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How to Calculate Notice Pay in Türkiye

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Short answer

Notice pay in Türkiye (ihbar tazminatı) is the gross wage of the notice period, owed by whoever ends the contract without notice: divide the gross monthly wage plus benefits by 30 and multiply by notice days. The period is 2 to 8 weeks, by service. For example, 2.5 years at 50,000 TRY gross, 15% bracket, gives 58,968.70 TRY net.

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Formula

gross notice pay = (gross wage + benefits) / 30 × weeks × 7

net notice pay = gross − gross × bracket rate − gross × 7.59 per mille

  • gross wage: the last monthly gross wage
  • benefits: the monthly total of regular payments such as meals, transport and a twelfth of the yearly bonus
  • weeks: the notice period of Labour Law no. 4857 art. 17; weeks × 7 is the number of notice days
  • bracket rate: the income tax rate your cumulative wage base of the year has reached
  • 7.59 per mille: the stamp duty rate on wage payments

No social security premium is deducted from notice pay (Law 5510 art. 80). Unlike severance pay, there is no ceiling.

Step-by-step example

Start date 1 March 2024, end date 1 September 2026; last gross wage 50,000 TRY, no benefits, 15% bracket:

  1. Service is 2 years 6 months. From 1.5 to 3 years the notice period is 6 weeks: 6 × 7 = 42 days.
  2. Daily gross wage: 50,000 / 30 = 1,666.67 TRY.
  3. Gross notice pay: 50,000 / 30 × 42 = 70,000 TRY.
  4. Income tax: 70,000 × 15% = 10,500 TRY.
  5. Stamp duty: 70,000 × 7.59 per mille = 531.30 TRY.
  6. Net notice pay: 70,000 − 10,500 − 531.30 = 58,968.70 TRY.

Notice pay by length of service

Last gross wage 50,000 TRY, end date 1 September 2026, 15% bracket:

Service Notice period Gross notice pay Net notice pay
Under 6 months (5 months) 2 weeks (14 days) 23,333.33 TRY 19,656.23 TRY
6 months – 1.5 years (1 year 3 months) 4 weeks (28 days) 46,666.67 TRY 39,312.47 TRY
1.5 – 3 years (2 years 6 months) 6 weeks (42 days) 70,000 TRY 58,968.70 TRY
More than 3 years (5 years) 8 weeks (56 days) 93,333.33 TRY 78,624.93 TRY

Limits and common mistakes

  • Periods at the limits: the calculator counts exactly 6 months as 4 weeks, exactly 1.5 years as 6 weeks and exactly 3 years as 6 weeks; the law gives 8 weeks for “more than three years”. Some lawyers give 8 weeks at exactly 3 years.
  • One tax rate: if the pay pushes your base into the next bracket, the real tax is higher. The calculator also leaves out the unused minimum wage exemption of the month.
  • Who pays: both employers and employees can owe notice pay. An employee who resigns without notice can owe it to the employer.
  • Mixing it up with severance pay: notice pay needs no year of service and is subject to income tax; severance pay needs at least one year and only stamp duty is deducted.

Worked example: 1 March 2024 to 1 September 2026, 50,000 TRY gross wage, 15% bracket

Net notice pay

58,968.7 TRY

Gross notice pay
70,000 TRY
Notice period
6 weeks
Notice period
42 days
Daily gross wage
1,666.67 TRY
Income tax
10,500 TRY
Stamp duty
531.3 TRY
Full years
2
Months
6
Days
0
Step by step

  1. Notice period

    notice period (days) = weeks × 7

    notice period (days) = 6 × 7 = 42

  2. Daily gross wage

    daily gross wage = (gross wage + benefits) / 30

    daily gross wage = 50,000 / 30 = 1,666.67

  3. Gross notice pay

    gross notice pay = (gross wage + benefits) / 30 × notice period (days)

    gross notice pay = 50,000 / 30 × 42 = 70,000

  4. Income tax

    income tax = gross notice pay × 15%

    income tax = 70,000 × 15% = 10,500

  5. Stamp duty

    stamp duty = gross notice pay × 7.59 per mille

    stamp duty = 70,000 × 7.59 per mille = 531.3

  6. Net notice pay

    net notice pay = gross notice pay − income tax − stamp duty

    net notice pay = 70,000 − 10,500 − 531.3 = 58,968.7

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