With the Bill on Amendments to Certain Laws and Decree Laws, including the regulation for increasing the minimum pension accepted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey's Planning and Budget Commission, PTT personnel, except for those employed within the scope of the Labor Law, will be employed on an administrative service contract, without being subject to the provisions of the Civil Servants Law and other laws regarding contracted personnel.

With the proposal, changes are made to the Electricity Market Law. Accordingly, the period for covering lighting expenses in places illuminated within the scope of general lighting from the appropriation to be placed in the budget of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and the share of general budget tax revenues of the relevant municipalities and special provincial administrations will be extended until December 31, 2030.

The deduction from the share of municipalities' general budget tax revenues will be 30 percent instead of 10 percent of lighting expenses in metropolitan municipalities and municipalities in adjacent areas, and 15 percent instead of 5 percent in other municipalities. Outside these limits, 30 percent of the lighting expenses instead of 10 percent will be covered by deducting from the relevant special provincial administration share.

This provision will enter into force on the date of publication of the regulation, to be implemented as of January 1, 2026.

With the proposal, a provision titled "employment of personnel through administrative service contract" is added to the Postal Services Law. Accordingly, PTT personnel, except for those employed within the scope of the Labor Law, will be employed with an administrative service contract, without being subject to the provisions of the Civil Servants Law and other laws regarding contracted personnel.

Recruitment of PTT personnel, their duties and powers, obligations, assignment, training, promotion, promotion, title change, dismissal, whether to renew or terminate the contract, position titles and numbers, and other issues regarding their employment will be regulated by the regulations put into effect by the decision of the Board of Directors. The use of vacant contracted personnel positions for open recruitment will be subject to the permission of the Presidency.

Monthly wages and other financial and social rights of PTT personnel and contractual principles will be determined by the decision of the Board of Directors. However, the monthly net average of all payments made within the scope of monthly wages and other financial and social rights, excluding attorney fees, cannot exceed the upper limit to be determined by the President for service groups. The distribution of attorney fees collected from the other party due to lawsuits and enforcement proceedings concluded in favor of PTT will be made in accordance with the provisions of Decree Law No. 659.

Those who will be employed within the scope of this provision will be considered insured within the scope of Social Security and General Health Insurance (4A). End of employment compensation will be paid to these people within the framework of the procedures and principles regarding those employed within the scope of the "contracted personnel" (4B) provision in the Civil Servants Law.

The transition process of existing personnel at PTT to the new employment regime is determined by taking into account acquired rights and public interest. Accordingly, in accordance with the Decree Law No. 375 and the relevant provisions of the Law, the current personnel employed at PTT will be employed as "administrative service contract personnel" as of the beginning of the month following the date of entry into force of the regulation.

Personnel working at PTT subject to the tables annexed to Decree Law No. 399 will be able to submit a written request to PTT to be employed within the scope of the "administrative service contracted personnel" article of this Law within 20 days from the effective date of this provision. Within 30 days from the date of request, an administrative service contract will be signed with the requesting personnel within the framework of the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The rate of those who can sign a contract will be limited to 50 percent. If the demand exceeds this rate, priority will be given to those who have not received disciplinary punishment, those who have long served in PTT and those who are older, respectively.

The personnel for whom an administrative service contract has not been signed will be transferred to other public institutions and organizations and the institution carrying out the transfer of over-employment personnel will be notified within 60 days from the effective date of this provision. Appointment offers of the notified personnel will be made by the institution carrying out the transfer of the relevant personnel within 90 days, taking into account the service needs of public institutions and organizations and the provincial preferences of the personnel, within the framework of the procedures and principles specified in the provision of the Law on Privatization and Implementations titled "transfer of personnel in organizations". However, in accordance with the said provision, the payments that are expected to be covered by the Privatization Fund or the Treasury will be covered by PTT.

If there are no vacant positions suitable for the appointments to be made, upon receipt of the appointment approval, the positions in question will be deemed to have been created and added to the relevant sections of the institutions' staff list without the need for any other action. If the positions created in this way become vacant for any reason, they will be deemed to be canceled without the need for any other action. Creation and cancellation procedures will be reported to the institution where the public personnel information system is located within one month.

According to the provisions of the relevant legislation, the service period of those employed under an administrative service contract in their previous employment status at PTT will be deemed to have expired within the scope of the "administrative service contracted personnel" provision.

No retirement bonus or end-of-employment compensation will be paid to those employed on an administrative service contract. The total service period of these personnel, which is the basis for retirement bonus or termination compensation, excluding the periods for which retirement bonus or termination compensation was previously paid, will be taken into account in the calculation of the termination compensation to be paid in accordance with the "administrative service contracted personnel" provision.

With the proposal, transitional provisions are added to the Cyber ​​Security Law. Accordingly, in terms of the duties and powers transferred to the Cyber ​​Security Presidency, the current regulations will continue to be implemented until secondary regulations are issued by the Cyber ​​Security Presidency, and in these regulations, references to the Information Technologies and Communications Authority and Telecommunications Communications Presidency will be deemed to be made to the Cyber ​​Security Presidency, Information Technologies and Communications Board, Telecommunications Board, Information Technologies and Communications Authority President and Telecommunications Communications Presidency.

In terms of the duties and powers belonging to the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) and transferred to the Cyber Security Presidency with this regulation, all movable, IT infrastructure and systems, data centers, vehicles, vehicles, equipment and materials, all kinds of records and documents in physical and electronic media and all other assets used within the scope of these duties and powers, as well as all kinds of debts and receivables, rights and obligations arising from the execution of the said activities, within 3 months from the date of entry into force of this provision and the performance of the said duties and powers. It will be transferred to the Cyber Security Presidency as appropriate.

On the other hand, with the proposal, regulations are made regarding the duties and powers to be transferred to the Cyber ​​Security Presidency and the personnel who will transfer to the Presidency from other institutions.

With the amendments made to the Law on Police Duties and Powers, the Law on Regulation of Publications Made on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed through These Publications, the Electronic Communications Law and the Cyber ​​Security Law, authorities in areas that constitute integral components of cyber security, such as domain name and internet infrastructure management, detection and analysis of communication, will be gathered under a single roof in the Cyber ​​Security Directorate.

This provision will enter into force on the date of its publication, to be implemented as of January 1, 2026.

Regulations regarding transportation and infrastructure

With the regulation made in Decree Law No. 375 with the proposal, provincial and regional manager staff or positions, upper-level public manager staff, positions and duties will be excluded from the appointment exemptions and exceptions provided by the relevant provision of the Civil Servants Law, provided that they meet the conditions set out in the Presidential decree.

In line with the annulment decision of the Constitutional Court, changes are being made to the Decree Law on Certain Regulations Regarding Transport and Infrastructure. Accordingly, administrative fines to be applied by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure for rule violations in transportation by land, sea and rail are determined.

With the proposal, a provision titled "Fees to be deposited into the revolving fund enterprise account" is added to Decree Law No. 655. In this context, the fees for all kinds of authorization certificates, operating licenses, operating licenses, licenses, concession rights certificates, allocation certificates, registration certificates, permits, safety certificates, vehicle documents and cards, transition documents, roadworthiness certificates, seaworthiness certificates, noise certificates, all kinds of professional qualification certificates and similar documents to be issued by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure will be deposited into the accounts of the Ministry's revolving fund enterprise accounting unit.

The same accounts will be used to deposit the fees for all kinds of technical tests, controls, reports and similar services, research and development services, seabed dredging services, all kinds of ship survey and inspection services, emergency response services for maritime safety, consultancy services and vocational and technical training, courses, seminars and similar services to be provided by the service units of the Ministry for a fee.

During the commission discussions, 4 new articles were added to the proposal with the signature of AK Party deputies, and the content of one article was changed.

Accordingly, the Stamp Tax Law is being amended to encourage nuclear power plant investments and ensure their sustainability.

With this article, stamp duty exemption is provided for papers related to nuclear power plant investments, to which legal entities that have obtained a preliminary license and/or license to engage in electrical energy production from nuclear power plants are parties. In this context, documents drawn up between public and private legal persons for all transactions of the companies in question, including both administration, purchases of goods and services, and investment loan transactions, related exclusively to nuclear power plant investments, are included in the scope of exception.

With the temporary article to be added to the Value Added Tax Law, to be implemented until December 31, 2045, the value added tax, which is incurred as of the date of entry into force of the article and cannot be compensated by deduction as of the 6-month periods of the calendar year, due to the construction works related to the nuclear power plant investments within the scope of the investment incentive documents of the taxpayers who have a preliminary license and/or license to engage in electrical energy production activities from nuclear power plants, will be refunded to the taxpayer if requested within 1 year following the 6-month periods.

To be implemented until December 31, 2045, machinery and equipment deliveries related to nuclear power plant investments within the scope of investment incentive documents of taxpayers who have a preliminary license and/or license to engage in electrical energy production activities from nuclear power plants will be exempt from value added tax. Taxes incurred due to deliveries made within this scope will be deducted from the tax calculated on taxable transactions, and taxes that cannot be compensated through deduction will be refunded upon the request of the taxpayer who made transactions within the scope of the exemption.

If the investment is not completed, taxes not collected on time or refunded will be collected from the investor along with delay interest by applying a tax loss penalty. The statute of limitations for these taxes and tax penalties will start from the beginning of the calendar year following the date on which the situation requiring the assessment of the tax or the imposition of the penalty occurred.

The President will be authorized to extend the dates of 31 December 2045 in the articles until 31 December 2050, and the Ministry of Treasury and Finance will be authorized to determine the procedures and principles regarding the implementation of this article.

On the other hand, with the temporary article to be added to the Corporate Tax Law, borrowings made by institutions that have a pre-license and/or license to engage in electrical energy production from nuclear power plants, from banks or similar credit institutions that operate in accordance with their main field of activity and are considered partners or persons related to the partner, excluding borrowings from credit companies that only provide financing to related companies within the scope of nuclear power plant investments, will be applied at 25 percent until December 31, 2045.

The President will be authorized to extend this period for up to 5 years.

With the amendment made to the Special Consumption Tax Law, "vehicle traction system" is also added to the rate differentiation authority.

Cinema General Manager Birol Güven, who spoke after the evaluations of the members of parliament regarding the articles of the proposal that include support for the cinema industry, said that cinema ticket sales have decreased significantly after Covid-19.

Stating that he has "very bad predictions" for the cinema industry for this year, Güven said, "Cinema is in a really difficult situation, it is getting very bad." he said.

Stating that the support allocated to the cinema industry in Türkiye is less than in some European countries, Güven said, "We really have an obligation to support the big screen cinema. Producers, filmmakers, and stars of the cinema are running away from the big screen because the costs are very high and there is a possibility that the money will not come back. That is why feature films are not produced, and we cannot sell tickets because we cannot produce good films." made his assessment.

Stating that movie ticket prices are 212 lira on average for local movies, Güven said, "Turkey was also one of the few countries that beat American cinema. In other words, our audience generally went to Turkish movies at a rate of 60 percent in ticket sales. We lost this too, now this rate has dropped to 40 percent." he said.

Birol Güven: "Really, cinema is in intensive care right now." he said.

During the discussions on the 9th article of the proposal, there was a discussion between İYİ Party Deputy Chairman and Samsun Deputy Erhan Usta and AK Party Uşak Deputy İsmail Güneş due to "some allegations regarding EMRA".

Usta reacted to Güneş for constantly intervening while he was talking and claimed that "he had a license from EMRA or someone he knew had a license."

AK Party MPs reacted to Usta, who claimed that even the President of EMRA did not respond to the allegations.

As the discussion escalated, Commission Spokesperson and AK Party Konya Deputy Orhan Erdem adjourned the meeting. Discussions continued in the meantime.

Güneş stated that he would resign from his seat as a member of parliament if Usta proved his claim.

When Güneş and Usta continued to argue, the members of the commission intervened and ended the discussion.