A detailed legal guide to redundancy, restructuring, and collective dismissal rules in Turkey, covering operational dismissals, collective layoff thresholds, notification duties, consultation, mediation, reinstatement risk, and HR compliance. Redundancy and restructuring are never purely commercial decisions. In Turkey, they are also legal processes shaped by Labour Act No. 4857 and the Labour Courts Act No. […]
A detailed legal guide to lawful dismissal procedures in HR management in Turkey, covering notice termination, valid reason dismissal, summary dismissal, written notice, employee defense rights, mediation, reinstatement risk, and collective layoffs. Dismissal is one of the most sensitive decisions an employer can make. In HR practice, it is often treated as the last step […]
A detailed legal guide to performance management and employee termination risks in Turkey, covering valid reason dismissals, notice procedures, defense rights, burden of proof, reinstatement risk, and HR best practices. Performance management is often presented as an HR tool for improving productivity, aligning employees with business goals, and identifying talent. In legal terms, however, it […]
A practical legal guide to GDPR and Turkish KVKK compliance in human resources, covering lawful bases, employee consent, special category data, monitoring, DSARs, retention, security, and cross-border transfers. Human resources teams now sit on some of the most sensitive data in any organization. Recruitment files, interview notes, onboarding records, payroll data, health reports, disciplinary files, […]
Learn how employee personal data protection works in HR management in Turkey, including lawful bases, special category data, personnel files, monitoring, retention, cross-border transfers, and employer compliance. Employee data sits at the center of modern HR. Recruitment files, onboarding records, payroll information, attendance logs, health documents, disciplinary records, performance evaluations, exit paperwork, and international HR-system […]
Learn how workplace policies and internal regulations should be drafted and implemented in Turkey, including legal limits on handbooks, disciplinary rules, data protection, working time, leave, occupational safety, remote work, and union rights. In every business, workplace policies and internal regulations are meant to create order. They explain how work is performed, how employees should […]
A comprehensive legal guide to employee onboarding procedures and legal documentation requirements in Turkey, covering employment contracts, personnel files, SGK notifications, data protection, occupational health and safety, remote work, and foreign employee compliance. Employee onboarding is often described as an HR function, but in legal terms it is much more than an administrative welcome process. […]
A detailed legal guide to recruitment law and HR compliance in Turkey, covering job ads, interviews, discrimination, candidate data, background checks, foreign employees, hiring quotas, employment contracts, and onboarding. Recruitment is often treated as a commercial function, but in reality it is one of the most legally sensitive phases of the employment relationship. The employer’s […]
A detailed legal guide to employment contracts in Turkey, covering drafting, fixed-term and indefinite-term contracts, probation, remote work, confidentiality, non-compete clauses, data protection, contract changes, and termination risks. Employment contracts are the legal backbone of the employment relationship. In HR practice, they do much more than confirm that an employee will work and that the […]