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Yazar Civan Güneş, CottGroup Hukuk ve Mevzuat Ekibi, Kategori Work Life
Marriage leave is a type of leave guaranteed by Labor Law No. 4857. It is one of the leave types granted to employees who need time off due to marriage and is referred to as excuse leave in the law. During this leave, the employee is entitled to paid time off after the marriage ceremony.
This article aims to answer common questions about marriage leave, such as how many days of leave an employee is entitled to in 2025 and what the requirements are for obtaining marriage leave.
Marriage leave is regulated differently for public and private sector employees by the law. For public sector employees, Article 104/B of Law No. 657 on State Civil Servants (In Turkish) grants a 7-day leave right for their marriage or their child's marriage.
On the other hand, for private sector employees, marriage leave is regulated by Additional Article 2 of Law No. 4857 on Labor, which grants a 3-day excuse leave for marriage. Although the law specifies "days," it is commonly understood and practiced as working days.
In 2026, there have been no changes to the duration of marriage leave. Public sector employees, including civil servants, are entitled to a 7-day legal leave, while private sector employees continue to have a 3-day legal leave right.
To take a marriage leave, the employee needs to provide the wedding date and submit a document containing that date to the relevant department at the workplace. Different institutions may have different requirements for notifying them of the wedding, some may accept verbal notifications while others may require a formal written request for marriage leave in addition to the verbal notification.
Marriage leave application letter is a letter submitted to the workplace by employees who want to use their right to leave after marriage. In the letter written by the employee, the intended leave date must be specified, signed with a wet signature and a copy of the letter must be taken and the original must be delivered to the workplace.
Marriage Leave Application Letter Sample for Civil Servants:
NAME OF THE RELEVANT INSTITUTION
I intend to use my legal marriage leave entitlement of 7 days, by the relevant provisions of Article 104 of Law No. 657 on State Civil Servants, due to my upcoming marriage on .../.../..... date.
Respectfully submitted.
Residential address:
Address where the leave will be spent:
Name and Surname
Title
Signature
Marriage Leave Application Letter Sample for Private Sector Employees:
Due to my upcoming marriage on .../.../..... date, I would like to exercise my legal marriage leave entitlement of 3 days by the Additional Second Article of Law No. 4857 on Labor.
Marriage leave is a type of paid leave that is separate from annual leave, as defined in Article 46 of Law No. 4857 on Labor. Employees receive their salary during their marriage leave. According to the law, "Leave periods listed in Additional Article 2 are counted as worked days." This means that marriage leave is not deducted from annual leave and is treated as a separate entity.
Female employees can leave their jobs due to marriage and are entitled to severance pay if they leave their jobs within one year of the date of marriage.
In the case of an employee getting married multiple times, they are entitled to marriage leave for each marriage. However, marriage leave can only be used once for each marriage.
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