Overtime and overwork in Turkish labour law

The working time for the worker who has an active role in working lifewith his/her business debt is one of essential elements of the employmentcontract. Due to the importance of the law, many thesis studies have beencarried out on this subject. This study tries to explain the introduction andmeanings of the concepts of overtime and overwork to Turkish Legal Systemthe obligations of the worker and rights of the worker. In order to be able to talk about the the concepts of overtime andoverwork in our legal system, it is neccessary to have defined working disipline.The determination of working time is mandatory element to the principle ofworker protection. While the subject is discussed, the flexible applicationsintroduced by law no 4857 are discussed in various concepts such as short work,compensation studies and equalization. In this study it is emphasized that the effect of equalization applications onovertime and overwork and free time applications instead of workers wagedemands are also foreseen In the last part of our study, we tried to be explained how the proof is made especially in the problems facing the judicial authorities. In the evaluation of evidience, the criteria has adopted by the supreme courtand the related decisions is tried to be explained. Keywords: Overtime, Overwork