In accordance with the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Act No. 5510, which is the primary law of the Turkish Social Security System, “marriage allowance” constitutes one of the social security benefits provided to insured people and beneficiaries in Turkey.
Accordingly, to girls whose income or pension must be cut off due to their marriage, if they get married and make a request, the two-year amount of their monthly salary or income will be paid in advance by the Social Security Institution as a “Marriage Allowance”, once only. This is an allowance in the nature of positive discrimination for protecting widows.
If the beneficiary receiving marriage allowance becomes eligible again by divorcing within two years from the date of termination of her pension, no income or pension will be granted until the end of the two-year period, and those in this situation will be considered as universal health insurance holders. At the end of the two-year period the income or pension will be re-allocated.
If marriage allowance is granted, the salaries or incomes of other beneficiaries are redetermined starting from the payment period following the end of the period for which marriage allowance is granted.
