27.03.2025 07:40
The bill, which includes the increase of the retirement holiday bonus to 4,000 lira and regulations regarding birth assistance, has been accepted by the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and has become law. Accordingly, retirees will receive a total of 8,000 lira in bonuses during Ramadan and Eid al-Adha.
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The discussions on the draft law regarding amendments to the Youth and Sports Services Law and certain laws and decrees were held in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
With the draft, amendments are being made to the Youth and Sports Services Law in accordance with the Constitutional Court's annulment decision. Accordingly, 8,000 athletes will be trained in Olympic, Paralympic, and Deaflympic sports branches to prepare for the summer and winter Olympics, Paralympic, and Deaflympic games by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and it is proposed that these athletes will receive a monthly allowance not exceeding the minimum wage, and that the allowance for athletes who rank in competitions may be increased up to twice the minimum wage. This draft law was accepted in the General Assembly.
REGULATIONS FOR INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS
According to the amendment made to the Law on Independent Accountant Financial Advisory and Certified Public Accountant, the location, date, time, and agenda of the chamber's general assembly meeting, as well as the location, date, time, and agenda of the second meeting to be held if there is not a sufficient majority at the first meeting, will be announced on the official website in a way that remains published at least 10 days before the general assembly date.
The location, date, time, and agenda of the union's general assembly meeting, as well as the location, date, time, and agenda of the second meeting to be held if there is not a sufficient majority at the first meeting, will be announced in a newspaper with a circulation of over 100,000 at least 20 days before the date of the first meeting and will remain published on the official website until the date of the general assembly meeting.
PENALTY OF UP TO 250,000 LIRA FOR PREVENTING TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES
The law raises administrative fines in the Road Transport Law.
Accordingly, transporters who operate without obtaining an authorization certificate or who engage in activities not covered by their authorization certificate, as well as those who act as agents and transport brokers, and those who operate freight warehouses and cargo businesses, will be fined between 17,000 and 170,000 lira.
Those who use their vehicles without registering them to their authorization certificate, those who transport dangerous goods without obtaining permission from relevant authorities outside of their authorization certificate, and transporters who refuse to provide transport services will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
If a transporter prevents another transporter's transportation activities, a fine of between 25,000 and 250,000 lira will be imposed.
Those who carry passengers without tickets and those who engage in uncontracted transportation will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
Transporters who violate the security of transporting passengers and goods, and passengers and senders who do not implement the security measures taken by the transporter will be fined between 5,000 and 50,000 lira. Additionally, transporters who act against environmental protection will also face the same amount of fines.
Transporters who do not take measures to ensure that passengers travel healthily, comfortably, and safely, and those who do not take passengers to the promised destination will be fined between 17,000 and 170,000 lira.
Transporters who do not apply the necessary rules regarding vehicles and drivers will also be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT TAKE MEASURES REGARDING DRIVERS WITH HIGH PENALTY POINTS
Transporters who do not take necessary measures regarding training and internal control for drivers with high penalty points will be subject to an administrative fine of between 5,000 and 50,000 lira.
Those who act as agents and engage in transportation business without obtaining an authorization certificate will be fined between 25,000 and 250,000 lira.
Those who do not regulate fare and time tariffs, those who do not comply with fare and time tariffs, and those who apply illegal fare and time tariffs will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
Additionally, those who do not display fare and time tariffs visibly at workplaces, terminals, and ticket sales locations will be fined between 3,500 and 35,000 lira.
Transporting with foreign-registered vehicles within the borders of Turkey between two points without the transport authorization, or foreign-registered vehicles not complying with international bilateral and multilateral road transport agreements or protocols, transporting without the transport authorization, special permit, or permission obtained from the ministry, engaging in activities not compliant with the authorization, document, or permit obtained, or transporting using incomplete, incorrect, misleading, or irregular documents will result in fines ranging from 5,000 to 500,000 lira for the vehicle owner or driver.
PENALTIES FOR PASSENGER LOADING AND UNLOADING OUTSIDE TERMINALS AND INTERMEDIATE STOPS
Those who transport passengers or goods to border gates contrary to the laws and contracts between the transporter and the passenger, and those who make transfers from there will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
Transporters who load and unload passengers outside terminals and intermediate stops will be fined between 5,000 and 50,000 lira.
Operators who operate without a professional competence certificate will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
Additionally, drivers who operate without a professional competence certificate will face fines ranging from 3,500 to 35,000 lira, and operators will be fined between 8,500 and 85,000 lira.
Those who do not present the required information or documents for inspection to the designated authorities will be fined between 3,000 and 30,000 lira.
Operators who are fined for operating without a professional competence certificate cannot be fined again for the same offense within 3 months.
Those who act against the transportation ban, those who do not regulate fare and time tariffs, will face an additional fine if the offense is repeated for the third time or more within the same calendar year in which the first fine was imposed.
The scope, nature, and deterrent effect of offenses that constitute violations of the law will be taken into account, and the administrative fines to be applied and the procedures and principles regarding their implementation will be determined by the regulation prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
The provision that foresees amendments to the Road Transport Law will come into force 6 months after the publication date of the law.
AMENDMENTS TO THE PETROLEUM MARKET LAW
The law amends the Petroleum Market Law. Accordingly, a measure will be applied to not grant a license to another real or legal person for the relevant facility upon notification to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) that there is a tax audit duty regarding the specified offenses.
Whether this measure can be lifted will be evaluated every 3 months based on information obtained from the Tax Audit Board Presidency.
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However, this measure cannot exceed 1 year from the notification made to the EPDK. This provision will come into force on July 1, 2025.
With the amendment to the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law, those who resign from their position while being the President for any reason will be granted an old-age pension, at their request, starting from the beginning of the month following the application date, calculated by multiplying the civil servant monthly coefficient by the indicator number of 140,690.
PENALTIES APPLIED TO FOREIGN LICENSE PLATED VEHICLES
Accordingly, regardless of whether the driver is a Turkish citizen, penalties applied to foreign license plated vehicles and transit fees will not allow these vehicles to leave the country without payment.
The mentioned receivables can also be collected by authorized units at customs gates by informing the driver without requiring notification.
60% of the collected amounts will be recorded as revenue to the general budget as a service fee, and 40% will be transferred to the relevant operator by the end of the month following the collection.
The amount transferred to the General Directorate's account will be transferred to the accounts of the relevant operators within 7 business days following that. The procedures and principles regarding these regulations will be jointly determined by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, subject to the provisions of international agreements.
Regulations regarding supervision will be made in the Law on the Establishment of the Turkey Wealth Fund Management Joint Stock Company and Amendments to Some Laws.
In this context, audit reports prepared by the audit personnel assigned by the President will be submitted to the President by the end of November.
These reports will be submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) by the Presidency by the end of December, and the relevant reports will be discussed in the TBMM Planning and Budget Commission by the end of January following that month.
According to the regulation in the Higher Education Law, movable and immovable properties and rights that are owned by the Treasury and have had their operating permits revoked will not be included in the liquidation process and will be transferred to the Treasury.
This regulation will come into force on April 1, 2025.
With the law, the name of the "Law on the Allowances and Travel Expenses of the Vice Presidents and Ministers" will be changed to "Law on the Allowances and Travel Expenses of the President, Vice Presidents, and Ministers."
According to the article to be added to this law, the President and the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey will be paid an allowance equal to 5% more than the total of all payments made under financial and social rights, in accordance with the same procedures and principles.
DHMİ PERFORMANCE BONUS
Regulations will be made in the Decree Law No. 399 for the "Eurocontrol aviation compensation" to be given to the employees of the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ).
Accordingly, the amount to be paid as DHMİ performance bonus to the personnel of the DHMİ General Directorate will be calculated by multiplying the number of outgoing aircraft traffic at civil airports in Turkey by 40% of the civil servant monthly coefficient.
In addition to the DHMİ performance bonus payments made to the personnel of the General Directorate of State Airports Authority, whose costs are fully covered by the European Air Navigation Organization, an additional bonus payment will be made based on the number of civil aircraft that transit through Turkey's airspace without landing/taking off at any airport in Turkey, calculated by multiplying by 120% of the civil servant monthly coefficient.
In the monthly bonus payments, the number of aircraft traffic in the same month of the previous year will be taken as the basis.
If there is an increase in the number of flights taken as the basis for calculating the performance bonus in consecutive years, the difference in the amount of performance bonus corresponding to the increase in the number of flights will be paid to the personnel as a one-time payment within January following the year of increase.
No payments will be made to those assigned to positions or posts of the DHMİ General Directorate without being appointed to those positions, as well as to those assigned from DHMİ personnel to other public institutions and organizations (excluding those temporarily assigned to the Presidency, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, the Eurocontrol Organization, and the Transportation Safety Investigation Center).
Payments will be made according to the original position or post they hold as long as they contribute to the service.
No payments will be made for days affected by health reports, paid leave, suspension from duty, arrest, or detention. Payments will be made without being subject to any tax and deductions, except for income and stamp tax.
Payments will also be made to the personnel of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (SHGM) within the limits of the payments made under the relevant provisions. Payments made under this provision will be made without being subject to any tax and deductions, except for income and stamp tax, based on criteria such as the nature and importance of the task performed, the level of responsibility, the title of the personnel, years of service, unit, and whether they participated in the supervision of civil aviation activities, as determined by the President.
BIRTH ASSISTANCE REGULATION
Changes are being made to the Decree Law No. 633 regarding birth assistance.
According to the proposal accepted in the General Assembly, with the regulation, Turkish citizens will be able to apply for birth assistance for live births occurring on or after January 1, 2025, provided they reside in Turkey, with a one-time payment of 5,000 lira for the first child, 1,500 lira monthly until the second child reaches the age of 5 from the month of application, and 5,000 lira monthly until the third and subsequent children reach the age of 5 from the month of application.
The President will be authorized to increase these amounts at a rate not exceeding the revaluation rate determined and announced in accordance with the Tax Procedure Law.
Birth assistance payments will be made from the Social Assistance and Solidarity Promotion Fund without requiring a need condition. The necessary resources for this purpose will be transferred from the general budget to the Social Assistance and Solidarity Promotion Fund. Birth assistance will be paid without being subject to any tax and deductions and cannot be seized.
If those benefiting from birth assistance make false declarations resulting in undue payments, these payments will be refunded with interest calculated at the delay rate specified in the relevant article of the Law on the Collection of Public Receivables, considering the period from the date of payment to the date of collection, and will be notified by the institution making the payment to the unjustly benefited party.
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If payment is not made during this period, these receivables will be followed up and collected in accordance with the relevant legal provisions upon notification to the relevant tax office. The President will be authorized to determine other procedures and principles regarding the implementation of this article.
On the other hand, in line with the proposal accepted in the General Assembly, the provision that envisaged an amendment to Article 38 of the Decree Law No. 375 was removed from the regulation.
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