Ql - ITO

96 İSTANBUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Service Term of Covered Employees in TV Broadcasting
Over 10
6%
Source: Social Security Office data, Novernber 2010
Although these data are quite explanatory, the total labour force in the
television sector is much higher than the numbers stated by the Social Security
Institution. First of all, the media sector has a large number of free-lance
employees. As a result of technological developments some groups prefer
flexible working hours, however it is not easy to specify a defınite number
about such groups. As we have discussed in previous parts, the production of
TV series in Turkey has become a sector on its own. People working in
different levels of this sector can be considered as "television employees".
Some employees might be registered in social security institutions by some
channels working with their own or fellow production companies. However, in
TV series sector w hi ch should be considered within the "mo vi e industry", the
unregistered employment is very much widespread. As we mentioned in our
previous studies, one of the faremost demands of the employees in this sector is
registration of labour force through regulations in accordance with the
conditions of the sector 68 .
68
Hülya Uğur Tamıöver, ibid., 2011, p. 210.