In our previous article, it is stated that the requirement of the education level information on the Social Security Institution registration screen has been abolished.

SSI has recently made a change and made the education level information section mandatory again.

Accordingly, it has become mandatory to choose one of the following educational status information to complete the social security registration process:

Previously, Social Security Institution has made the employee education level information field as mandatory on Social Security registration portal.

After that SSI made a recent change and the requirement of the education level information on SSI registration screen has been abolished.

The Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Personnel Certification Mechanism ("Communiqué") is published and entered into forced in the Official Gazette numbered 31681 and dated 06.12.2021 to determine the procedures and principles regarding the certification of Data Protection Officers by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority ("the Turkish DPA".)

The important regulations that draw attention in the Communique are as follows:

The employee education level information field has become mandatory on the Social Security registration portal.

Accordingly, the appropriate one of the below options would need to be chosen to complete the social security registration process of the employee.

• Illiterate
• Primary school
• Secondary School
• High school or equivalent
• Higher or faculty
• Master
• Doctorate