In practice, the employer is expected to have a certain level of paid-in capital or turnover and to employ a certain number of Turkish workers per foreign national; exceptions exist depending on the position. Before the application, we analyse your criteria and, if necessary, bring the structure into compliance.
As a concrete benchmark (as of July 2026), the rules set under the International Labour Force Law (No. 6735) and its secondary legislation expect five Turkish employees for each foreign national at the workplace; paid-in capital of at least TRY 500,000 or net sales of at least TRY 8,000,000 or exports of at least USD 150,000; and a salary appropriate to the position — a multiple of the gross minimum wage (5× for senior managers and pilots, 4× for engineers and architects, 3× for other managers, 2× for roles requiring specialist expertise). Foreign shareholders, key personnel and certain special statuses are assessed differently, and the exceptions vary with the position, the sector and the foreign national’s own status. Before filing, we check your structure against these thresholds and, where needed, adjust it so the application is not refused on a formal ground.
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