Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 24 FEBRUARY 2009

Employment Contracts Under Turkish Law

Turkish North American European Legal Consulting
Explore more from Turkish North American European Legal Consulting

The Turkish economy has come a long way and maintained significant growth within the last decade. With a rapidly-growing open market, the Turkish economy now embraces new foreign investors and this also makes employment-related issues important more than ever.

TurkeyEmployment and HR

Article by Business Consulting Team

The Turkish economy has come a long way and maintained significant growth within the last decade. With a rapidly-growing open market, the Turkish economy now embraces new foreign investors and this also makes employment-related issues important more than ever. Therefore, the aim of this article is to briefly inform possible foreign investors regarding Turkish labor legislation which regulates the issue of employment contracts.

The Employment Act (EA) No. 4857 of 2003 is the main source of employment legislation in Turkey. According to the Act, an employment contract is a contract whereby a person agrees to work as an employee and the employer undertakes to pay the wages. Unless otherwise stipulated in the Act, an employment contract does not have any special form. There is a legal requirement for contracts to be in writing if they are signed for a definite period, i.e. for contracts that are for one year or more. These contracts

We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.

Register for freeORLog in

Related Articles

Legal Intelligence Newsletters: sign up for the latest legal and regulatory news on your chosen topics

Read more about

Related Comparative Guides

See more popular content from

Article

Employment Law In Turkey

This article examines the principal rules governing private-sector employment relationships in Turkey from the perspective of foreign-owned businesses and foreign employees. It considers contract types, probation, fixed-term employment, termination for valid and just cause, notice and severance, the job-security and reinstatement regime, work permits, post-employment non-compete obligations and the language of employment documentation.
TurkeyEmployment and HR
ONGUR & PARTNERS
ONGUR & PARTNERS
Article

The Hardening Stance: The Evolution Of The TCA’s Enforcement In Labour Markets

Indeed, while the TCB imposed its first-ever fine for a labour market restriction in 2022; by mid-2026, it had folded labour market findings into a TRY 3.63 billion cartel decision in the tyre sector, initiated a cross-sectoral investigation including banking, insurance and information technology (“IT”) sectors, and adopted its own dedicated guidelines to codify the field
TurkeyEmployment and HR
Inal Law Office
Inal Law Office