The Law on International Labor Force ("The Law")
numbered 6735 has entered into force by publication in the Official
Gazette dated 13 August 2016. The Law brings into notable changes
for the work permit system in Turkey and outlaws the existing Law
on Work Permits for Foreigners numbered 4817. This article prepared
by Sahin Law Firm aims to provide brief information on the legal
procedures and significant principles regarding work permit and
work permit exemption that will be granted to foreigners.
Purpose and Scope
The purpose of that new Law was to introduce an effective tool
to achieve the right balance between the protection of local
employment and to relax the barriers to high-skilled foreign labor,
take the different realities of various sectors in the Turkish
labor market into account, constitute an effective, transparent and
predictable legislation and to create an hybrid labor immigration
system.
