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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...

Republic of Turkey General Directorate of Labour and Employment Agency is implementing several on-the-job training programmes for the unemployed. On-the-Job Training Programs Programs intended for training the unemployed on the job. How long do On-the-Job Training Programs last? • Maximum 40 hours per week and for a maximum of 6 months. What are the requirements...

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....