Transfers of Undertakings in Turkey

In case of a transfer of the whole or a part of the business from an employer to another, on the date of transfer, all employment agreements with all of their rights and obligations in that workplace or in the part thereof shall be transferred from the transferor employer to the transferee employer. Transfer of undertakings only covers the transfer of the whole or part of the business enterprise of the company and does not indicate the transfers of shares or stakes within a company.

Transfer of undertakings does not require the consent of the employee, nor can the employee terminate his /her employment agreement on the grounds of such transfer. On the other hand, upon the transfer, the transferor and transferee employers shall jointly be liable for the employees’ accrued rights and entitlements for a period of 2 years from the date of transfer.