You might see 20,000 TL as 15,000 TL on January 1st: Pensioners take note

When should one retire? Is it more logical to retire in 2024 or 2025? This is one of the most confusing questions on the minds of citizens who have been considering retirement for some time.

Recently, there has been talk that a difference of just one day in the date the retirement application is submitted could lead to an average loss of 5 thousand TL. While many experts have recently made various statements regarding the potential difference between those who retire in 2024 and those who retire in 2025, Social Security Institution (SGK) Expert İsmet Çetinkaya drew attention to the issue of legal regulation.

On Ekol TV, Selver Gözüaçık asked, "When you look at your payroll, you see 20,000 TL as your pension this year; next year you will see it as 15,000 TL. Is that correct?" to which Social Security Institution (SGK) Expert İsmet Çetinkaya replied, "You won't see it on January 1st, yes. On January 1st, you will see it as 15,000 TL."

Gözüaçık added, "Mr. Abdullah Güler had a statement. He says, 'Let's see what we can do.' Well, is there anything he can do under these conditions?"

"So, while you are painting this picture so clearly, what kind of precautions can be taken for the future, for example? Because, the State currently does not want the employee to retire; it wants the employee to work and continue in their job, and it will want to prevent this. What can it do?" they asked. Çetinkaya used the following expressions:

"There are two problems with this in the market. First, the majority of these citizens who delay their retirement are already qualified people who have worked at a firm for many years and have been trained. They do not want to leave those workplaces, and employers also want to continue their working life with them."

This is the first problem. A situation involving a decrease in trained personnel will emerge here. The second problem is that, from the state's perspective, these people are not currently a burden on the state; they are not receiving salaries, and on the contrary, they are paying premiums.

What will happen if they submit their applications this year is that, starting next year, they will both be receiving salaries from the state and will no longer be paying premiums. In other words, they will effectively become a double burden on the state. Of course, a regulation can be made regarding this. This can be regulated through a legal provision.

AK Party Group Chairman Mr. Abdullah Güler also stated in his remarks, and in a television program he attended yesterday, that work would be carried out regarding this matter.

What can be done? At the very least, this: there must be a right in 2024 ensuring that acquired rights are not lost. Yes, a legal regulation is required. This could be passed with an additional clause.

In other words, it can be said that: in order to cover only 2024, the rate of increase received by retirees in 2024 will also be protected for those who submit their petitions in 2025, specifically for the year 2024.

This might only cover this year, but whether there will be such a study for the coming years as well, we will see in the future. Because this is a topic that is discussed every year.

The reason it was discussed so much and so early this year was the large gap between the two. In some years, the exact opposite would happen. Those who filed their petitions the following year would receive a higher salary."