act No. 4857 are obliged to employ three percent disabled people in...