05.06.2026 10:31
After TÜİK announced the May inflation rate as 1.71 percent, the cumulative raise rates that civil servants, retired civil servants, and all worker retirees will receive in July have largely taken shape. According to the five-month data, while SSI and Bağ-Kur retirees have already earned a 16.60 percent raise, the rate guaranteed by civil servants and retired civil servants, including collective bargaining and inflation difference calculations, has reached 12.40 percent.
With the announcement of May inflation data by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the raise rate that millions of civil servants, retired civil servants, and SGK and Bağ-Kur retirees will receive in July has largely taken shape. According to the 5-month cumulative data, retirees have already guaranteed a 16.60 percent raise, while the rate entitled to civil servants and retired civil servants, including the inflation difference, has reached 12.40 percent.
5-MONTH INFLATION TOTAL REACHES 16.60 PERCENT
According to TurkStat data, monthly inflation in May was 1.71 percent. With the announcement of this critical data, the cumulative inflation table for the first 5 months of the year has been completed. Adding the 1.71 percent increase in May to the rates of 4.84 percent in January, 2.96 percent in February, 1.94 percent in March, and 4.18 percent in April, the total 5-month inflation was recorded as 16.60 percent.
SGK AND BAĞ-KUR RETIREES EARN 16.60% RAISE
For SGK and Bağ-Kur retirees, who receive a raise directly equal to the 6-month inflation rate, the rate clarified as of May is 16.60 percent.
- With this development, worker and Bağ-Kur retirees have already pocketed the 16.60 percent portion of the raise that will be reflected in their July 2026 salaries.
- The final net raise rate will be determined by adding the June inflation data, to be announced in early July, cumulatively to this figure.
CIVIL SERVANTS AND RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS RECEIVE AT LEAST 12.40% CUMULATIVE RAISE
The raise calculation for civil servants and retired civil servants is based on collective bargaining agreement terms and the inflation difference. With the May data, the inflation difference earned by civil servants has been set at 5.04 percent.
Accordingly, the current status of civil servant salaries is as follows:
- The 5.04 percent inflation difference formed as of May will be added to the 7 percent July collective bargaining raise determined by the 8th Term Collective Agreement.
- Based on the calculations, a cumulative raise right of 12.40 percent has emerged for civil servants and retired civil servants over the 5-month period.
FINAL FIGURE TO BE CLEARED WITH JUNE DATA IN JULY
Millions are now focused on the June inflation data to be announced in July. Once the June figures are entered into the system, the net and final salary raises that both retirees and civil servants will receive for the first half of 2026 will be officially announced.