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Türkiye formally incorporated hybrid working into its remote-work framework after the Labor and Social Security Ministry amended the Remote Working Regulation.
Published in the Official Gazette and taking effect on Friday, the amendment added a second paragraph to Article 9, allowing employees to split their duties between the workplace and remote locations.
Under the new provision, employers and employees can agree to divide working arrangements between the workplace and remote locations.
The employment contract must specify which days the employee works at the workplace, which days are remote, and the working hours for those arrangements.
The change gives hybrid work an explicit place in Türkiye’s regulatory framework, although it does not establish a fixed number of remote-working days for employees. Instead, the arrangement depends on the terms set out in the employment contract.
The amendment does not reduce employees’ working hours or introduce a shorter working week. Rather, it sets out how on-site and remote work can be combined within the same employment relationship. The days and hours assigned to each working arrangement are to be determined contractually.
The broader remote-work rules still exclude certain jobs from remote arrangements, including those involving chemical or radioactive substances or exposure to biological agents.
Institutions also identify outsourced activities, units, projects, facilities and services deemed strategically important to national security that cannot be carried out remotely.
The change comes shortly after the government included flexible employment models in its 2027-2029 Medium-Term Program, announced in early September. The program calls for adjustments to working days and the development of flexible-duration employment models to support work-life balance and productivity.
It also proposes support for businesses offering partial or fully remote positions to workers with child-care responsibilities, alongside plans to expand institutional child-care and nursery services through cooperation between the central government, local authorities and the private sector.
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