Retirement Age and Conditions in Türkiye

What are the Conditions for Retirement?

Retirement represents a significant milestone in the lives of millions of employees in Türkiye, and the process varies for insured employees based on gender, duration of insurance, age, and the total number of contribution payment days. Under the Social Security Institution (SSI), retirement within the scope of 4A (Social Insurance Institution - SSK) is divided into two main categories: full and partial retirement, with different age and conditions specified for male and female employees. The tables below provide detailed information on when women and men can retire and the specific retirement conditions for each.

Retirement Age and Conditions for Women (4A SSI Full Retirement)

*Employees whose insurance start date is on or after May 1, 2008, are subject to the age requirement corresponding to the period in which they complete 7,200 days of contribution payments.

Retirement Age and Conditions for Men (4A SSI Full Retirement)

*Employees whose insurance start date is on or after May 1, 2008, are subject to the age requirement corresponding to the period in which they complete 7,200 days of contribution payments.

Retirement Age and Conditions for Women (4A SSI Partial Retirement)

*Employees whose insurance start date is on or after May 1, 2008, are subject to the age requirement corresponding to the period in which they complete 7,200 days of contribution payments.

Retirement Age and Conditions for Men (4A SSI Partial Retirement)

*Employees whose insurance start date is on or after May 1, 2008, are subject to the age requirement corresponding to the period in which they complete 7,200 days of contribution payments.

What are Service Borrowings in Retirement Calculation?

In Türkiye, service borrowings related to the retirement system, under the regulations of the Turkish Labor Law and the SSI, allow employees to make insurance contribution payments for past periods under certain conditions. This can enable them to obtain retirement rights earlier or retire with a higher pension. Here is an overview of these types of borrowings:

• Military Service Borrowing: Periods spent as a private or non-commissioned officer in compulsory and reserve military service, and periods spent in reserve officer school.
• Maternity Borrowing: Up to 2 years of non-working periods after childbirth for up to 3 children for insured women, and periods of part-time work after childbirth.
• Unpaid Leave Borrowing: Periods of unpaid leave according to the regulations for civil servants.
• Periods spent in domestic or overseas doctoral studies or medical specialization without being insured, within the normal duration of these studies.
• Normal internship periods for those who complete their legal internship without being insured.
• Periods spent in detention or under custody for those who were acquitted of the charges during their insured employment.
• Periods spent in strikes and lockouts.
• Periods spent as honorary assistants for physicians.
• Periods between the date of resignation and the beginning of the month following the date of the election for those who resign from their duties in accordance with election laws.
• Missing periods in the months worked on a part-time employment contract under the Labor Law No. 4857.
• Periods spent abroad as official students under the Law No. 1416 on Sending Students to Foreign Countries, for those who completed their education successfully and returned to complete their obligatory service, for the period after turning 18 years old.

What Is the Minimum Pension Amount in Türkiye? (2026)

The pension increase rates for the second half of 2026 were determined based on the inflation data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Accordingly, the pension increase for SSK and BAĞ-KUR retirees for the July–December period has been announced as 17.75%.

With this increase, the minimum pension, which was set at TRY 20,000 in January 2026, has been raised to TRY 23,552 as of July 2026.

These pension increases are implemented in January and July each year, in accordance with Article 55 of Law No. 5510 on Social Insurance and General Health Insurance, based on the inflation rates of the previous six-month period.

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