Question 1

A person whose service was previously liquidated by receiving an old age lump sum refund under Law 5510, and who has since had disability, old age and death insurance premiums newly reported under that Law again, may apply in writing to revive that earlier service.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Güncellenmiş tutarın kendilerine tebliğ edildiği tarih (the date on which the updated repayment amount is notified to the person) Tebliğ tarihini takip eden ayın sonuna kadar ödemeleri gerekir (payment must be made by the end of the month following the notification date) the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Question 2

Pay the yurt disi borclanma (Law 3201 foreign period buy back) debt within 3 months of the notification date, or the buy back is void: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Borcun iadeli taahhütlü olarak tebliğ edildiği tarihten itibaren (from the date the assessed debt is served on the applicant by registered mail with return receipt) 3 ay içinde, borcun Kurum hesabında olacak şekilde ödenmesi gerekir (the debt must be paid so that it is in the Institution's account within 3 months of the notification date) Borcun, tebliğ tarihinden itibaren 3 ay içinde Kurum hesabında olacak şekilde ödenmemesi halinde borçlanma işlemi geçersiz sayılır. (If the debt is not paid so as to be in the Institution's account within 3 months of the notification date, the buy back transaction is deemed void.)

Question 3

Other rights earned from the short-term insurance branches and from death insurance lapse outright if not claimed within five years of the right arising.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date the right arose ("hakkın doğduğu tarihten itibaren"). Beş yıl (five years). The source states the right lapses ("düşer") if not claimed within five years.

Question 4

Yurtdisi borclanmasi payment period: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Date the debt notice is served (tebliğ edildiği tarih) Within 3 months of service; amount must be in SGK's account by then. If the debt is not in SGK's account within 3 months of service, the borçlanma transaction is deemed invalid (borçlanma işlemi geçersiz sayılır); a new application is required to borrow again. Partial payment within the 3 months counts for the days it covers.

Question 5

Income and pensions payable for a work accident, an occupational disease, duty-related invalidity or death are time-barred as to any part not claimed within five years of the right being acquired.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date the right was acquired ("hakkın kazanıldığı tarihten itibaren"). Beş yıl (five years). The source states that the part not claimed within five years becomes time-barred ("zamanaşımına uğrar"). It also states that these provisions do not apply to those who prove, under the general provisions, that their failure to apply to the Institution rested on a justified reason ("haklı bir sebebe dayandığını").

Question 6

Submit the Yoklama Belgesi (attestation form) to SGK within 3 months after completing each six month period living abroad, or the pension is suspended: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

Söz konusu altı aylık sürenin dolduğu tarihten sonra (from the date on which the six month period spent abroad is completed) 3 ay içinde Kuruma vermek zorundadır (the documents must be handed to the Institution within 3 months after the six month period abroad ends) Altı aydan daha uzun süre yurt dışında bulundukları halde, yukarıda belirtilen belgeleri, yine yukarıda belirtilen süre içinde Kuruma vermediği tespit edilenlerin aylıkları, bildirim yapılmaksızın söz konusu belgelerin intikaline kadar durdurulur. (For those found not to have handed in the above documents within the stated period despite having been abroad for longer than six months, their pension is stopped, without any notice being given, until those documents are received.)

Question 7

A Turkish old-age pension is awarded from the beginning of the month following the written claim, not from the date the person qualified - so every month of delay in claiming from: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date of the written claim ("yazılı istek tarihinden sonraki"). The pension is awarded from the beginning of the month following the written claim. The source states that the pension is awarded from the beginning of the month following the written claim date ("ay başından itibaren aylık bağlanır"). It sets no earlier start date by reference to when entitlement was reached.

Question 8

Once SGK assesses the debt for a yurtdışı borçlanma (buying back time worked abroad under Law 3201), that assessed debt is to be paid within three months of the notification.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date the assessed debt is notified to the person ("tebliğ edildiği tarihten itibaren" / "tebligat tarihinden itibaren"). Üç ay (three months) from notification. The source states that for those who do not pay the assessed premium debt within three months of the notification date, a fresh application is required ("yeniden başvuru şartı aranır").

Question 9

A Turkish income or pension that sits uncollected for twelve uninterrupted months is stopped by SGK so that it can check whether the conditions for the award still hold - the practical proof-of-life trap for a pensioner who has moved abroad and left the money accumulating.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The dates on which the income or pension was accrued ("tahakkuk ettirildiği tarihlerden itibaren"). Aralıksız on iki ay (twelve uninterrupted months). The source states the income and pensions are stopped ("durdurulur") for the purpose of determining whether the conditions for awarding the income and pension continue.

Question 10

A Turkish pension awarded on the strength of a yurtdışı borçlanma is cut off from the day the pensioner starts working abroad again under a foreign country's legislation, or starts receiving a residence-based social insurance or social assistance benefit abroad.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date they start working again, or the date they start receiving the residence-based benefit ("tekrar çalışmaya başladıkları veya ikamete dayalı bir ödenek almaya başladıkları tarihten itibaren"). Immediate - the pension is cut from that date. Restoration runs from the beginning of the month following a written request after the work or benefit ends. The source states the pensions are cut off ("kesilir") from that date; and that for those whose work at home or abroad has ended, or whose residence-based benefit has ended, pensions begin to be paid again from the beginning of the month following the date of their written request ("talep tarihini izleyen ay başından itibaren aylıkları tekrar ödenmeye başlanır").

Question 11

Before suing SGK you must first apply to SGK; if SGK does not answer within sixty days the claim counts as rejected, and no court case can be brought unless the claim has been rejected or is deemed rejected.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The date of the mandatory application to SGK. Altmış gün (sixty days) for SGK to reply; after that the claim is deemed rejected. The source states that if the Institution does not reply to the application within sixty days the claim is deemed rejected ("talep reddedilmiş sayılır"), that a case against the Institution can only be brought once claims have been rejected or deemed rejected, and that the time spent on the application to the Institution is not taken into account in calculating time-bar and forfeiture periods ("zamanaşımı ve hak düşürücü sürelerin hesaplanmasında dikkate alınmaz").

Question 12

Whether your bought-back time abroad counts under the old rules or the post-2019 rules turns on a single cut-off: applications made before 1 August 2019 whose assessed debt was paid within the legal period keep the previous provisions for both the insurance status the periods count under and the amount of the debt.: what starts the clock and how long does it run?

Accepted Answer

The entry into force of Geçici Madde 9, added by Law 7186 of 17/7/2019. The consolidated text's own amendment table gives that date as 1/8/2019 ("Yayımı tarihini izleyen ay başından itibaren (1/8/2019)"). Fixed cut-off: the borçlanma application must pre-date 1/8/2019, and the assessed debt must have been paid within its legal period. the source does not state what happens if this is missed.

Turkey pension deadlines for people who left

A person whose service was previously liquidated by receiving an old age lump sum refund under Law 5510, and who has since had disability, old age and death insurance premiums newly reported under that Law again, may apply in writing to revive that earlier service.

Pay the yurt disi borclanma (Law 3201 foreign period buy back) debt within 3 months of the notification date, or the buy back is void

Other rights earned from the short-term insurance branches and from death insurance lapse outright if not claimed within five years of the right arising.

Yurtdisi borclanmasi payment period

Income and pensions payable for a work accident, an occupational disease, duty-related invalidity or death are time-barred as to any part not claimed within five years of the right being acquired.

Submit the Yoklama Belgesi (attestation form) to SGK within 3 months after completing each six month period living abroad, or the pension is suspended

A Turkish old-age pension is awarded from the beginning of the month following the written claim, not from the date the person qualified - so every month of delay in claiming from

Once SGK assesses the debt for a yurtdışı borçlanma (buying back time worked abroad under Law 3201), that assessed debt is to be paid within three months of the notification.

A Turkish income or pension that sits uncollected for twelve uninterrupted months is stopped by SGK so that it can check whether the conditions for the award still hold - the practical proof-of-life trap for a pensioner who has moved abroad and left the money accumulating.

A Turkish pension awarded on the strength of a yurtdışı borçlanma is cut off from the day the pensioner starts working abroad again under a foreign country's legislation, or starts receiving a residence-based social insurance or social assistance benefit abroad.

Before suing SGK you must first apply to SGK; if SGK does not answer within sixty days the claim counts as rejected, and no court case can be brought unless the claim has been rejected or is deemed rejected.