In­ter­na­tion­al Jur­is­dic­tion of Turk­ish Courts in Claims Arising from In­di­vidu­al Em­ploy­ment Con­tracts with a For­eign Ele­ment

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Beyza Çağla Demir ad­dresses the in­ter­na­tion­al jur­is­dic­tion of Turk­ish courts in dis­putes arising from in­di­vidu­al em­ploy­ment con­tracts with a for­eign ele­ment, under Art­icles 44 and 47 of the Turk­ish Private In­ter­na­tion­al Law and Civil Pro­ced­ure Act No. 5718 (MÖHUK). The art­icle con­siders the ex­clus­ive jur­is­dic­tion of the court where the em­ploy­ee ha­bitu­ally works in ac­tions against the em­ploy­ee, and the ad­di­tion­al fora avail­able to an em­ploy­ee bring­ing an action against the em­ploy­er in pur­suit of weaker-party pro­tec­tion. It also ana­lyses the in­ter­pret­a­tion of Art­icle 47(2), which pre­vents jur­is­dic­tion agree­ments from dis­pla­cing the jur­is­dic­tion of Turk­ish courts es­tab­lished by Art­icle 44, and its im­plic­a­tions for re­cog­ni­tion and en­force­ment under Art­icle 54(b).