We support our clients on various employment issues in Turkey. The employment team at Vircon Legal focuses on all major areas of Employment Law and offers a full range of employment law advice tailored to our clients’ particular needs.
We provide legal support in the most complex, sensitive matters, resulting in innovative legal solutions. We also work with you to build a strong employment strategy in order to minimize potential employment law-related disputes.
Our Employment practice includes, but not limited to, the following:
- Reweaving workplace policies
- Non-compete and confidentiality agreements
- Termination and release agreements, and risk assessment
- Dispute resolution, including litigation, and settlement
- Benefits and compensation
- Occupational health and security issues
- Social security law practices
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Frequently Asked Questions
What termination exposure do employers carry in Türkiye?
Severance accrues at roughly one gross month per year of service (subject to the statutory cap) after one year; notice runs two to eight weeks by seniority. Workplaces with thirty or more employees face job-security claims — reinstatement plus up to eight months’ compensation — which is why termination files and documented performance processes matter.
Are post-termination non-competes enforceable?
Yes, within limits: written form, legitimate business interest (access to customers or trade secrets), and reasonable scope, geography, and duration — capped at two years under the Code of Obligations. Courts trim or void overbroad clauses, and a well-designed garden-leave or consideration mechanism improves enforceability.
How is employee equity taxed in Türkiye?
By default, option gains are taxed as employment income at exercise. Recent incentives soften this for technology employers — including exemptions tied to holding periods for techno-park and R&D-centre companies — so plan design (grant timing, exercise mechanics, sale windows) drives the net outcome for employees more than the headline grant size.