İhbar süresi dört hafta.

The notice period is four weeks.

Breakdown of İhbar süresi dört hafta.

• hafta: the week
• dört: four
• ihbar süresi: the employment notice period

Questions & Answers about İhbar süresi dört hafta.

Why is there no word for is in İhbar süresi dört hafta?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense.

So:

• İhbar süresi dört hafta. = The notice period is four weeks.

This is completely normal Turkish.
If you want to make it explicit in a different tense, Turkish does use forms of to be, for example:

• İhbar süresi dört haftaydı. = The notice period was four weeks.

But in the simple present, leaving it out is standard.

What does ihbar süresi mean literally?

Literally, it means something like notice period or notification period.

Breakdown:

• ihbar = notice, notification, reporting
• süre = period, duration, time span
• süresi = its period / the period of

So ihbar süresi is a noun phrase meaning the notice period.

In employment/legal contexts, it usually refers to the amount of notice that must be given before leaving a job or ending a contract.

Why is it süresi and not just süre?