Who Gets Severance Pay in Türkiye?
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Short answer
Severance pay in Türkiye goes to an employee with at least one year of service at the same employer whose contract ends for a reason in Law 1475 art. 14: dismissal other than for misconduct, resignation for just cause, military service, retirement, a woman leaving within a year of marriage, or death. Resigning without just cause gives none.
Open the calculator →Formula
severance pay entitlement = at least 1 year of service + an ending listed in art. 14
- at least 1 year of service: time at one or more workplaces of the same employer adds up, even if the contract was ended and made again (Law 1475 art. 14). The start day and the last working day both count; the Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) counts 20.06.2012–19.06.2013 as one year, and 11.09.2020–09.09.2021 as 364 days, which is not a full year.
- an ending listed in art. 14: one of the cases in the table below. Without one, no severance pay is due however long the service.
Only art. 14 of Law 1475 is still in force (Labour Law no. 4857 art. 120). Its references to art. 16 and 17 are applied today as art. 24 and 25 of Law 4857.
Step-by-step example
An employee started on 1 March 2022, and the employer ended the contract on 1 September 2026 for economic reasons. The last gross wage is 40,000 TRY.
- Find the service: 4 years 6 months. The one-year condition is met.
- Check the reason: the employer ended the contract, and not for conduct against morality and good faith (not Law 4857 art. 25/II). The case falls under the first item of art. 14.
- Result: the employee is entitled. The amount is 180,000 TRY gross and 178,633.80 TRY net after stamp duty; the severance pay calculation guide shows how.
- Compare: had the same employee resigned without just cause, there would be no severance pay despite 4 years 6 months of service.
If the employer did not keep to the notice period, notice pay is due as well.
When severance pay is due
| How the contract ends | Severance pay | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Dismissal for economic reasons, performance, the employee’s illness or force majeure | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14/1-1 |
| Dismissal for conduct against morality and good faith (theft, insults, absence and so on) | No | Law 4857 art. 25/II |
| Resignation for just cause: unpaid wages, mobbing, health, force majeure | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14/1-2; Law 4857 art. 24 |
| Resignation without just cause | No | Law 1475 art. 14 |
| Compulsory military service | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14/1-3 |
| Leaving to receive an old-age, retirement or disability pension or a lump sum | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14/1-4 |
| Leaving after meeting the pension conditions other than age (insurance years and premium days) | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14/1-5 |
| A woman leaving of her own will within one year of her marriage | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14 |
| The employee’s death (paid to the heirs) | Yes | Law 1475 art. 14 |
| Less than one year of service | No | Law 1475 art. 14 |
Cases people mix up
- Meeting the conditions other than age: for those insured before 8 September 1999, 15 years of insurance and 3,600 premium days are enough. Later entrants need more premium days. The “kıdem tazminatı alabilir” letter from SGK, issued on e-Devlet, shows that the condition is met.
- Marriage: this applies only to women, and the year runs from the date of marriage. A man leaving because of marriage gets no severance pay.
- Military service: the employee must leave to do compulsory military service, and the reason should be on record.
- The calculator does not check these conditions: check your case against the table, then find the amount with the calculator.
Worked example: 1 March 2018 to 31 August 2026, 70,000 TRY gross and 5,000 TRY benefits
Total net pay
723,084.62 TRY
- Net severance pay
- 621,947.22 TRY
- Gross severance pay
- 626,703.90 TRY
- Stamp exemption left for the severance pay
- 0.00 TRY
- Stamp duty
- 4,756.68 TRY
- Monthly wage used
- 73,729.87 TRY
- Ceiling on the end date
- 73,729.87 TRY
- Length of service
- 8.5 years
- Full years
- 8
- Months
- 6
- Days
- 0
- Net notice pay
- 101,137.40 TRY
- Gross notice pay
- 140,000.00 TRY
- Notice period
- 8 weeks
- Income tax on the notice pay
- 37,800.00 TRY
- Minimum wage exemption / AGİ left for the notice pay
- 0.00 TRY
- Stamp exemption left for the notice pay
- 0.00 TRY
- Stamp duty on the notice pay
- 1,062.60 TRY
- Total gross pay
- 766,703.90 TRY
About this result
- No cumulative tax base was given. The tool estimated it at the same gross wage every month from January (or your start month this year) to the exit: 476,000 TRY. If the base on your last payslip is different, enter it; the tax on the notice pay changes.
- Some calculators take an empty tax base as zero and find less tax. If you were paid a wage this year, your base is not zero; so the tax here can be higher.
Data period: the values in force from July 1, 2026.
Step by step
Length of service
service = years + months/12 + days/365
service = 8 + 6/12 + 0/365 = 8.5 years
Monthly wage used
wage used = min(gross wage + benefits; ceiling)
wage used = min(75,000.00; 73,729.87) = 73,729.87 TRY
Gross severance pay
gross severance pay = wage used × service
gross severance pay = 73,729.87 × (8 + 6/12 + 0/365) = 626,703.90 TRY
Stamp exemption left for the severance pay
stamp exemption left = min(stamp duty of the minimum wage − what the exit month’s wage and the notice pay used; gross severance pay × 7.59 per mille)
stamp exemption left = min(0.00; 4,756.68) = 0.00 TRY
Stamp duty
stamp duty = gross severance pay × 7.59 per mille − stamp exemption left
stamp duty = 626,703.90 × 7.59 per mille − 0.00 = 4,756.68 TRY
Net severance pay
net severance pay = gross severance pay − stamp duty
net severance pay = 626,703.90 − 4,756.68 = 621,947.22 TRY
notice period (days) = weeks × 7
notice period (days) = 8 × 7 = 56
daily gross wage = (gross wage + benefits) / 30
daily gross wage = 75,000.00 / 30 = 2,500.00 TRY
Gross notice pay
gross notice pay = (gross wage + benefits) / 30 × notice period (days)
gross notice pay = 75,000.00 / 30 × 56 = 140,000.00 TRY
estimated cumulative tax base = base of the months January to August at the same gross wage each month (gross − SGK − unemployment, the last month by the days worked)
estimated cumulative tax base = 476,000.00 = 476,000.00 TRY
Minimum wage exemption / AGİ left for the notice pay
exemption left = min(minimum wage exemption of the month − tax on the exit month’s wage; tax(cumulative tax base + gross notice pay) − tax(cumulative tax base))
exemption left = min(5,615.10 − 16,065.00; 37,800.00) = 0.00 TRY
Income tax on the notice pay
income tax = tax(cumulative tax base + gross notice pay) − tax(cumulative tax base) − exemption left
income tax = tax(616,000.00) − tax(476,000.00) − 0.00 = 37,800.00 TRY
Stamp exemption left for the notice pay
stamp exemption left = min(stamp duty of the minimum wage − stamp duty of the exit month’s wage; gross notice pay × 7.59 per mille)
stamp exemption left = min(250.70 − 531.30; 1,062.60) = 0.00 TRY
Stamp duty on the notice pay
stamp duty = gross notice pay × 7.59 per mille − stamp exemption left
stamp duty = 140,000.00 × 7.59 per mille − 0.00 = 1,062.60 TRY
Net notice pay
net notice pay = gross notice pay − income tax − stamp duty
net notice pay = 140,000.00 − 37,800.00 − 1,062.60 = 101,137.40 TRY
Total gross pay
total gross pay = gross severance pay + gross notice pay
total gross pay = 626,703.90 + 140,000.00 = 766,703.90 TRY
Total net pay
total net pay = net severance pay + net notice pay
total net pay = 621,947.22 + 101,137.40 = 723,084.62 TRY