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The table below shows the average salaries of some jobs in Turkey. Please refer to SalaryExplorer for more information.

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Employer Payroll Tax

The employer payroll tax is calculated as follows:

‍Employee Payroll Tax

The employee payroll tax is calculated as follows:

‍Employee Monthly Income Tax

The income tax rate in Turkey is as follows:

Minimum Wage

The minimum monthly gross pay in Turkey is TRY 3,577.50.

‍Payroll Cycle

Employees are paid monthly in Turkey.

Bonus

13th month salary

There is no provision for a 13th month salary.

Working hours

The standard number of working hours in Turkey is upto 45 hours a week.

Overtime pay

Employees who work overtime are remunerated to 1.5 times of their normal hourly rate. The maximum overtime hours cannot exceed 270 hours in the entire year.

Public Holidays‍

The number of national holidays in the country is 16. The list of holidays can be found here.

Leaves

Annual Paid Leave

Employees in Turkey are entitled to a paid leave once they have completed one year of service. The leave is allocated as follows: 

• 14 days if the employee has served 1 to 5 years of employment
• 20 days if the employee has served 5 to 15 years of employment
• 26 days if the employee has served 15 years of employment

Sick Leave

All employees are entitled to one week of paid sick leave. Extended sick leave might be given on an unpaid basis.

Parental Leave

Turkish law allows pregnant mothers to take a total of 16 weeks as maternity leave - 8 weeks before birth and 8 weeks after childbirth.

Fathers are allowed to take a paid leave of 3 days.

Termination Process

In Turkey, there are two types of termination - ordinary and extraordinary. There must be a specific reason for termination of the employee’s employment agreement

Notice Period

The notice period in Turkey depends on the length of employment:

• For less than 6 months - 2 weeks
• For a period of 6 months to 1.5 years - 4 weeks
• For a period of 1.5 years to 3 years - 6 weeks
• For a period longer than 3 years - 8 weeks
  

Severance Pay

If the employee has worked for one year, the employer must pay severance benefits at the rate of 30 days’ gross salary for each full year as the date of employment of service began.

Probation period

The probation period in Turkey is two months.

Employee Benefits

Insurance

The social security scheme in Turkey covers a lot of benefits for employees working in the country. The following are the rates of contribution between the employers and employees:

• Short-term risks: 2% (paid only by the employer).
• Long-term risks: 20% (11% paid by the employer, 9% paid by the employee).
• General health insurance: 12.5% (7.5% paid by the employer, 5% paid by the employee).
• Unemployment insurance: 3% (2% paid by the employer, 1% paid by the employee)
  

Employee Share Option Plan

There are no specific regulations for Employee share plans in Turkey nor are there established types of share plans being offered. However, employers may offer such benefits to their employees provided that they follow Turkish tax, capital markets, employment and commercial law rules.