A detailed legal guide to HR audits and employment compliance reviews in Turkey, covering employment contracts, personnel files, payroll, working time, social security, OHS, data protection, foreign workers, collective labor issues, and dismissal risk. An HR audit is not just an internal housekeeping exercise. In Turkey, it is one of the most effective ways for […]
A detailed legal guide to reference checks and candidate screening in Turkey, covering candidate data collection, criminal records, health reports, reference verification, discrimination risks, retention, cross-border transfers, and HR compliance. Reference checks and candidate screening are often treated as ordinary recruitment tools, but in Turkey they are legal risk areas from the very beginning of […]
A detailed legal guide to background checks in recruitment in Turkey, covering candidate data, criminal records, health reports, reference checks, discrimination risk, data retention, cross-border transfers, and HR compliance. Background checks are often presented as a sensible hiring tool. Employers want to confirm identity, verify qualifications, test whether a candidate is suitable for the role, […]
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 […]
1. Introduction Over the last decade, Turkey has become home to one of the world’s largest populations of people who fled war, persecution and instability. A significant part of this population lives in the country under a special status known as temporary protection. Many of these people are young, able to work and willing to […]