ABSTRACT

Family is the fundamental structure of society. The marital union is protected by the legal system. As a matter of fact, the Turkish Civil Code (TCC) contains various regulations which aim to protect this union. Each spouse is under the debt of participating in the expenses of the marital union. If one of the spouses fail to fulfill the obligation to participate in the expenses of the marital union, the court may order his or her debtors to make the payment to the other spouse, in whole or in part (TCC Art. 198). In practice, this temporary measure is mostly applied in the labor relations. In this article, the court’s order of measure regarding the debtors of the spouses will be discussed, in terms of its legal effects on labor relations and employee claims.