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    Assessment of Saturday in Annual Leave Calculation

    Article 56/5 of the Labour Law No. 4857 ("Law") stipulates that in the calculation of paid annual leave days, national holidays, weekly rest, and general holidays that coincide with the leave period are not counted from the leave period. Article 3 of the Law No. 2429 on National Holidays and General Holidays states that the weekly rest period is Sunday and Saturday is not considered within weekly rest period. Therefore, in principle, Saturday is also a working day and is not considered within weekly rest period. Accordingly, in a place where the employee works five days a week, in other words between Monday and Friday, in the calculations regarding the annual leave period Saturdays are not considered as a weekly rest period in the calculations regarding the annual leave period. However, if it is explicitly agreed in the labour agreement concluded between the parties that Saturday is a "weekly rest period", it shall be consider

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