Overview – Coordination agreements – Turkey

(Version July 2017)

Country

Date of Signature

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Date of Entry in Force

(dd/mm/yyyy)

Personal scope

Material Scope

Comments/any other relevant information

Nationals

All insured citizens

Applicable legislation/
Posting

Anti-discrimination

Pensions

Unemployment Benefits

Family Benefits

Sickness

Invalidity

Accident at work occupational diseases

Export

Aggregation

UNITED KINGDOM

09.09.1959

01.06.1961

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

GERMANY

30.04.1964

01.11.1965

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

X

NETHERLANDS

05.04.1966

01.02.1968

X

Survivors and family members of insured person are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

X

BELGIUM

04.07.1966

01.05.1968

X

Survivors are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

AUSTRIA

12.10.1966

01.10.1969

X

Survivors are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

SWITZERLAND

01.05.1969

01.01.1972

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants. (Preferential right)

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

FRANCE

20.01.1972

01.08.1973

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

DENMARK

22.01.1976

01.02.1978

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

LIBYA

20.03.1976

01.10.1976

General rule; Lex loci laboris

Apart from sickness, Turkish legislation is implemented for permanent workers.

Libya legislation is implemented for posted workers.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

After 1 September 1985, Turkish workers who are employed by Turkish employers have been regarded as “permanent worker”. The ones who employed by Libyan or other third country’s employers have been regarded as “temporary workers”.

SWEDEN

30.06.1978

01.05.1981

X

Survivors are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

NORWAY

20.07.1978

01.06.1981

X

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

Family members residing in Turkey cannot get family and children allowances.

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

09.03.1987

01.12.1988

X

Survivors and dependants are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

CANADA

19.06.1998

01.01.2005

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

MACEDONIA

06.07.1998

01.07.2000

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

X

ALBANIA

15.07.1998

01.02.2005

X

Survivors and dependents are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

AZERBAIJAN

17.07.1998

09.08.2001

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

GEORGIA

11.12.1998

20.11.2003

X

Family members of insured are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

ROMANIA

06.07.1999

01.03.2003

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

QUEBEC

21.11.2000

01.01.2005

X

Survivors are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

27.05.2003

01.09.2004

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

CZECH REPUBLIC

02.10.2003

01.01.2005

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

X

LUXEMBURG

20.11.2003

01.06.2006

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

X

CROATIA

12.06.2006

01.06.2012

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

SLOVAKIA

25.01.2007

01.07.2013

X

Survivors are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

SERBIA

26.10.2009

01.12.2013

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

Exception: self-employed persons and civil servants are not in the scope of health practice for Turkey.

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X

ITALY

08.05.2012

01.08.2015

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

01.08.2012

01.06.2015

X

Survivors and dependants are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

MONTENEGRO

15.03.2012

01.12.2015

X

Survivors and family members are included.

General rule; Lex loci laboris. Specific rules for posted workers, personnel in international transport undertakings, members of diplomatic missions, civil servants.

X

X

X

Pro-rata calculation of pensions in case of aggregation of relevant periods.

X

X

X

X


Information concerning completion of the table

Country: country (or region within country) with which your state concluded a coordination agreement.

Date of signature: date on which the agreement has been signed.

Date of entry into force: date on which the agreement started to become applicable.

Personal scope:

Indicate with an “X” in the table:

whether the agreement is covering only national of the countries which are party to the agreement; or

whether the agreement is open to all citizens, whatever their citizenship/nationality, as long as they are/have been insured in the concerned countries (party to the agreement).

In case the agreement is of a mixed type – some clauses only for citizens, some other clauses for all socially insured regardless of their citizenship - try to indicate shortly for which clauses you apply the one or the other method for delineating your scope.

Material scope

Applicable legislation:

Indicate with an “X” in the table whether the agreement includes a section on rules governing the applicable legislation.

Give the main principle governing these rules (e.g. lex loci laboris, lex loci domicilii, ….).

Indicate whether exceptions to the rules apply, and in particular whether you have foreseen in the exception of posting provisions.

Anti-discrimination:

Indicate with an “X” whether the agreement includes a general rule on non-discrimination.

If not foreseen as a general rule, try to indicate shortly for which coordination sections a non-discrimination clause is guaranteed.

Pensions

Indicate with an “X” whether the principle of exportation (acquired rights) is guaranteed for the coordination of pensions.

Indicate with an “X” whether use is made of the principle of aggregation of insurance records for the coordination of pensions.

Unemployment benefits/Family benefits/Sickness/Invalidity, Accidents at work & occupational diseases

For each of these risks/schemes:

Indicate with an “X” whether specific coordination rules are foreseen for this risk.

If possible, indicate shortly which principles govern the coordination of this risk.

Comments

Other elements you want to highlight.