Working Time Rules: Türkiye
Türkiye: working hours, holiday calendars and annual leave rules for practical workforce planning.
This is a general overview, not legal advice. Limits, reference periods, exceptions, and record-keeping duties vary by sector and contract and change over time. Confirm the current rules with the official source and a qualified adviser.
Working week used in calculations40 hours per week8 hours a day over 5 days
Minimum annual leave14, 20 or 26 days by serviceAfter qualifying service, minimum annual leave is fourteen days for one through five years, twenty for more than five but less than fifteen, and twenty-six from fifteen years. Workers aged eighteen or younger and fifty or older have a minimum of twenty days. Weekly rest and public holidays are excluded from these leave periods; do not read them as calendar-day allowances.Source
Statutory working time
The Ministry of Labor describes a general forty-five-hour weekly limit under Law 4857. A contract can provide a shorter week. The table uses five eight-hour days to compare calendar effects; adjust it to the agreed schedule. It does not calculate overtime pay or statutory half-day holiday reductions.
What to check before you rely on this
- The current statutory limits, reference periods, and any opt-outs.
- Sector or collective-agreement rules that may override the defaults.
- How overtime is authorised, recorded, and compensated.
- What working-time records you must keep and for how long.