Sexism of the Turkish Labor Law

One of the recurring problems of the world coming from past to present, the inequality between men and women is still a major concern today. Although some international regulations and mandates include several regulations about this inequality and countries who signed are subject to these directives, people still encounter with these kind of sexist treatments and inequality. Especially women, who are pushed by society to become primarily responsible for the family commitments, confront sexism in some professions because of their biological characteristics. Even though officials try to take precautions andmeasures about this issue, these measures haven't been proven enough. Under Turkish Law, the 10th clause of the Constitution and the 5th clause of the Labor Law, bring some regulations targeted to the equality principle. To have more detailed and thorough mandates and regulations preventing the inequality in various classes, the legislation of Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey has been established. In this study, the subject of sexism in the Turkish Labor Law has been examined, by primarily investigating the regulations in the Constitution and the Labor Law and taking into account of the study of the legislation of Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey – which is a fairly new regulation and the international agreements and directives. Key Words: Equality, Prohibition of Discrimination, Sexism, Positive Discrimination, Negative Discrimination.