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The Vocational Education Law has been amended (Decision no 5063) to maintain the wage subsidy …

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The 9th Civil Chamber of the High Court of Appeals (HCA) has resolved whether Saturdays should be regarded as part of a weekend break or working day for annual leave purposes …

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The sharp devaluation of the currency has led the government to increase the minimum wage by 50% …

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Companies wishing to obtain work permits for foreign nationals must now comply with new salary thresholds …

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The 9th Civil Chamber of the High Court of Appeals (HCA) has resolved whether Saturdays should be regarded as part of a weekend break or working day for annual leave purposes …

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After huge exchange rate falls in the Turkish lira last month, the country is left with few tangible reserves …

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Widespread protests, met by tear gas and rubber bullets, have taken place in Istanbul over the withdrawal of the country from the Istanbul Convention on the Elimination of Violence Against Women …

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The Lira currency has fallen by 33% in November and 70% in 2021 as a whole – with the sharpest falls recently amounting to 15% in a single day …

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All companies that process personal data about Turkish residents must register with the Data Protection Registry VERBIS by 31st December 2021 …

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The maximum sum that may be paid under the Labour Law to a departing employee has just risen by 8 …

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The European Parliament has just published a report revealing how relations between the EU and Turkey are now at their all-time lowest point …

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The new Governor of the Central Bank has increased the year-end price inflation forecast from 9 …

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Although there is currently a general ban on dismissals, employers have been able to continue using a loophole in the law to terminate unwanted employees …

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It is a great irony that the Turkish government has decided to withdraw from the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The pretext for this was the perception that the convention was being, to quote, “hijacked by a group of people attempting to normalise homosexuality” which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said was “incompatible” with Turkey’s “social and family values”. How such a measure could be so “hijacked” beats all reason, but clearly what is truly being primarily opposed by the President is Article 12 (5) which states that “Parties shall ensure that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called ‘honour’ shall not be considered as justification for any acts of violence covered by the scope of this Convention” – given that Turkish authorities have so often turned a blind eye to “honour killings” of women who break the country’s prevailing narrow and rigid moral codes. The Turkish government is not the only body struggling with the Convention, as the European Court of Justice has also been asked by the European Parliament to determine if it is in order for it to accede to the Istanbul Convention through two split decisions and also if it is free to accede to it either prior to all its Member States, or even if all Member States do not individually ratify it.

The replacement of the central bank head this week is certain to usher in a sharp interest rate cut and consequent worsening of price inflation …

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