04.02.2025 11:43
The increase in the lowest pension, which millions of retirees have been waiting for, has been officially enacted with its publication in the Official Gazette. Now, all eyes are on the additional payments that will be made for the lowest pension.
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The bill regarding the lowest pension has been approved in the voting held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). Subsequently, the changes approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were published in the Official Gazette and came into effect. Accordingly, the regulation that will raise the lowest pension from 12,500 lira to 14,469 lira has been enacted.
According to the information in the Official Gazette, it was stated that "the phrase '12,500' in the first sentence of the first paragraph of the additional 19th article of the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law numbered 5510 dated 31/5/2006 has been changed to '14,469'."
EYES ON SALARY DIFFERENCES
According to the decision published with the note that it will be applied starting from the payment period of January 2025, the salary differences for January need to be paid. Thus, retirees receiving the lowest pension will receive a difference payment of 1,969 lira. It is expected that the Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan or the Social Security Institution (SGK) will make a statement regarding the difference payments as soon as possible.
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