With the Bill on Amendments to Certain Laws and Decree Laws, including the regulation to increase the minimum pension, accepted by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission, the minimum pension will be increased to 23 thousand 552 lira as of the July payment period.
With the proposal, the Public Procurement Law is amended. Accordingly, the place of the administrations' budgetary businesses within the scope of the Law is clarified.
With the provision added to the Law, the principle of "positive reciprocity" is implemented in public procurement. Accordingly, the President will be authorized to partially or fully grant the rights and advantages granted to domestic bidders, domestic goods and bidders offering these goods in procurements within the scope of the relevant Law and other laws, to bidders residing in European Union member states, goods originating from the European Union and bidders offering these goods, within the framework of reciprocity principles, depending on the country and/or product.
This provision will enter into force on the date of its publication, to be implemented starting from May 2026.
In line with the proposal of the AK Party accepted by the commission, changes are being made to the provision added to the Law on Evaluation, Classification and Support of Motion Pictures.
Accordingly, those who broadcast or make available TV series or movies from media service provider organizations and internet platform operators that provide conditional access within the scope of the Law on the Establishment and Broadcasting Services of Radio and Television, will notify the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of 2 percent of the annual net sales amount they achieved in the previous year until the end of July each year and deposit it into the Ministry's revolving fund account to be used for the supports specified in this Law within the same period.
If requested by the Ministry, information and documents regarding the sales made by these organizations will be forwarded to the Ministry without delay. Unpaid or underpaid amounts will be monitored and collected by the Ministry's Revolving Fund Enterprise Central Directorate.
While organizations that provide broadcasting and access services in music, sports and similar fields are excluded from the scope of the regulation, it is envisaged that the President will remove the authority to increase or decrease the share rate and determine the 2 percent rate directly in the Law.
With the regulation, the title of the "Premium rates and State contribution" provision in the Social Security and General Health Insurance Law is changed to "Premium rates". Payment elements made from the same budget are simplified by reducing them to one, thus aiming to increase the traceability of budget items and the effectiveness of evaluation processes. This provision will enter into force on August 1, 2026.
The lowest pension will be increased to 23 thousand 552 lira starting from the July payment period. According to the regulation made in the Law, the monthly minimum payment amount, which is foreseen as 20 thousand liras for those who are paid old-age, disability and survivors' pensions and their beneficiaries on a file basis, will be increased to 23 thousand 552 liras by the inflation rate announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute for the first 6 months of the year, starting from the payment period of July 2026. This provision will enter into force on the date of publication of the regulation, to be implemented starting from the July payment period.
Regulations for private educational institutions
In line with the decision of the Constitutional Court, the Private Educational Institutions Law is being amended. Accordingly, among the institutions that have been granted permission to open institutions, those who implement programs that are not suitable for the type of institution will have their institution opening permits and business opening and operating licenses revoked. In the case of an international school, if it enrolls students who are citizens of the Republic of Turkey or provides education to these students, or if it keeps those who have acquired Turkish citizenship while attending these institutions registered in the institution for longer than the periods specified in this Law, an administrative fine of 20 times the gross minimum wage will be imposed and the permission to open an institution and the license to open a business and operate will be cancelled.
Administrative fines will be imposed on an institution-by-institution basis by the authority authorized to grant permission to open an institution.
If the private education institution makes unauthorized changes in the layout plan approved by the Ministry of National Education, publishes untrue or misleading advertisements or announcements, uses student pictures or information in advertisements or announcements, implements weekly course schedules and programs in the institution without the permission of the Ministry, and acts contrary to the provisions specified in this Law and the regulations and directives put into force based on this Law, 4 years from the date of notification of the administrative fine imposed, the institution in question does not employ the number of personnel specified in the legislation or employs personnel contrary to the legislation, the general rule of the Basic Law on National Education If 5 years have passed from the date of notification of the administrative fine imposed in case the person does not comply with the specific purposes and basic principles and loses any of the conditions for opening an institution, that act will not be considered a repeat.
This provision will enter into force on the date of publication, to be applied to the net sales amounts obtained from the beginning of the month following the publication of the regulation.
According to the amendment made in the provision of the Law titled "Personnel to work in institutions", those who have graduated from higher education programs that provide resources for the teaching fields determined by the Ministry in these institutions and have the qualifications determined by the Ministry in terms of special field education and teaching profession knowledge will be appointed as teachers. The qualifications of administrators, expert instructors and master instructors to be assigned to the educational services of institutions, and the procedures and principles regarding the implementation of this regulation will be determined by the regulation.
This provision will come into force as of August 1.
With the temporary article added to the Law, a transitional provision regarding administrative fines imposed on private education institutions is regulated, in line with the annulment decision of the Constitutional Court. Accordingly, in calculating the 4-year and 5-year periods to be applied in case of recidivism, acts committed before the effective date of this regulation will also be taken into account.
This provision will enter into force on the date of its publication, to be implemented starting from the payment period of July 2026.
Provisions regarding the Cyber Security Presidency
With the proposal, a new article titled "Presidential authority and administrative sanctions" is added to the Electronic Communications Law.
Accordingly, the Cyber Security Presidency will be authorized to determine and regulate strategies and policies regarding internet domain names.
Depending on one or more of the reasons listed in the provision of the Constitution titled "Freedom of Communication", in cases where delay is harmful, the Presidency may determine the measures to be taken upon the request of security and intelligence institutions or ex officio, and will immediately notify the operators, access providers, data centers and relevant content and hosting providers of the decision regarding these measures for implementation.
The requirements of this decision will be fulfilled immediately and within 2 hours from the moment the decision is notified. This decision will be submitted to the criminal judge of peace for approval within 24 hours. The judge will announce his decision within 48 hours, otherwise the decision will be automatically annulled.
The Presidency may impose an administrative fine of 20 thousand lira to 100 thousand lira per action that constitutes a violation to those concerned who do not fulfill their obligations regarding their duties and powers regulated in this Law.
In accordance with this provision, administrative fines imposed by the Presidency are subject to the provisions of the Law on the Collection Procedure of Public Receivables and will be paid to the Presidency's accounts within 30 days from the date of notification. Administrative fines not paid within this period will be collected by the relevant tax office upon notification of the Presidency. All administrative fines collected will be transferred to the Presidency's accounts.
Pursuant to this provision, a lawsuit may be filed in the competent administrative court against administrative fines and other administrative sanction decisions to be issued by the Presidency. Any lawsuit filed against presidential decisions will be considered a priority matter. Guarantee will not be required for lawsuits filed by the Presidency.
This provision will come into force as of its publication date, valid for corporate earnings for the taxation period starting from January 1, 2026.
According to the amendment made in the Court of Accounts Law, the prosecutors of the Court of Accounts will be appointed among those who have graduated from the faculties of law, political sciences, economics, business administration, economic and administrative sciences or one of the faculties of at least 4 years in the country or abroad or higher education institutions whose equivalence is accepted by the Council of Higher Education, and who have worked as a public servant on financial, economic or legal issues for at least 10 years after higher education.