Termination Of Employment Contracts Under Turkish Law

1. TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

Under Turkish Labor Law numbered 4857 ("Labor Law"), there are two main categories of employment contracts, namely i) employment contracts concluded for indefinite period and ii) employment contracts concluded for definite period.

An employer can enter into an employment contract with the employee for a definite period only under special objective circumstances set forth in the Article 11 of Labor Law such as in case of a specific work to be performed (e.g. construction project) or a work which must be completed within a certain period (e.g. seasonal work). In other words, a defined objective for the temporary employment must exist in order to constitute basis for a definite-term employment contract.