Our Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanık, stating that they have expanded the scope of the Türkiye Family Support Program said: “With the Türkiye Family Support Program, we continue to share the prosperity of our growing and developing Türkiye with our citizens. In order for more of our citizens to benefit from our program, we are expanding our program by adding 25 billion TL to our current budget of 15 billion TL. In this direction, we increase our support amount from 450 TL - 600 TL to 850 TL - 1,250 TL.”

Minister Yanık shared the details of the new social aid package announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Stating that they have established a strong supply-oriented social aid system with a perspective that prioritizes social welfare sharing, Minister Yanık said: “We have always prioritized the distribution of our resources for the benefit of all segments of society and we are working in this direction.”
Noting that the studies to expand the scope and increase the effectiveness of the Türkiye Family Support Program have been completed, Minister Yanık said:
“We continue to offer our support to protect our families in need from global economic fluctuations. With the Türkiye Family Support Program, we continue to share the prosperity of our growing and developing Türkiye with our citizens. We are expanding our program by adding 25 billion TL to our current budget of 15 billion TL so that more of our citizens can benefit from our program. In this direction, we increase our support amount from 450 TL - 600 TL to 850 TL - 1,250 TL.”

“Child Support Component” is being implemented

Noting that they will provide additional support for children in families benefiting from social assistance, Minister Yanık stated that they will provide support in the range of 350 TL to 650 TL per month, depending on the number of children in the households within the scope of the "Child Support Component". Minister Yanık said, “In this context, we will provide an additional support of 350 TL to households with 1-2 children, 450 TL to households with 3 children, 550 TL to households with 4 children, and 650 TL to households with 5 or more children.”
Informing that households benefiting from Türkiye Family Support will also benefit from Electricity Consumption Support, Minister Yanık said: “We have completed all our efforts to provide Electricity Consumption Support to households whose applications to the program have been accepted but cannot receive Electricity Consumption Support. In this direction, we will provide electricity consumption support in the amount of 75 kW (108 TL) to households with 1-2 people, electricity consumption support of 100 Kw (144 TL) to households with 3 people, electricity consumption support of 125 kW (180 TL) to households with 4 people, and electricity consumption support of 150 Kw (216 TL) to households with a population of 5 or more.”
Minister Yanık reminded that citizens who want to benefit from the Türkiye Family Support Program can apply via e-Government and Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations (SASF) and emphasized that the new amounts will be provided in their November payments.

Amount of Natural Gas Consumption Support Increased

Minister Yanık informed that they have made important arrangements in the Natural Gas Consumption Support, which was implemented this year in order to support the heating expenses of the citizens in need within the new social aid package.
Stating that they aim to provide a support of 3 billion TL in Natural Gas Consumption Support in this context, Minister Yanık said: “We have increased our support amounts for the winter period of 2022. We have increased our annual aid amount, which varies from province to province, between 450 TL and 1,150 TL for our eligible citizens, to between 900 TL and 2,500 TL.”
Reminding that they started to receive applications for the said support program for the winter term of 2022 via e-government as of the first week of September, Minister Yanık said: “In the new application period, we offer the opportunity to benefit from natural gas support not only to the landlords, but also to all our social assistance beneficiaries who are tenants.”

5 percent additional payment will be made to chronic patients with a health report

Minister Yanık stating that they will make additional payments to chronic patients with a health report or to citizens who continue their lives depending on a device, said: “Our citizens will have to process their disease report into the system during their application. In addition to the support amount we have determined, we will pay 5 percent more to the households where our patients live.”

Budget of Social Assistance Items with Amount Increased to 11.5 Billion TL

Noting that they have increased the amount of support provided to families benefiting from regular social assistance within the new social assistance package announced, Minister Yanık said: “We achieved high increases in the amounts of our aid program. In 2022, we increased our 6 billion TL budget, which we allocated for our aid programs, to 11.5 billion TL per year.”
Minister Yanık shared the details of the increased social assistance as follows:
“We increased prefabricated house construction assistance from 40 thousand TL to 150 thousand TL, house repair assistance from 25 thousand TL to 75 thousand TL, reinforced concrete house construction assistance from 70 thousand TL to 200 thousand TL. In addition, we increased the amount of 150 TL we have given under the Provisory Maternity Benefit Program to 500 TL, Multiple Maternity Benefit from 215 TL to 400 TL, and Provisory Health Benefit from 55 TL to 100 TL.”
Minister Yanık informed that they have increased the amount of allowance from 300 TL for orphans to 600 TL, and the Regular Allowance for widowed women from 500 TL to 1,000 TL.