Can a Foreign National Employer Employ Workers in Türkiye? Rights and Responsibilities of the Employer Legal Framework for Foreign Employers Employing Workers in Türkiye The employment of workers in Türkiye by foreign individuals or foreign legal entities requires the combined assessment of Turkish labour law, corporate law, social security legislation, and regulations concerning the employment […]
Foreign Workers’ Work Permits in Türkiye and Employment Rights Under Turkish Labour Law Legal Status of Foreign Workers in Türkiye The legal status of foreign workers employed in Türkiye requires the work permit legislation and employment law provisions to be assessed together. As a general rule, a foreign national must hold a valid work permit […]
Workplace Discrimination and the Principle of Equal Treatment Legal Basis of the Principle of Equal Treatment in Employment Law The principle of equal treatment in the workplace is one of the fundamental protective principles of employment law. It limits an employer’s ability to treat employees differently without an objective and legally justifiable reason. Under Turkish […]
Minimum Wage, Salary Payments and Wage Claims: Employees’ Rights to Wages Legal Nature of the Right to Wages Wages constitute one of the most fundamental economic rights arising from an employment contract. An employee is entitled to receive remuneration in return for work performed under the direction, supervision, and management of the employer. Under Turkish […]
Customs Wants More Documents for Your Online Order: What Should You Do? You order a product from an overseas website. The payment is completed, the seller ships the package, and the tracking information shows that it has arrived in Türkiye. Then, instead of receiving the package, you receive a message from the courier or customs […]
A Turkish manufacturing company owns an expensive industrial machine. The machine breaks down, but the authorised manufacturer or specialist repair centre is located in Germany, Italy, China, the United States or another country. The company sends the machine abroad for repair. A few weeks later, the same machine returns to Turkey. The obvious question is: […]
Can a Foreign Film Crew Bring Cameras and Production Equipment Into Turkey? A foreign film crew arriving in Turkey may carry equipment worth hundreds of thousands of euros: cinema cameras, lenses, lighting systems, microphones, monitors, tripods, camera dollies, editing systems and other production tools. The fact that this equipment is professional and highly valuable does […]
Can a Doctor Carry Medical Equipment in His Luggage for a Conference in Turkey? A foreign doctor travels to Istanbul to speak at an international medical congress. In his luggage he carries a portable ultrasound device, an endoscope, a diagnostic monitor or another medical device owned by his hospital or by the manufacturer sponsoring the […]
Can Turkish Customs Reject Your Invoice and Use an Internet Price Instead? You buy a product abroad for USD 500. You have a genuine invoice, a credit-card record showing the USD 500 payment and correspondence with the seller. When the goods arrive in Turkey, Customs searches the product online and finds the same model advertised […]