17.10.2025 11:53
According to the 2026 Central Government Budget Law Proposal, the overtime pay for civil servants will increase by 29.3% in the new year. Starting from January 1, 2026, the hourly overtime wage will rise from 12.80 Turkish lira to 16.55 Turkish lira.
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According to the information included in the 2026 Central Government Budget Law Proposal, the hourly overtime pay for civil servants will increase by 29.3% in the new year. The hourly overtime pay, which was 12 lira and 80 kuruş in 2025, will rise to 16 lira and 55 kuruş starting from January 1, 2026.
NEW OVERTIME PAY FOR MINISTRY PERSONNEL
All personnel working in the private secretariat departments of ministries, including official drivers, will be paid an overtime rate of 17 lira and 60 kuruş instead of 13 lira and 60 kuruş, for a maximum of 90 hours per month, while drivers assigned to the central organizations of general directorates will also receive this rate for a maximum of 60 hours.
For each position, a payment of 17 lira and 60 kuruş per hour will be made to the chairpersons (ministries), general directors, and higher unit managers, strategy development chairpersons, governors, generals, and admirals, as well as the heads of departments and higher units in the Ministry of National Defense, General Staff, force commands, Gendarmerie General Command, and Coast Guard Command, along with rectors, metropolitan and provincial mayors, for a total of up to 450 hours per month, not exceeding 90 hours.
For personnel working in the General Directorate of Credit and Dormitories and in dormitories affiliated with universities, those who do not have the opportunity to take leave in return for their overtime work will receive an additional payment of 16 lira and 55 kuruş per hour, not exceeding 90 hours per month.
For administrative personnel of the Ministry of National Education working in vocational and technical secondary education institutions associated with vocational higher education schools, an hourly payment of 28 lira and 20 kuruş will be made for actual overtime hours worked after the legal working hours, not exceeding 100 hours per month.
DOMESTIC DAILY ALLOWANCES HAVE ALSO INCREASED
The amounts for domestic daily allowances and compensations to be provided under the Travel Allowance Law have also been redefined. In the new year, the domestic daily allowance for the President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Vice President will increase from 715 lira to 925 lira.
The domestic daily allowance for the President of the Constitutional Court, ministers, the Chief of General Staff, members of parliament, force commanders, the Gendarmerie General Commander, the Coast Guard Commander, the Secretary General of the Presidency, the Secretary General of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, four-star generals, vice admirals, the presidents of the Supreme Court, Council of State, Dispute Court, and Court of Accounts, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Council of State, the presidents of the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the Higher Education Council, and the Chief Ombudsman will rise from 686 lira to 900 lira.
The domestic daily allowance will increase to 890 lira for civil servants in positions with an additional indicator of 8,000 or higher. The lowest-ranked civil servant will receive 850 lira.
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