Turkey requires documented working time, and Everhour supports structured tracking, reporting, and billing workflows for local teams.
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A useful timesheet gives you a clear record of who worked, which day they worked, start and end times, breaks, project or cost center, and approval status. In Turkey, employers must track and document employees' working time under domestic labour-law rules. That requirement is separate from the EU CJEU working-time-recording obligation, so software should match Turkish payroll and HR review rather than copy an EU template.
The record also needs to show the weekly total clearly. Under Turkish Labour Law No. 4857, weekly working time is generally capped at 45 hours unless a lower contractual weekly schedule applies. If hours are spread unevenly across workdays, daily working time may not exceed 11 hours. A timesheet that hides daily totals makes that review slower and easier to miss.
Turkish payroll review needs more than one total-hours column. Work exceeding 45 hours in a week is overtime in Turkey and is paid at the employee's hourly rate plus 50%. If the agreed weekly schedule is below 45 hours, hours above the agreed schedule and up to 45 hours are extra-hours work and carry a 25% premium.
A practical setup separates regular hours, extra-hours work, overtime, breaks, paid time off, and unapproved entries. Rest breaks also need visible treatment: 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. Those fields give HR and payroll the audit trail they need before payment.
Timesheet data is employee personal data in Turkey. Law No. 6698, known as KVKK, requires lawful processing, specified legitimate purposes, proportionality, notice to employees, retention only as needed, and data security measures. That makes system design part of compliance: collect the time data needed for payroll, billing, or attendance, and avoid monitoring that goes beyond that purpose.
Biometric attendance deserves specific caution. On April 29, 2026, the Turkish Data Protection Board decided that biometric data processing for attendance tracking does not satisfy proportionality when less intrusive options can be used. PIN, password card, RFID/NFC card, signature, paper attendance sheets, and supervised manual entry are examples of alternatives. Timesheet software should support those lower-intrusion workflows before biometric timekeeping enters the discussion.
A weekly spreadsheet can work for a small one-off payroll check if you need only names, dates, hours, and manager signoff. It stops working well once you track many projects, bill clients in Turkish lira, monitor annual overtime toward the 270 hours/year cap, or need a consistent record across HR, accounting, and project teams.
A managed workflow connects time entry, review, reporting, and handoff. Everhour fits that longer-term need when tracked hours must feed customizable reports, billing review, and payroll preparation. Turkish teams also need localized working habits: Turkish-language workflows and Turkish lira amounts, commonly shown with TL or ₺, keep reports readable for the people who approve costs and labor records.
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Yes. Turkey has domestic rules requiring employers to track and document employees' working time. This is a Turkish labour-law requirement, separate from the EU CJEU working-time-recording obligation. A timesheet should keep daily and weekly records that payroll, HR, and managers can review before pay, overtime, or billing decisions.
A Turkish timesheet should separate hours within the agreed schedule, extra-hours work, and overtime. Work over 45 hours in a week is overtime and is paid at the employee's hourly rate plus 50%. If the agreed weekly schedule is below 45 hours, hours above that schedule and up to 45 hours carry a 25% premium.
Daily totals help reviewers spot schedules that exceed Turkey's daily limit. Where work is distributed unevenly across workdays, daily working time may not exceed 11 hours. A weekly total alone can hide a long day, so timesheet software should show date-level hours, breaks, and approval status before payroll closes.
Biometric attendance data creates high KVKK risk. On April 29, 2026, the Turkish Data Protection Board decided that biometric processing for attendance tracking is not proportionate when less intrusive alternatives are available. Employers should consider PINs, cards, signatures, paper attendance sheets, or supervised manual entry before biometric timekeeping.
Turkish-language workflows and Turkish lira reporting matter most. Turkey's official state language is Turkish, and local payroll, billing, and labour-cost reporting are expected to use Turkish lira amounts, commonly shown with TL or ₺. These details reduce review errors for HR, accounting, managers, and client-facing teams.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time, budgets, costs, and project data into customizable reports with 45+ columns, grouping, filters, date ranges, and exports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF. Teams can review Turkish weekly totals, project hours, billable time, labor costs, and overtime visibility through Team Hours and custom reports.
Everhour Timesheets let users submit weekly project hours or working hours for review, then managers can approve, reject, or partially approve submitted time. Submitted and approved time is protected from edits, which gives payroll and billing teams a cleaner record before figures move into payment or client invoicing.
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