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In general, a “release letter” refers to “exculpatory document” or “exoneration document” that proves that a debt has been eliminated and the debted is being acquitted. In the sense of the Turkish Labour Law, the release letter (or the letter of discharge/ acquittal) indicates that the employee has received all kinds of receivables from the...

According to the Turkish Income Tax Code No. 193, the income of real persons is subject to income tax. Income elements subject to income tax consists of (i) commercial income, (ii) agricultural income, (iii) wages, (iv) self-employment income, (v) real estate capital income, (vi) movable capital income and (vii) other earnings and incomes. Wages are ...

According to the Turkish Income Tax Code No. 193, the income of real persons is subject to income tax. Income elements subject to income tax, consists of commercial income, agricultural income, wages, self-employment income, real estate capital income, movable capital income and other earnings and incomes. Wages are benefits provided by money and allowances (given...

How to transfer employees to a workplace registered at the same or another Social Security Institution (SSI) centre of the same employer before the end of their service contract is an issue of interest for several employers in the practice. If the insured person, whose declaration of employment in the first workplace has been submitted...

The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857 defines employees who have completed the age of 15 but have not completed the age of 18 as “young workers” and employees who are over the age of 14, under the age of 15 and who have completed compulsory primary education as “child workers”. According to the Turkish Labour...

The basic regulations regarding Turkish Labour Law were made by the Turkish Labour Code No. 4857. Within the scope of the aforimentioned law, employers are obliged to keep personnel files of the people they employ. In accordance with the Article 75 of the Turkish Labour Code No. 4857, employers are obliged to prepare a “personal...

In Turkey, it is a common practice for employers to provide meal aid to their employees. Meal aid can be in the form of directly providing meals to employees in the workplace, or it can be in the form of giving employees money for meals or cash equivalents such as meal cards or tickets. Meals...

In Turkey, it is a common practice for employers to provide meal aid to their employees. Meal aid can be in the form of directly providing meals to employees at the workplace, or it can be in the form of giving employees money for meals or valuables that replace money, such as meal cards or...

The Turkish Labour Code No. 4857 requires the employee’s approval to be obtained by the employer in order to work overtime or work for extra hours in workplaces. An employer who wants to make his/her employee to work overtime in a workplace must obtain written approval from the employee prior the work. Making overtime work...

According to the Turkish Labor Code No. 4857, the normal daily working time in workplaces is generally 7.5 hours and the normal weekly working time is 45 hours at most. Unless otherwise agreed, this period is applied equally to the working days of the week in workplaces. The working hours of workers working in underground...