Introduction Part-time and temporary employment in Turkey are lawful, but they are not legally casual arrangements. Turkish labor law recognizes several flexible work models, yet each of them is governed by its own statutory structure. The main framework comes from Labor Law No. 4857, especially Article 7 on temporary employment relationships and Article 13 on […]
Introduction Fixed-term employment contracts in Turkey are legally possible, but they are not the default model. Turkish labor law starts from the opposite principle: if an employment relationship is not tied to a definite duration, the contract is considered indefinite-term. Article 11 of Labor Law No. 4857 states this directly, and the Ministry of Labour’s […]
Introduction Just cause termination by the employer under Turkish labor law is one of the most consequential dismissal mechanisms in the entire employment system. Under Article 25 of Labor Law No. 4857, an employer may terminate an employment contract immediately, before the end of the term or without waiting for the ordinary notice periods, when […]
When a person dies leaving a will, many families assume the document will automatically control the estate without further controversy. Under Turkish law, that assumption is often wrong. A will may be opened by the court, read to the interested parties, and still remain open to challenge. In Turkish inheritance law, a will is not […]
A will does not become practically effective in Turkey simply because it exists on paper. After the testator dies, Turkish law requires a formal judicial process so the will can enter the legal system in an orderly way. That process is known as the opening of the will, and it plays a central role in […]
When a person dies in Turkey, the legal process does not begin and end with identifying the heirs. Turkish law treats death as the opening of a full estate administration process involving protection of the estate, handling of wills, issuance of heirship documents, management of debts, possible rejection of the inheritance, possible official inventory or […]
When people think about inheritance in Turkey, they often think first of apartments, land, or family homes. In practice, however, many estates are built just as much around bank accounts, company shares, securities, vehicles, jewelry, and other movable assets. These assets are often easier to hide, quicker to move, and harder to divide than real […]
Immovable property is often the most valuable and the most disputed part of an estate. In Turkey, that means apartments, houses, villas, offices, shops, land parcels, fields, and other registered real estate. When the owner dies, these assets do not pass through an informal family arrangement. They pass under the rules of the Turkish Civil […]
Cross-border succession in Turkey is rarely just a family matter. It is a legal puzzle involving at least four separate questions: who the heirs are, which law governs the estate, which Turkish procedures must be completed for assets in Turkey, and what tax obligations arise after death. These questions become especially important when the deceased […]
Cross-border inheritance is rarely simple. A deceased person may be a foreign national who owned an apartment in Istanbul, a Turkish citizen who lived abroad but kept assets in Turkey, or a dual-national family member whose heirs live in several countries. In each of those cases, the central legal question is not only who inherits, […]