Employment regulations
Foreigners that marry Turkish citizens must wait three years before they can be granted Turkish citizenship.
As an employer, David asks:
“Hello Sadettin Bey,
Greetings from Göcek.
I have been following your columns in the Hürriyet Daily News for some time – they always prove interesting and informative. To introduce myself, my name is David Robertson and I am the manager of the Turkey branch of a yacht sales company called Sunbird International Yacht Sales, which has a head office in the U.K. with another branch in Spain.
We have been working in Turkey since 2000, with offices in Göcek and Marmaris. We employ a limited number of staff (four to be precise), two of whom are foreigners (Christine and Peter).
I read with dismay recently that in future we will need to employ 5 Turkish nationals for every one foreign worker. We cannot afford to do this, nor can I afford to lose my two foreign workers.
Both of the people in question have been working for / with me for over eight years. Both have been in Turkey for a great many years (15 or 20) and both are settled here.
As we should renew Christine’s work and residency permit in March, and Peter’s in November I would be keen to learn if these new employment laws will only affect new businesses in which case we will apply as usual or will the new law affect every business, no matter how large or small, recently opened or long term, in which case I will need to decide how best to proceed given the fact that we are a small business and very much rely on these two members of staff.
I would be grateful to hear your thoughts on the above and maybe get some ideas about where we stand for the future. A Happy New Year to you and yours. David.”
Dear David, you’re talking about a regulation which was discussed in 2010. However, this draft regulation has not yet been enacted. You are right to worry but there is more time until the implementation.
[HH] Turkish citizenship by birth…
Turkish citizenship is a question that receives the most attention from foreigners. Another reader also asks about it.
“Selam aleykum,
I found your website by accident and I have been looking for an answer for my question. I hope you can help me with it.
I am a non-Turkish woman married with a Turkish man and now I am pregnant. I heard that once I give birth to our baby I will be granted Turkish citizenship at once, but I searched on the Internet and I couldn’t find the answer. Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Literature.”
‘Aleykum selam.’ Dear Mrs. Literature, if your husband is a Turkish citizen and you have already been married three years, you can apply for Turkish citizenship. The birth has no bearing on being granted Turkish citizenship.
Hurriyet Daily News/07.01.2011
As an employer, David asks:
“Hello Sadettin Bey,
Greetings from Göcek.
I have been following your columns in the Hürriyet Daily News for some time – they always prove interesting and informative. To introduce myself, my name is David Robertson and I am the manager of the Turkey branch of a yacht sales company called Sunbird International Yacht Sales, which has a head office in the U.K. with another branch in Spain.
We have been working in Turkey since 2000, with offices in Göcek and Marmaris. We employ a limited number of staff (four to be precise), two of whom are foreigners (Christine and Peter).
I read with dismay recently that in future we will need to employ 5 Turkish nationals for every one foreign worker. We cannot afford to do this, nor can I afford to lose my two foreign workers.
Both of the people in question have been working for / with me for over eight years. Both have been in Turkey for a great many years (15 or 20) and both are settled here.
As we should renew Christine’s work and residency permit in March, and Peter’s in November I would be keen to learn if these new employment laws will only affect new businesses in which case we will apply as usual or will the new law affect every business, no matter how large or small, recently opened or long term, in which case I will need to decide how best to proceed given the fact that we are a small business and very much rely on these two members of staff.
I would be grateful to hear your thoughts on the above and maybe get some ideas about where we stand for the future. A Happy New Year to you and yours. David.”
Dear David, you’re talking about a regulation which was discussed in 2010. However, this draft regulation has not yet been enacted. You are right to worry but there is more time until the implementation.
[HH] Turkish citizenship by birth…
Turkish citizenship is a question that receives the most attention from foreigners. Another reader also asks about it.
“Selam aleykum,
I found your website by accident and I have been looking for an answer for my question. I hope you can help me with it.
I am a non-Turkish woman married with a Turkish man and now I am pregnant. I heard that once I give birth to our baby I will be granted Turkish citizenship at once, but I searched on the Internet and I couldn’t find the answer. Thanks & Regards, Mrs. Literature.”
‘Aleykum selam.’ Dear Mrs. Literature, if your husband is a Turkish citizen and you have already been married three years, you can apply for Turkish citizenship. The birth has no bearing on being granted Turkish citizenship.
Hurriyet Daily News/07.01.2011
