Landmark decision from the Court of Cassation in the 33-year leave pay case

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals 9th Civil Chamber ruled that one-third of unused annual leave must be treated as taken in a dispute involving N.U., who worked as an accounting and finance manager at a private company in Bursa for 33 years and never used annual leave before his death; the court overturned the lower court’s calculation and sent the file back for reassessment. The decision matters because it sets a precedent for how long-accumulated leave liabilities are calculated in Turkish labor cases, limiting payouts to roughly two-thirds of accrued leave. Watch for the Bursa court’s revised calculation and how employers and insurers apply the one-third deduction in similar long-service claims.