Turkish Social Law

Tankut Centel received his BA from the Law School, Istanbul University. He completed his graduate study at the Social Sciences Institute, Istanbul University (PhD, 1980), and became an associate professor in 1986 and full professor in 1993 at the Law School, Istanbul University.Professor Centel worked as a conciliator-mediator-arbitrator in many labour disputes.   He also served as a technical adviser for the Confederation of Employer Associations of Turkey in the ILO Conference Committee on the Application of Standards since 1996 and as a domestic legal advisor of Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TISK) since 2018. In addition, at present, he is an executive committee member of MESS Education Foundation (MEV).Professor Centel was the dean of the Law School, Istanbul University, for three terms (1999–2008) and the dean of the Law School, Koç University, for 3 years (2008–2011). He is now teaching labour and social law at KoçUniversity Law School in Sariyer, Istanbul.

• Part I: Introduction​.- Concept of Social Law.- Historical Development of Social Law in Turkey.- Legal Sources of Social Law in Turkey.- Part II: Organization of Social Insurance.- Administrative Structure and Inspection of Social Insurance.- Financial Structure and Funding of Social Insurance.- Part III: Concept of Social Insurance.- Types of Social Insurance.- Relationship of Social Insurance.- Scope of Social Insurance.- Part IV: Social Insurance Liabilities.- Liabilities of Employer.- Obligations of the Insured.- Obligation of Persons.- Obligations of SSI.- Part V: Social Insurance Branches.- Occupational Accident and Occupational Disease Insurance.- Illness Insurance.- Maternity Insurance.- Disability Insurance.- Old-age Insurance.- Death Insurance.- Unemployment Insurance.- Aids for Civil Servants of Pre-SIGHIA.- Part VI: General Health Insurance.- General Health Insurance Coverage.- Health Services Provided by General Health Insurance.- Benefiting from Health Services.- Part VII: Complementary Social Security Institutions.- Private Pension System.- Part VIII: Non-contributory Regime.- Social Assistances.- Social Services.- Part IX:  Concluding Remarks.- General Evaluation of the Turkish Social Law System.