16.10.2026 22:10
The overtime wages that civil servants will receive in 2027 have been determined. According to the Central Government Budget Law Proposal, the hourly overtime wage will rise from 16.55 liras to 19.85 liras with an increase of approximately 20 percent. Personnel working in the private secretariat directorates of ministries and those working with certain administrators will be paid 21.15 liras per hour. The highest overtime wage will be 33.85 liras for certain administrative personnel employed in vocational and technical education institutions.
The overtime pay that civil servants will receive in 2027 has been announced. According to information compiled from the 2027 Central Government Budget Bill, the hourly overtime pay for civil servants will increase by approximately 20 percent in the new year. The hourly overtime pay, which was 16 lira 55 kuruş in 2026, will rise to 19 lira 85 kuruş as of January 1, 2027.
21.15 LIRA TO BE PAID TO SOME PUBLIC PERSONNEL
For all personnel, including official chauffeurs working in the private secretariats of ministries, up to 90 hours per month, and for chauffeurs serving in the central organizations of general directorates, up to 60 hours per month, overtime pay of 21 lira 15 kuruş will be paid in the new year instead of 17 lira 60 kuruş.
For each office, not exceeding a total of 450 hours per month, personnel working with board chairmen (ministries), directors general and managers of higher units, heads of strategy development, governors, and—provided they hold the rank of general or admiral—department heads and managers of higher units in the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, force commands, the Gendarmerie General Command, and the Coast Guard Command, as well as rectors, metropolitan and provincial mayors, will be paid 21 lira 15 kuruş per hour, not exceeding 90 hours per month.
For personnel working in dormitories affiliated with the General Directorate of Credit and Dormitories and universities, those who cannot be granted leave in return for the overtime they perform will be given an additional payment of 19 lira 85 kuruş per hour, not exceeding 90 hours per month.
THE HIGHEST HOURLY RATE WILL BE 33.85 LIRA
Administrative personnel of the Ministry of National Education working in vocational and technical secondary education institutions associated with vocational higher schools located in the vocational and technical education region will be paid 33 lira 85 kuruş per hour for overtime hours actually worked after the end of legal working hours, not exceeding 100 hours per month.
DOMESTIC DAILY ALLOWANCES
The domestic daily allowance and compensation amounts to be paid under the Travel Expenses Law have also been redetermined. In the new year, the domestic daily allowance to be paid to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Vice President will rise from 925 lira to 1,260 lira.
The domestic daily allowance of the President of the Constitutional Court, ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, members of parliament, force commanders, the General Commander of the Gendarmerie, the Commander of the Coast Guard, the Secretary-General of the Presidency, the Secretary-General of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, full generals, full admirals, the presidents of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State, the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes, and the Court of Accounts, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Council of State, the presidents of the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the Council of Higher Education, and the Chief Ombudsman will increase from 900 lira to 1,230 lira.