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Occupational Health and Safety Law

Article 28: Prohibition on the use of addictive substances

Chapter Five: Miscellaneous and Temporary Provisions

(1) It is prohibited to come to the workplace drunk or under the influence of narcotic substances and to consume alcoholic beverages or narcotic substances at the workplace.

(2) The employer has the authority to determine in which cases, at what times and under what conditions alcoholic beverages may be consumed in the parts deemed to be annexes of the workplace.

(3) The prohibition on consuming alcoholic beverages shall not apply to the following employees:

a) Those working in workplaces where alcoholic beverages are produced and who are assigned, as a requirement of the work, to inspect what is produced.

b) Those who, as a requirement of the work, are obliged to drink alcoholic beverages in workplaces where alcoholic beverages are sold in closed containers or openly, or are consumed.

c) Those who, due to the nature of their work, are obliged to drink alcoholic beverages together with customers.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 28 · Bağımlılık yapan maddeleri kullanma yasağı

(1) İşyerine, sarhoş veya uyuşturucu madde almış olarak gelmek ve işyerinde alkollü içki veya uyuşturucu madde kullanmak yasaktır.

(2) İşveren; işyeri eklentilerinden sayılan kısımlarda, ne gibi hallerde, hangi zamanda ve hangi şartlarla alkollü içki içilebileceğini belirleme yetkisine sahiptir.

(3) Aşağıdaki çalışanlar için alkollü içki kullanma yasağı uygulanmaz:

a) Alkollü içki yapılan işyerlerinde çalışan ve işin gereği olarak üretileni denetlemekle görevlendirilenler.

b) Kapalı kaplarda veya açık olarak alkollü içki satılan veya içilen işyerlerinde işin gereği alkollü içki içmek zorunda olanlar.

c) İşinin niteliği gereği müşterilerle birlikte alkollü içki içmek zorunda olanlar.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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