Amendment To Press Labour Law

Under Turkish law, journalists are subject to Law No. 5953 on Arrangement of Relations Between Employers and Employees in the Field of Press (“Press Labour Law”), which sets out the terms and conditions of their employment.

Former wording of Article 1 of Press Labour Law stated that the law covered those who work in any kind of intellectual or artistic works at news and photo agencies, periodical publications and newspapers published in Turkey and who fall outside the definition of “worker” under the Turkish Labour Law, and their employers. Those work, in exchange of salary, at intellectual and artistic works which fall under the scope of the Press Labour Law are defined as “journalists”.