In the event, which is the subject of the Turkish Constitutional Court with application No. 2018/11988 and decision dated 10.03.2022, the Applicant works as a civil servant within the Municipality of Söke ("Municipality"). Working hours in the Municipality are tracked by fingerprint system. Despite the Applicant's objections, the case has been brought to the court of first instance, as the fingerprints continued to be taken by the Municipality.

The court of first instance decided to annul the administrative act with the acceptance of the case. In the reasoning of the decision, it is stated that the controlling of employee's working hours by fingerprint scanning system should be evaluated within the scope of the processing of personal data within the scope of the right to respect of private life, by referring to the relevant legislation. The court of first instance also stated that there is no detailed legal regulation regarding the tracking of working hours of civil servants, and that having a legal basis for restriction of fundamental rights is a constitutional obligation and at the same time one of the basic principles in the European Convention on Human Rights.

A new Omnibus Law has been published with the Official Gazette numbered 31810 and dated 15.04.2022.

With that new Law, some amendments have been made on Income Tax Law, Corporate Tax Law and VAT.

You can review the details about these amendments on below:

Amendments have been made on the Turkish Currency Value Protection Communique with a Communique no: 2022-32/66 published on the Official Gazette numbered 31814 and dated 19.04.2022.

Per that amendment, the movable asset sale contracts (except vehicle sales contracts) between the resident individuals in Türkiye can be done in foreign currency or indexed to foreign currency. However, it is obligatory to fulfill and accept the contractual payment obligations in Turkish currency.

You can reach the relevant Official Gazette via that link. (In Turkish).

The Social Security Institution published a General Letter with regards to the inspections on the retirement procedures due to foreign service debt per the Law No. 3201 (In Turkish.)

Per that regulation, the retirement / pension payments made due to the foreign service debt system, would be cancelled if the individuals start to work in foreign countries or receives a social allowance due from their residence.

The individuals who retired due to the the foreign service debt system per the Law No: 3210, would need to declare their statuses regarding their work statuses or social benefit statuses within 3 months if they stay more than 6 months in the foreing countries.