Annual leave calculator under Turkish Labour Law Art. 53

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How does Labour Law Art. 53 set annual leave?

Under Article 53 of the Turkish Labour Law, paid annual leave grows with length of service: 14 days from one up to five years (five included), 20 days for more than five and fewer than fifteen years, and 26 days for fifteen years (included) and more. Leave is earned after at least one year of service, including the probation period. Annual leave for employees aged eighteen or younger, or fifty or older, cannot be fewer than 20 days, and in underground work the periods are increased by four days each.

• Leave is earned after at least one year of service, including the probation period.
• Under Labour Law Art. 53, annual leave for employees aged eighteen or younger, or fifty or older, cannot be fewer than 20 days.
• Under Labour Law Art. 53, in underground work the periods are increased by four days each.

How is it calculated?

The calculator asks for two dates: the start date and the date of birth. Length of service and age are the full years from those dates to today. The period in the Art. 53 table for the length of service is taken first; if the age rule gives a longer period, that one applies. If underground work is ticked, the increase under Art. 53 is added to the result. The dates you enter are processed only in your browser and are not sent anywhere.

1. Length of service is the number of full years from the start date to today; leave is earned on each anniversary.
2. Age is the number of full years from the date of birth to today.
3. The period in the table for the length of service is taken first; if the age rule gives a longer period, that one applies.
4. If underground work is ticked, the increase under Labour Law Art. 53 is added to the result.
5. The dates you enter are processed only in your browser; the form is not sent anywhere.

How many days of leave at different ages and lengths of service?

• An employee aged thirty with three years of service: 14 days under Labour Law Art. 53.
• An employee aged fifty-two with three years of service: at least 20 days under the age rule in Labour Law Art. 53.
• An employee with sixteen years of service: 26 days under Labour Law Art. 53; 30 days in underground work under the same article.

This calculation is for information only. A collective or individual employment agreement, or special circumstances, may provide for longer leave; for a definite answer consult your accountant or an employment law adviser.

To keep the calculation for the whole team, you can download the blank annual leave schedule as an Excel file or a UTF-8 CSV file; it holds only column headings and suggests no day counts.

For an employee to request leave in writing, a leave request form template is among the business templates.

The Corex360 Human Resources module runs leave and advance requests through an approval flow; see the HR and attendance page. How leave tracking moves from paper to digital is covered in the leave tracking article. The other numeric rules on leave, working hours, and overtime, with articles and sources, are in the labour law reference table.