A special arrangement is existing in the Turkish Social Security Law for women who are doign handicrafts at home. These women are included to the social insurance scope with special legal arragements.
Who are within the scope of the insurance conditions for women doing handicrafts at home?
Except for sewing, embroidery, food processor, iron and similar machines and tools, provided that no force is used and no outside workers are hired; production of the following is being accepted as handicrafts producing: Towels, covers, sheets, socks, carpets, rugs, woven products, products made from scrap leather, knitting, lace, all kinds of embroidery works and tourist items, mats, baskets, brooms, mops, brushes, artificial flowers. For being within the scope of the special arrangement these must be done by women within the houses they live in.
The above mentioned women and in addition, women who sell products such as sequins, bead embroidery, crochet work, ropes, tarhana (soup), noodles, mantı without opening a business or over the internet, provided that the sales amount made during the year is not more than the annual gross amount of the minimum wage valid for the relevant year, have the right for being optionally insured.
Except for those regulated by those who sell these products by following the market and those who are income and corporate tax payers due to their commercial, agricultural or professional activities; those who sell goods at bazaars, festivals, fairs and places temporarily determined by public institutions and organizations can also benefit from this optional insurance right.
As a prerequisite the worker must be a female. Additionally, it is necessary to prove that these works are carried out continuously and in a profitable manner, without being subject to any employer, with letters obtained from the tax offices.
Those with optional insurance; will be able to benefit from the disability, old-age and death social insurance and the General Health Insurance.
How much are the premium payments?
Invalidity, old-age and survivors insurance and General Health Insurance premiums are paid, starting from fifteen times the lower limit of daily earnings subject to premium for 2008 and increasing by one point for each subsequent year, not to exceed thirty times.
The premium amount to be paid for 2024 is 6,400.80 TL, calculated as 30 times the lower limit of the earnings subject to premium.
