The waiver for employers to be exempt from the foreign worker to local worker quota requirement has been expanded, with new exemption options...

This infographic provides a visual summary of acquisition of Turkish citizenship.

Law dated February 11, 2010 and numbered 2010/139 (the "Regulation") was published in the Official Gazette on May 13, 2022. As per some of these new amendments, the minimum value of the ...

Turkish authorities have implemented an online appointment scheduling system for certain transactions such as fingerprinting, address registration and personal detail updates, among other processes.

The conditions for application to Turkish citizenship by way of real estate ownership were recently softened by a number of amendments to the Regulation on the Implementation of Law of Turkish Citizenship, ...

A newly revised set of rules ("Guideline") concerning the acquisition of Turkish Citizenship through purchase of real property was published by the Foreign Affairs Department of the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre on 20 December 2022.

Foreign investors holding at least US $1.5 million shares in either real estate or venture capital investment funds for three years are now entitled to Turkish citizenship.

Historically, obtaining work permits in Turkey meant adjudication periods of three to nine months, requests for documents without explanation, and a lack of transparency for the requirements by the Work Permit Directorate (Directorate).

At Green and Spiegel, we were heartbroken to see the news and images coming out of south-eastern Turkiye and Syria, as two major earthquakes took thousands of lives on Monday...

The minimum monthly wage will be raised to 4,253.40 Turkish Lira

With the Presidential Decree Numbered 106 ("Decree") the financial and investment criterias for foreigners who desire to become Turkish Citizen has been eased.

Foreign investors should hold the properties or continue the minimum limit of financial investments for at least three years to meet the criteria for Turkish citizenship.

The Master, who is a Syrian citizen, was taken into custody after disembarking with the law enforcement officers due to a collision incident in Bosphorus Strait and arrested two days after the date of the incident.

Regulation To Amend On The Regulation Regarding Implementation of the Law on Turkish Citizenship was published in the Official Gazette numbered 32397 on December 12, 2023.

Turkey's Ministry of Domestic Affairs has issued secondary legislation outlining the requirements for visa, residence permit, deportation and international protection requests.

With the latest changes on the relevant Regulation, it is possible for a foreigner who invests in Turkey in the determined amounts...

Under Turkish system, a work permit shall be issued for a definite period of time at most one year in order for the foreign national to work in a certain workplace or enterprise and in acertain job.

Turkey increased the country's minimum monthly wage requirements for foreign nationals holding work permits on 22 December 2022 .

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, many employees have been forced to work remotely from their home and in some circumstances from another country.

Turkey has reduced the financial and investment thresholds required for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship. The new thresholds apply from 19 September 2018.