In 1963, an association agreement was signed in Ankara between the Republic of Turkey and the European Economic Community, which marked the beginning of a very long and difficult process of Turkey's European integration. This process involves the creation of a single labor market. The prospect of free movement of labor, in particular from Turkey to the EU, is most doubtful among the largest European countries. Let's try to assess how objective Europe's concerns about the influx of labor from Turkey are in the event of further development of integration processes. To this end, we will consider and analyze the opinions of representatives of each of the interested parties-the European Union and Turkey, as well as try to give our own estimates of the possible volume of labor migration. Keywords: Republic of Turkey, European Union, labor market laws, migration flows, labor movement. There are two aspects to the preparations for the liberalization of the labor market in Turkey. The EU assesses the readiness of the national labor market to absorb future immigrants from Europe under common conditions for the Union. The European Commission expresses its view on this issue in its annual Reports on Turkey's progress towards membership [AB Komisyonu..., 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008]. According to her estimates, the country is not yet fully ready to liberalize the labor market, as its structure, administrative institutions and regulatory policies in Turkey itself have not changed enough. In particular, it is noted that in order to eliminate all restrictions on the free entry of foreign workers, Ankara needs to review some laws and the role of some institutions. In addition, the Reports show no significant progress in the social security sector. At the same time, the Reports also show some positive developments. Among them, the adoption or improvement of laws related to the control of the social security system. These laws contain provisions regulating working conditions and providing ... Read more