Mehmet Şimşek signs off: Major increase in paid military service fee
With a circular from the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, civil servant salary coefficients have been updated; the paid military service fee has risen to 472 thousand 653 Turkish Lira and 60 kurus.
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The amount to be applied for paid military service in the second half of 2026 has been clarified. Following the financial and social rights circular published with the signature of Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, the paid military service fee was calculated as 472 thousand 653 Turkish Lira and 60 kurus.
After TURKSTAT announced the June inflation data, the Ministry of Treasury and Finance updated the coefficients regarding the financial and social rights of public officials. With the circular, the monthly coefficient to be applied in the period of July 1 - December 31, 2026, within the scope of the Civil Servants Law No. 657, was determined as 1.575512.
In the same period, the base salary coefficient became 25.794915, and the side payment coefficient became 0.499649. The paid military service amount was also recalculated taking this update in the civil servant salary coefficient into account.
The additional payment amount to be applied for those who have evaded the draft or are overdue for service was announced as 5 thousand 514 Turkish Lira and 30 kurus.