Nationality-Restricted Professions

Professions Reserved for Turkish Citizens

Certain professions and positions are reserved exclusively for Turkish citizens under national laws, and employment of foreigners in these roles is strictly prohibited.

• Founders, managers, trainers, and authorized representatives of legal entity partners in private security companies (Private Security Services Law, Art. 5)
• Private security guards (Private Security Services Law, Art. 10)
• Marketplace and neighborhood watch officers (Law on Marketplace and Neighborhood Watchmen, Art. 3)
• Certified public accountants (Law on Certified Public Accountants and Sworn-in Certified Public Accountants, Art. 4)
• Members of cooperative boards of directors (Cooperatives Law, Art. 56)
• Customs broker assistants (Customs Law, Art. 227)
• Founders of foreign-owned schools teaching in languages other than Turkish (Private Education Law, Art. 8)
• Responsible managers in private hospitals (Private Hospitals Law, Art. 9)
• Dentists (Law on the Practice of Medicine and Its Branches, Art. 30)
• Nurses (Law on the Practice of Medicine and Its Branches, Art. 63)
• Pharmacists (Law on Pharmacists and Pharmacies, Art. 2)
• Veterinarians (Law on the Practice of Veterinary Medicine, Art. 2)
• Foreign assistants working outside of residency programs (Specialization in Medicine Regulation, Art. 20)
• Notaries (Notary Law, Art. 7)
• Judges and prosecutors (Judges and Prosecutors Law, Art. 7)
• Lawyers (Attorneys Law, Art. 3)
• Mediators (Law on Mediation in Civil Disputes, Art. 20)
• Concordat commissioners (Regulation on Concordat Commissioners and Creditors' Committee, Art. 4)
• Trainee aeronautical information management officers (Aeronautical Information Management Personnel Licensing Regulation, Art. 16)
• Honorary traffic inspectors (Highways Traffic Law, Additional Art. 6)
• Transport organizers (Transport Organizers Regulation, Art. 7)
• Travel agency responsible managers (Law on Travel Agencies and Association of Travel Agencies, Art. 3)
• Tourist guides (Tourist Guiding Profession Law, Art. 3)
• Fishing, oyster, mussel, sponge, pearl, and coral export; diving; piloting; captaining; engineering; clerkship; seafaring, etc. within territorial waters (Cabotage Law, Art. 3)
• Sports consultants (Regulation on the Appointment and Employment of Sports Consultants, Art. 5)
• Intermediaries in agricultural employment (Regulation on Intermediation in Agricultural Work, Art. 6)
• Ship agency representatives and ship agency personnel (Ship Agencies Regulation, Arts. 7 & 8)
• Permanent supervisors, technical staff (Mining Regulation, Arts. 125 & 130)
• Heads or license holders of healthcare profession service units (Regulation on the Freelance Practice of Healthcare Professions, Art. 5)