In a written statement, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş announced that following the new adjustment in the July civil servant salary coefficient, monthly payments under social assistance programs have been increased.
Old-Age Pension Increased
Minister Göktaş reported that after the adjustment in the July civil servant salary coefficient, home care assistance rose to 15,755 lira, Social and Economic Support (SED) payments to 11,038 lira, old-age pension to 7,257 lira, disability pension for those with 40-69% disability to 5,793 lira, and disability pension for those with 70% or more disability to 8,689 lira.
Emphasizing that they are working to increase the accessibility and effectiveness of social services and assistance, Göktaş stated that they are acting with the goal of leaving no citizen behind within the framework of the Türkiye Century vision.
Göktaş stated that after the new adjustment, they will deposit the increased monthly payments of social assistance programs into the accounts of beneficiaries, and reported that with the increases in social assistance payments, the old-age pension rose from 6,393 lira to 7,257 lira.
48.6 Billion Lira in Home Care Assistance Payments Made
Göktaş stated that the pension for those with a disability rate of 40-69% increased from 5,103 lira to 5,793 lira, the pension for those with a disability report of 70% or more rose from 7,655 lira to 8,689 lira, and the disability relative pension paid to those with a disabled relative under 18 was also raised from 5,103 lira to 5,793 lira.
Noting that the home care assistance provided to an average of 516,000 disabled individuals per month increased from 13,878 lira to 15,755 lira for the July-December period this year, Göktaş stated that they have provided 48.6 billion lira in home care assistance this year.
Göktaş noted that they provide SED services to families in need for their children, and within this scope, the economic support amount per child under SED service increased from 9,723 lira to 11,038 lira. Göktaş stated that the average monthly payments per child to foster families were also increased from 15,532 lira to 17,632 lira.
