2- How Should Week-end Wage be paid?
An employer should pay full wage for week-end without corresponding any work.

3- Which Conditions are regarded as Working Hours?
Condition that are regarded as working hours;
– Even though the employee is not working;
– the periods that are regarded as working hours according to law,
– Holidays generating from law or agreement, paid or not,
– Compassionate leave.
– In case of marriage or adopting a child (3 days),
– In case of the death of employee’s natural parents, wife/husband, spouse, child (3 days),
– In case of childbearing of the employee’s wife (5 days),
– In case of treatment of employee’s disabled (at least 70%) child,
– In case of treatment of employee’s child who has chronic illness, (an employee has a right to have up to 10 days paid leave collectively or partly in a year on condition that that leave should be used one of working natural parents and based on medical report.)
– Other leaves that are given by the employer on condition that those leaves should be within a week,
– Sick leaves and rest leaves
should be regarded as working days.

** If a working day or more than a working day within a week is/are suspended by the employer without compulsory or economic reasons, those leaves should be regarded as working day.

** Week-end wage should be paid to the employee by the employer in workplaces where percentage is applied.

Source: The Labor Law numbered 4857 (Article 46)

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SAMPLE 1: IF WOMAN EMPLOYEE TERMINATES HER LABOR AGREEMENT 10 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF HER MARRIAGE, IS SHE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SENIORITY INDEMNITY?
If a woman has to terminate her labor agreement 10 months after the date of her marriage, she is entitled to receive seniority indemnity. According to article 14 of the Labor Law numbered 1475, it is clearly stated that if a woman employee voluntarily terminates her labor agreement within 1 year after the date of her marriage, she is entitled to receive seniority indemnity.

SAMPLE 2: IF A WOMAN TERMINATES HER LABOR AGREEMENT 1 YEAR 2 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF HER MARRIAGE, IS SHE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SENIORITY INDEMNITY?
ıf a woman employee terminates her labor agreement 1 year 2 months after the date of her marriage, she is not entitled to receive seniority indemnity. According to article 14 of the Labor Law numbered 1475, it is clearly stated that if a woman employee voluntarily terminates her labor agreement within 1 year after the date of her marriage, she is entitled to receive seniority indemnity.

Source: Labor Law

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Article 14 of the Labor Law numbered 1475 – If labor agreement of employees who are subjected to this law is terminated;
1. Because of reasons except from ones stated in clause II of article 17 of this Law;
2. (By the employee) in accordance with article 16 of this Law;
3. Because of military service;
4. Because of old age, retirement or disabled pension or in order to get lump sum payment from their own legal institutions and funds;
5. If an employee leaves his/her job willingly, by fulfilling insurance period and days for premium payment in order to get old age pension according to some conditions except from estimated ages; and if a woman willingly terminates her labor agreement within one year after the date of marriage or an employee passes away, the employer should pay seniority indemnity for each year, during when labor agreement has been active since the beginning of the employment. That amount should be 30-day fee for each year.

Article 25 of the Labor Law numbered 4857 – (II) – The situations and similar conditions that are against good will and ethics are indicated below;
a) When employee misleads his/her employer by telling nonrealistic data and words, by claiming that he/she has required qualifications for the important issues of the business even though he/she does not possesses required qualifications.
b) When employee says or acts against one of employer’s family members’ honor and reputation or gives unfounded notification and defames his/her employer.
c) When employee abuses another employee(s) in the office.
d) When employee teases his/her employee or one of employer’s family members or other employee(s) and when employee come at work woozily or by getting drugged and when he/she uses these kinds of drugs.
e) When employee acts against integrity and loyalty, like breach of faith, robbery, revealing employer’s trade secrets.
f) When employee commits a crime in the office and receives imprisonment more than 7 days (however, the sentence shouldn’t be postponed.)

Source: Labor Law

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The highest crude marriage rate was in Kilis with 10.19 per thousand
The province having the highest crude marriage rate was Kilis with 10.19 per thousand in 2016. Kilis was followed by Aksaray with 8.78 per thousand, and Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman with 8.74 per thousand. The province having the lowest crude marriage rate was Gümüşhane with 5.07 per thousand. Gümüşhane was followed by Bayburt with 5.51 per thousand and Tunceli with 5.59 per thousand.

Crude marriage rate, 2016

The highest mean age difference at first marriage was in Kars
Mean age at first marriage was 27.1 for males and 24 for females in 2016. Age difference at first marriage between male and female was 3.1 years. The province having the highest mean age difference at first marriage was Kars with 4.7 years. Kars was followed by Ağrı with 4.3 years, and Bitlis, Ardahan and Iğdır with 4.2 years. The province having the lowest mean age difference at first marriage was Karabük with 2.4 years. Karabük was followed by Şırnak and Kastamonu with 2.5 years.

Syrian brides took first place among foreign brides
The number of foreign brides was 22 thousand 583 in 2016 and it comprised of 3.8% of total brides.  When foreign brides were analyzed by citizenship, Syrian brides (6 thousand 495) took first place with 28.8%. Syrian brides were followed by German brides (2 thousand 644 persons) with 11.7% and Azerbaijani brides (2 thousand 170 persons) with 9.6%.

German grooms took first place among foreign grooms
The number of foreign grooms was 3 thousand 777 in 2016 and it comprised of 0.6% of total grooms. When foreign grooms were analyzed by citizenship, German grooms (one thousand 338 persons) with 35.4% took first place. German grooms were followed by Syrian grooms (377 persons) with 10% and Austrian grooms (291 persons) with 7.7%.

The highest crude divorce rate was in İzmir with 2.63 per thousand
The province having the highest crude divorce rate was İzmir with 2.63 per thousand in 2016. İzmir was followed by Muğla with 2.55 per thousand and Antalya with 2.46 per thousand. The provinces having the lowest crude divorce rates were Hakkari and Şırnak with 0.15 per thousand. These provinces were followed by Siirt with 0.23 per thousand and Muş with 0.25 per thousand.

39.1% of divorces occurred in the first five years of marriage
In 2016, 39.1% of divorces occurred in the first five years of marriage and 21% of divorces occurred in the marriages with the duration of 6-10 years.

Divorces by duration of marriage, 2015-2016

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