What a termination in Turkey pays in severance and notice
One month of dressed gross wage per year of service, capped at a government ceiling that resets twice a year, currently ₺73,729.87. This calculator applies the right ceiling for your termination date and separates the tax-exempt severance from the fully taxed notice pay.
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The ceiling in force on this date applies; the tool covers terminations from 2026.
Meal, transport and other regular cash benefits raise the severance base.
Accrued leave not taken is paid out at the daily wage and taxed as wage.
Both are taxed as wage income at your current cumulative bracket.
Verified 21 Aug 2026ceiling ₺73,730 · Treasury Circular No. 5
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Methodology and sources
Severance: 30 days of the last dressed gross wage (salary plus regular cash benefits) per full year of service, pro-rated by day for the remainder, with the monthly base capped at the ceiling in force on the termination date. At least one full year of service is required. Severance up to the ceiling is exempt from income tax but carries 0.759% stamp duty. Notice periods follow Labor Law art. 17 by tenure: two, four, six or eight weeks. Unused annual leave (entitlements set by Labor Law art. 53) is paid out at the bare daily wage per art. 59; allowances count into severance and notice, not leave. Notice and leave payouts are taxed as regular wage income at your cumulative bracket, which you select. Resignations generally do not qualify for severance except in cases defined by law. Ceilings are carried for 2026 terminations.
- Severance ceilings 2026: ₺64,948.77 (Jan to Jun) and ₺73,729.87 (from 1 Jul) · Treasury and Finance Ministry Circular No. 5
- Notice periods · Labor Law No. 4857, art. 17
- Annual leave entitlements · Labor Law No. 4857, art. 53
- Severance framework · Law No. 1475, art. 14
- Stamp duty 0.759% · Stamp Duty Law