The weekly legal working time for workers in Türkiye is 45 hours. Türkiye ranked first among countries with the highest working time among countries that organize economic development and cooperation (OECD).
Türkiye is one of the countries with the highest working time in the world.
According to data of economic development and economic cooperation (OECD), Türkiye ranked second after Colombia for 45.7 hours at average working hours weekly. In Colombia, Mexico comes with 47.6 hours (graphics) with 45 hours.
This list continues with Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Czech and Slovakia, respectively. The average of OECD countries is 37 hours. The weekly working time is at least in the Netherlands for 30.5 hours. According to OECD 2022 data, the average rate of employees is more than 60 hours per week is 4.4 %. This ratio in Türkiye is 15.1 %
Türkiye, this is the first time in the list, according to Colombia with 14.2 %.
The weekly working hours in Türkiye are applied to employees under the Labor Law No. 4857, 48 hours in the Press Labor Law No. 5953 and the Naval Labor Law No. 854, 40 hours in those who have to comply with the Law on Civil servants No. 657 and 37.5 hours on underground exploitation issues.