Labour & Employment 2025

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The most fundamental regulations on employment law in Turkey are contained in the following primary pieces of legalisation and their respective pieces of secondary legislation:

  • the Constitution;

  • Code of Obligations, Turkey Code No. 6098/2011;

  • Labour Law, Turkey Code No. 4857/2003;

  • Maritime Labour Law No. 854;

  • Law on the Regulation of Relationships Between Employees and Employees in the Profession of the Press, Turkey Law No. 5953/2003;

  • Unions and Collective Bargaining Law, Turkey Law No. 6356/2012;

  • Occupational Health and Safety Law, Turkey Code No. 6331/2012;

  • Labour Courts Law, Turkey Code No. 7036/2017;

  • Social Security and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510;

  • Unemployment Insurance Law, Turkey Law No. 4447/1999;

  • National and Public Holidays Law No. 242; and

  • International Workforce Law, Turkey Code No. 6735/2013.

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