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Employers need to take particular care in Turkey to protect female employees – particularly against their angry relatives …

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The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of a lower court by declaring that an employee was wrongly dismissed because their employer had gained access to the nature of WhatsApp conversations complaining about the company …

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Although the Finance Minister recently announced a 40% rise in annual motor vehicle tax next year, the Cabinet has vetoed it due to an outcry from the car leasing industry and company car owners …

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Over three hours debate took place on the “Turkish question” at the recent EU Summit …

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The chances of Turkey entering the European Union have been set back by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent statements concerning restoration of the death penalty …

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Although the Turkish government has introduced a new-style passport containing a chip holding an individual’s fingerprint and facial image it has not led to visa free travel into the EU’s Schengen area …

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From January 1st 2017 a discount will apply to withholding taxes payable in respect to income received by certain employees based outside Turkey who provide services into the country …

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It has in the past been uncertain whether certain senior executives entering Turkey require a work permit …

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Employers with interests in Turkey or neighboring Greece should take note that Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister, Omer Celik, has issued an angry threat to the European Commission that it either honours its undertaking to give visa-free travel to Turks visiting the Schengen zone and stops interfering in its internal affairs or it will drive out all the refugees it is currently preventing from crossing to Greece and other bordering states …

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The structure of earnings survey is conducted throughout Europe and related states ever four years …

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The Turkish parliament has given approval to a draft law that will allow a flexible working relationship to be established through registered temporary work agencies …

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In a recent case before the Turkish Constitutional Court a claim for right of workplace email privacy was dismissed …

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Nihat Zeybekci, the interim Economics Minister for the new Turkish government, has announced that the country’s national minimum wage will increase on January 1st 2016 from 1,000 Turkish lira (343 US dollars) to 1,300 lira (446 US dollars) per month …

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A new law on occupational health and safety came into force in Turkey on April 23rd 2015 …

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Following the conclusion of a deal between the government, employers and trade unions, the gross national monthly minimum wage in Turkey increased to 1,201 …

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