Employer’s Liabilities For Work Accidents

Turkey unfortunately witnessed some disastrous work accidents in 2014. The explosion followed by the fire in the Soma mine, the explosion followed by the flood in the Karaman mine and the elevator crash in a construction site at the heart of Istanbul are just some recent examples of unfortunate and fatal work accidents in Turkey. The casualties are so serious, that they have caused an alert for major legislative reform for workplace safety. While this reform should certainly not have awaited the loss of hundreds of lives and leaving behind hundreds of families without a parent, it is clear that employers must be much more wary in knowing and, more importantly, implementing the applicable safety measures. This was a lesson (hopefully) learned at immense cost.