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One of the social insurance benefits applied in Turkey is the “breastfeeding allowance”. Breastfeeding allowance is given to the insured woman if she gives birth or to the insured man if her uninsured wife gives birth. In addition, breastfeeding allowance is paid to the woman who is subject to a service contract or who receives...

Compliance with the legislation on personal data is one of the most important agendas of companies recently. This is so, as the Personal Data Protection Authority conducts intense inspections and imposes penalties. The Law on Protection of Personal Data No. 6698, which was published in 2016, imposes many obligations on companies in terms of protecting...

Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority, which is one of the top public authorities on financial auditing in Turkey, has started an important practice in terms of transparency of audit data nationwide. With the vision of creating a high quality and reliable financial reporting and independent audit environment in Turkey, the Public Oversight Authority...

The Workplace Vocational Training and Development Program (İŞMEP) is an incentive programme that is being established within the scope of the “Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish citizens in Turkey”. This project is being financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through the KfW Development Bank and implemented by the...

The Turkish Court of Cassation has recently gave an important decision that closely concerns the employee-employer relations in Turkey. According to the mentioned decision, it is being accepted that the workers could show a wide variety of evidences before the court regarding the proof of his/her overtime hours. The ruling has also point out the...

In accordance with the legislation on Turkish foreign employment, foreign nationals must obtain a work permit in order to work legally in Turkey. Many detailed criteria must be fulfilled in order to obtain a work permit in Turkey, which has a strict international employment regime. Otherwise, work permit applications are rejected. However, some foreigners are...

There are social security agreements between the Republic of Turkey and 35 countries in total. With the provisions of these agreements, the rights of the citizen of the other country, such as social security, health, treatment, maternity, disability, work accident, retirement, while he/she is in our country or when our own citizens are in the...

In the vocational education system implemented in Turkey, “Vocational education centers” are schools and institutions that continue their work in order to meet the needs of people with professions. Graduates of these schools gain professional titles such as apprentice, journeyman, master and master trainer. The “Mastery Compensation Program” implemented by the Ministry of National Education...

According to the Identity Information Act No. 1774, business owners are obliged to notify their employees regarding their workplaces to the relevant public authorities. This obligation has been implemented in Turkey for quite a long time. In this context, employers are obliged to report the identity information of temporary and permanent employees to the police...

According to Turkish law, an occupational accident is an event that occurs in the workplace or due to the conduct of the work, causing death or rendering bodily integrity mentally or physically disabled. In the event of an occupational accident at the workplace, a notification must be made to the Social Security Institution within three...