With the enactment of the EYT regulation, many questions have arisen among those who will benefit from it. The most common concerns are about the required insurance days and ages. If you have questions about EYT, you can find answers below based on the examples provided.
Question 1
I started working as a public-sector worker on 24.04.1997. Until 07.12.1997 I have 203 days of insured service under the age of 18. Between 07.12.1997 and my civil service start date 13.11.2007 I have 2,946 days of insured service as a public-sector worker over age 18. Since 13.11.2007 I have worked as a 4-C (contracted) civil servant and I have 5,550 days. Will the 203 days of long-term insured service before age 18 be counted toward the 9,000 days required for retirement, or do I need to complete 9,000 days after turning 18?
Answer: Under social security legislation, paid SGK contribution periods are counted as service time. The reference to age 18 concerns the start date of insured status for those who later seek retirement as insured workers. Periods worked under age 18 are included in the calculation of retirement service time. Therefore, days insured before age 18 are added to total service and are considered when determining entitlement based on 25 years (9,000 days) of service.
Question 2
When will I reach 9,000 days and when will I qualify for retirement? My position is in technical services and before becoming a civil servant I worked in the public sector as a worker in my profession.
Answer: Based on the information you provided, you currently have 24 years and 2 months of service. Therefore, working approximately another 10 to 11 months will complete 25 years (9,000 days). We recommend confirming your exact total service record with the relevant authority to be certain of the precise date.
Question 3
I started with SSK on July 20, 1999; at that time I had 35 days of work, until August 25, 1999. Later, I began working as a civil servant in 2012 and I am still employed; including military service, my total service is about 11 years. Could I expect anything from EYT in this situation? Previously there was an age requirement of 60 for these conditions—does removing that age requirement mean mine will be reduced to 57 because of the 25-year rule? Do I need to apply to EYT for this?
Answer: To fall within the EYT scope, there must be actual paid SGK contribution periods (excluding internships) that began before 8 September 1999. If your insured work that started on 20 July 1999 included full SGK contributions, you would be covered by EYT. In that case, you would not be subject to the 60 or 57 age limits and could retire once you complete the 25 years of service.
Question 4
I was born on 09.11.1977. On 01.12.1995 I have 3 days of SSK worker contributions. I did 8 months of short-term military service in 2001–2002. Between 10.12.2013 and 2022 I have 3,200 days in the private sector. From 11.12.2013 to today I have 3,400 days as a civil servant. I am a technical services engineer and, after service unification, I am currently a civil servant with a 1/2 grade and a 4,200 indicator. After unification and including military service, my HITAP shows 19 years of pensionable service. My SGK APEK base is 15,800 TL.
Answer: To be included in EYT, you must have had actual insured employment with full SGK contributions (excluding internships) that began before 8 September 1999. If your insured employment included the 3 days on 1 December 1995 with full SGK contributions, you would fall under EYT and would not be subject to an age condition; you could retire once you complete the 25 years of service. If military service is included through buy-back (borçlanma), it will be added to your service; if not, it will only be considered for alignment (intibak) purposes.
Question 5
Can I retire under EYT? If so, do I have to complete the full 25 years of service by actually working (I still have 6 years left)? How many more years must I work as a civil servant to qualify?
Answer: You will not be subject to an age requirement but you must complete 25 years (9,000 days) by actual work. In the 25-year service calculation, periods of work as a worker, civil servant service time, and any periods recognized through buy-back are all included.
Question 6
If I retire now, how will my pension be calculated and how much will it be? Is there a specific value for the indicator under Law 5510?
Answer: Pension and retirement bonus calculations for civil servants covered by Law 5510 vary, and exact figures require detailed SGK records. A definitive calculation cannot be made here because determining a 5510-based civil servant’s pension depends on many specifics: the insured earnings recorded with SGK across the entire employment period, average monthly earnings, update coefficients, and other factors that are not available to third parties. Any rough estimate without those precise inputs could be misleading.
Although the full duty salary of 5510-covered civil servants is generally included in earnings subject to contributions, the pension calculation under Law 5510 differs substantially from the calculation under Law 5434. Under 5434, the pension is largely based on the member’s position and the highest monthly pay period, while under 5510 the pension is strongly influenced by the entire employment history of contribution-based earnings. Higher or lower salaries throughout a career will therefore have significant effects on the pension amount under 5510.
Additionally, for civil servants the calculation is often done in separate periods (for example, pre-2000, 2000–2008, and post-2008) and finally combines into the formula: MONTHLY PENSION = Average Monthly Earnings x Monthly Accrual Rate. Elements such as job title and additional indicators that apply while in service are not directly transferred as fixed items into the pension; rather, recorded duty salaries and contribution earnings throughout service contribute to the final pension amount. Given these complexities and the need for official SGK contribution records, you should contact SGK to obtain an accurate pension calculation.