Those who will submit a retirement petition this year have been advised to wait until the last month of the year. SGK Expert Ersin Konar said, “There are rumors that those who submit a retirement petition in 2024 will receive a 30 percent higher salary than those who submit it in 2025. However, there is no official study on this. If such a study begins, I would recommend that our citizens who will retire in 2025 wait until the 12th month of 2024.”
Social Security Expert Ersin Konar, who made an assessment on the subject, said, “Everyone says something about this issue, but for this to happen, it means reducing the monthly connection rates by 30 percent in 2025. This situation means that these civil servants will receive their monthly payments at the lowest level. I do not think this work will happen.”
Konar, who stated that there are some conditions for this application to be possible and that these are difficult, said, “There is a rumor on the agenda of Turkey that the retirement of our 657 civil servants in 2024 will be 30 percent higher than their retirement in 2025. In order for this to happen, the retirement monthly payment rates must fall by 30 percent in 2025. This application cannot happen otherwise. In fact, the retirement salaries of our 657 civil servants or everyone whose premiums are paid at the minimum wage continue to rise. Everyone is saying something about this, but for this to happen, it means decreasing the monthly payment rates by 30 percent in 2025. I think it is very difficult for such a possibility to happen.”
Konar, who advised citizens to wait until the last month of 2024 to submit a retirement petition if the work begins, said:
The rate we call 30 percent is a very large rate. Right now, the monthly connection rates of those who retire from minimum wage are around 48 percent. It will not affect the minimum wage, but the premiums of our 657 civil servants who pay high premiums or pay premiums above the minimum wage or what we call the retirement fund are paid from the ceiling, so it means that the monthly purchases will drop to 40 percent.
