The Ministry of Industry and Technology has announced the international talent transfer project to simplify the employment of the international technology talents in Türkiye.

The Ministry also states that that this project has been initiated to inform foreign technology experts and technology companies located in Türkiye who would like to employ these experts.

The details of this project can be summarized as below:

The 2022 minimum wage support has come into force with the Law No: 7417 published on the Official Gazette dated 01 July 2022 and numbered 31887.

Based on that, in case that all conditions are met, the minimum wage support will be automatically deducted from the social security premium payments on the upcoming periods by the Social Security Institution without any application.

The conditions required for 2022 minimum wage support can be summarized as below:

According to the 27998389-010.06.02-1342135 numbered Circular published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance with the subject 'Financial and Social Rights', the coefficients used to calculate the wage of a public officers have been revised effective 01.07.2022.

Income Tax Exempted Severance Pay

The following value has been calculated taking these coefficients into account and shall be applied for the period between the dates of 01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022 maximum severance pay to be exempted from income tax is determined as 15,371.40 TL.

To access the full circular in which these announcements were made, please click here. (Please also be advised that the contents of this circular are in Turkish language.)

Should you have any queries or need further details, please contact your customer representative.

There are no detailed regulations regarding the seasonal work concept within the framework of the Labor Law No. 4857 ("Law") and/or other local legislation. In this article, the provisions of the legislation, the views in the doctrine and the decisions of the Supreme Court will be discussed and explanations will be made by referring to the concepts of seasonal work and worker.