The difference between 2024 and 2025 pension salaries has emerged! SGK has corrected the situation

Warnings were being issued regarding the pension gap that would emerge between those who retired in 2024 and those who retired in 2025.

So, what has changed for those who retired in 2024 and those who did not?

According to the calculations included in an article by Ahmet Kıvanç from Habertürk, the pensions appearing on e-Devlet until the end of December 2024 had the 86.16 percent increase applied to SSK and BAĞ-KUR pensions in 2024. Those who submitted their applications in December also benefited from the 15.75 percent increase applied to pensions in January.

'INFLATION FIGURE' APPLIES IN NEW CALCULATION

The Social Security Institution (SSI) recalculated the pensions appearing on e-Devlet in January for individuals who were eligible for retirement but had not submitted their retirement applications by the end of 2024, as well as for those who had not yet become eligible for retirement. The 86.16 percent increase applied to pensions in 2024 was not taken into account in the new calculation. Pensions were calculated based on the 44.38 percent inflation rate announced for 2024.

WHAT HAPPENED TO PENSIONS?

Following the new calculation, pensions changed as follows:

Of two individuals who saw a monthly pension of 34,510.09 TL, including additional payments, on e-Devlet in December, the one who submitted their retirement application by December 31, 2024, will be granted a pension of 39,945.43 TL, including the 15.75 percent January increase.

The pension of the other person, who did not submit their retirement application by December 31, 2024, fell to 30,218.52 TL in January following the new calculation. Moreover, this amount already includes the 15.75 percent increase applied to pensions in January.

THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN APRIL

The 2024 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data will be announced at the end of February. According to estimates, the 2024 GDP growth will be 3.5 percent. 30 percent of the growth in GDP will be reflected in the pensions of those whose applications remain for after 2025. The pension of the second person in the example above, as seen on e-Devlet, will increase by 0.7 percent starting in April to become 30,430.05 TL.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING TO AVOID THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE CLEAR IN FEBRUARY

The December declarations for private sector employees (4/a) and those under BAĞ-KUR (4/b) were submitted to the SSI on January 20, 2025. The final monthly declarations for public workers (4/a) and those in the 4/c status who started civil service for the first time on or after October 15, 2008, will be submitted to the SSI on February 1, 2025. The number of people who have applied for retirement is expected to become clear towards the middle of February, after all declarations have reached the SSI.