Finalized Raise Rate for Retirees: Millions to Receive Increase in Lowest Pensions – Latest Update
NEWS CENTER – Increase in Salaries for Civil Servants and Pensioners Announced for the First Half of 2025
The Turkish government has determined the increased salaries that civil servants and civil servant retirees will receive in the first 6 months of 2025. Retired civil servants and civil servants will receive a raise of 11.54 percent, while retirees will receive a raise of 15.75 percent.
Currently, the minimum pension is set at 12 thousand 500 lira. However, there are expectations of a legal regulation to be made for the lowest pension right after the basic salary increase at the beginning of January. This regulation aims to increase the basic salary.
With the announced inflation figure, it is estimated that a retiree, whose root salary is 12,500 TL, will receive a new salary of 14,468 TL. Additionally, the minimum civil servant pension salary has increased from 17 thousand 588 TL to 19 thousand 617 TL.
Minister of Labor and Social Security, Vedat Işıkhan, stated that evaluations are being made regarding the increase in the minimum pension. Although the rate of increase in the lowest pension is not clear as it is determined by law, it is expected to align with the rate of increase in pensions.
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Lecturer Tarkan Zengin mentioned that actively working civil servants will see their salaries in their accounts on the 15th of the month, while SSK and Bağkur retirees will receive their payments between the 17th and 28th of each month.
Civil servants and pensioners can calculate their new salaries by multiplying their monthly salaries by the determined percentage increase. It is important for approximately 2 million people, including recipients of a 65-year-old pension, home care assistance, disability pension, and pension for disabled relatives, whose salaries are determined according to civil servants, to take note of the changes in their payments.
Overall, these salary increases are expected to positively impact a significant portion of the population and contribute to the financial well-being of civil servants and pensioners in Turkey.
