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 Applicant’s country for permission.
 The position of the company in the business sector.
 The educational level of the foreigner.
 The security situation of the foreigner.
Second: The Ministry's Criteria for Accepting the Work Permit Applications:
Under the Law No. 4817, Article 13, the following two items should be available:
1. Five Turkish citizens will be employed at the company for every foreign employee,
noting that this requirement is postponed in the first six months if the applicant is a
partner in the company, and five Turkish citizens for each foreigner will be required
later.
2. The paid-up capital must not be less than 100 thousand Turkish liras, regardless of the
total value (noting that a quarter of the capital can be paid only at the time of
establishment, therefore the capital must be 400 thousand Turkish liras in this case or
the entire capital of 100 liras Turkish should be payed), net sales should not be less than
800,000 TL / year, or the value of exports in the last year should not be less than 250
thousand dollars/year.
3. The foreign partner’s share shall not be less than %20 of the capital’s value, i.e. not less
than 40,000 TL.
4. The monthly salary which must be paid to the foreign worker according to his position
and according to the minimum wage at the time is as follows:
 High-rank manager, pilot, the first request for civil engineer and architect 6.5 times the
minimum.
 Sector’ Director, architect, and civil engineer 4 times the minimum.
 The specialist and experienced worker, teachers, psychotherapists, physiotherapist,
massage worker, musician, actor, circus or similar 3 times the minimum.
 Home maids minimum wage, while those not mentioned above as corporate employees
1.5 times the minimum wage.
 The minimum wage is set annually by the Ministry of Labor and the minimum wage for
2016 is 1,300 Turkish liras.
Third: Exceptions Related to Work Permit:
1. Article (1) and (2) shall not be considered if the foreigner applying for the work permit
will be employed in foreign airlines or in the field of education or domestic services
under article 2 of the Law related in associations and endowments work.