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D. Law on Work Permits for Foreigners
The Law on Work Permits of Foreigners prescribes that the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to make a final decision on a foreigner’ s application for a work permit within thirty days. If the decision is negative, the applicant can appeal it within thirty days to an administrative court. To access the labor market, the asylum seeker and the prospective employer must jointly file the papers for the work permit. Restrictions may apply, however, for a certain period,“ where the situation of the labour market and developments in the working life as well as sectoral and economic conditions necessitate,” or to certain sectors or administrative / geographic areas.
Termination or Cancellation of International Protection Status
International protection status will be terminated if the beneficiaries:
a) voluntarily re-avail themselves of the protection in their country of citizenship; b) voluntarily regain the citizenship that they have been deprived of; c) acquired a new nationality, and enjoy the protection of the country of their new nationality; d) voluntarily returned to the country from which they have fled or stayed outside of due to fear of persecution.
In cases of voluntary return, the Turkish authorities provide material and financial support to the applicants and international protection beneficiaries, and the repatriation is carried out by the DGMM“ in cooperation with international organisations, public institutions and agencies, and civil society organisations. Subsidiary protection status is also terminated if the circumstances upon which it had been granted are no longer applicable“ or have changed to an extent that the protection is no longer needed. Termination of international protection status or subsidiary protection status may be reassessed, and the person concerned may be given the opportunity to present the reasons supporting its continuation