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The Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510, which is the primary law of Turkish social insurance legislation, has brought a number of obligations to employers operating in Turkey. One of these obligations is the obligation to submit the information and documents requested by the Social Security Institution which are related to social security...

The primary law of the Turkish Social Insurance Legislation is the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Code No. 5510. In accordance with this Law, the insurance premium rates to be collected from employers operating in Türkiye who employ personnel are determined as follows: For private sector employers, disability, old-age and survivors insurance premium rate...

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...