Guide to the increase for those receiving social assistance: Payments are changing! Widow and orphan pension, home care, 65-year-old...
Civil servant salaries will be increased by 5 percent in July as per the collective agreement. The inflation difference in the first half of the year will be added to this. According to the 5-month data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the total increase to be made in civil servant salaries has already exceeded 14 percent. The Central Bank's inflation forecast for June is 1.61 percent. If this forecast comes true, civil servant salaries will have increased by 15.83 percent.
This increase in the civil servant salary coefficient will also be directly reflected in social support payments. In addition to items such as family allowances and collective bargaining bonuses, hundreds of thousands of people receiving social assistance will benefit from this increase.
Pensions for Retirees and Widows and Orphans to Also Increase
Approximately 2.5 million retired civil servants will receive an increase in their salaries equal to the rate of increase given to current civil servants. SSK and Bağ-Kur retirees and citizens receiving widows' and orphans' pensions will receive an increase equal to the inflation rate in the first six months of the year.
Based on five-month inflation data, the rate of increase in this group is at 15.09 percent. With the impact of June inflation, this rate is expected to be between 16 and 17 percent.
How Much Will the 65 Year Old Pension, Disability Pension and Home Care Support Be?
The increase in social support payments will be applied in parallel with the civil servant salary coefficient. According to current indicators, the new amounts expected for some items as of July are as follows:
65 Years Old Pension: The current amount of 3,504 TL is expected to increase by 15.83 percent to approximately 4,058 TL.
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