Minister Pakdemirli Announced: Support Payments Start Today. According to the latest bulletin from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Minister Bekir Pakdemirli announced that support payments will begin today. He stated that across 58 provinces in Turkey, 1,401,138 people will receive a total of 2,674,000,000 TL in support payments.
Minister Pakdemirli explained that diesel and fertilizer supports will be paid for 58 provinces other than Elazığ and Malatya, beginning on Friday, February 21, 2020. Payments will be made according to the last digit of citizens’ Turkish ID numbers. In his announcement, Pakdemirli said that a total of 1,401,138 people will benefit from these payments.
Support Types and Payment Schedule
The support types and their payment dates, as shared by Minister Pakdemirli, are outlined below.
Diesel and Fertilizer Support: Payments will be made in 58 provinces. The total number of beneficiaries is 1,401,138 people, and the total amount allocated for this support is 2,334,027,194 TL. Payments will be disbursed based on the last digit of beneficiaries’ Turkish ID numbers; this schedule does not apply to Elazığ and Malatya. The payment schedule by ID number is as follows.
- Citizens whose Turkish ID ends in 0 or 2: Friday, February 21, 2020
- Citizens whose Turkish ID ends in 4 or 6: Friday, February 28, 2020
- Citizens whose Turkish ID ends in 8: Friday, March 6, 2020
- These support payments will be made in a single installment after 18:00 on the listed dates.
- Grain Support: 4 provinces, 14,356 people, 138,224,945 TL
- Milk Support: 74 provinces, 259,426 people, 184,759,417 TL
- Rural Development Support: 10 provinces, total 5,275,406 TL
- Licensed Warehousing Support: 19 provinces, 12,396,941 TL