Turkey requires documented working time, and Everhour helps teams turn approved hours into payroll and billing records.
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A Turkish employer needs a reliable record of who worked, on which days, for how long, and on which projects or cost centers. Turkish Labour Law No. 4857 generally caps weekly working time at 45 hours unless the employment contract sets a lower weekly schedule. That makes the weekly total the first number to review before payroll, invoicing, and workload planning.
Good time tracking software should make the current week easy to inspect before it becomes a payroll problem. A manager should see regular working hours, project hours, missing entries, late edits, and unusually long days in one place. The record should also support Turkish-language workflows and Turkish lira reporting, commonly shown with TL or ₺, for local payroll and billing review.
Turkey distinguishes overtime above the 45-hour weekly threshold from extra-hours work below that threshold. Work above 45 hours in a week is overtime and is paid at the employee's hourly rate plus 50%. If an agreed weekly schedule is below 45 hours, hours above that agreed schedule and up to 45 hours are extra-hours work with a 25% premium.
Time tracking software should keep the agreed schedule visible instead of treating every employee as if the same threshold applies. A 40-hour contract and a 45-hour contract do not produce the same review. Reports should also help monitor the 270-hour annual overtime cap per employee and flag long days, since uneven schedules may not exceed 11 hours per day.
Employee time records and attendance data are personal data under Turkey's Law No. 6698, known as KVKK. A time tracking setup should process that data for specific legitimate purposes, give employees proper notice, retain records only as needed, and protect access through sensible security controls. Basic time entry does not require invasive activity monitoring.
Biometric attendance deserves special caution. On April 29, 2026, the Turkish Data Protection Board decided that biometric data processing for attendance tracking does not satisfy proportionality where less intrusive options can be used, including PIN, password card, RFID/NFC card, signature, paper attendance sheets, or supervised manual entry. A practical Turkish setup favors clear records over excessive surveillance.
A simple weekly total is enough when you only need to check one employee's hours for one pay period. It can answer a narrow question fast, especially for a small team with stable schedules and no client billing split. The limit appears once hours need approval, correction history, project allocation, overtime review, and a payroll or billing handoff.
Everhour fits the managed workflow when weekly hours need to move through review before they become payroll or invoice data. Employees can submit timesheets, managers can approve, reject, or partially approve them, and approved time can stay locked for regular members. That creates a cleaner record than a spreadsheet copied between HR, accounting, and project managers.
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Yes. Turkey has domestic labour-law rules requiring employers to track and document employees' working time. This requirement comes from Turkish labour law, not from the EU CJEU working-time-recording framework. A useful record shows daily work, weekly totals, schedule context, and changes that matter for payroll or billing review.
Reports should show hours above the agreed weekly schedule, hours up to 45 per week, and hours above 45 per week. Turkey treats work above 45 hours in a week as overtime paid at the hourly rate plus 50%. Extra-hours work above a lower agreed schedule and up to 45 hours carries a 25% premium.
The daily limit is 11 hours when working time is distributed unevenly across workdays. A weekly report alone can hide this issue because an employee can stay under 45 hours while still recording a day that exceeds the daily limit. Daily totals should stay visible during manager review.
Time records should separate working time from rest breaks when break treatment affects payroll or attendance review. Turkey's minimum rest breaks are 15 minutes for work of 4 hours or less, 30 minutes for work over 4 and up to 7.5 hours, and 1 hour for work over 7.5 hours.
The Turkish Data Protection Board's April 29, 2026 decision says biometric data processing for attendance tracking is generally not proportionate where less intrusive alternatives can be used. Employers should use lower-risk methods such as PIN, password card, RFID/NFC card, signature, paper attendance sheets, or supervised manual entry for ordinary timekeeping.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, so managers can review submitted time before payroll or billing. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve entries, and submitted or approved time can be locked to protect reviewed records from ordinary edits.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time, project data, costs, and budgets into configurable reports. Teams can use columns, grouping, filters, date ranges, and exports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF when payroll, client billing, or internal review needs a structured file.
Use Everhour Timesheets to collect weekly work, review exceptions, lock approved entries, and pass cleaner time records into payroll or billing with fewer manual corrections.
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