Following the Regulation Amending the Temporary Protection Regulation, published in the Official Gazette No. 33091 dated 28 November 2025, important changes have been introduced in practice regarding the documents required for the health activation procedures of foreign nationals.
In this context, where family relationship or the dependent relationship cannot be established through other documents, the "Applicant and Accompanying Person Information (Accompanying Person/Dependent) Document" issued by the Presidency of Migration Management has also been included among the documents that may be used in health activation procedures.
Pursuant to Article 11 of Law No. 7590, published in the Official Gazette dated July 31, 2026 and numbered 33326, a temporary Social Security Premium Support scheme has entered into force for accommodation facilities operating in the tourism sector.
Scope
The support is available to:
Private-sector accommodation facilities holding a Tourism Business License under Law No. 2634 on the Encouragement of Tourism.
SSI General Circular No. 2026/19, dated July 24, 2026, sets out the procedures and principles governing the implementation of Additional Article 24 of the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510. Under this regulation, insurance premiums, including general health insurance premiums, and related premium debts arising from an individual's own insurance coverage may be collected through direct deductions from the income or pension benefits paid by the Social Security Institution (SSI), without the need to initiate enforcement proceedings or obtain the debtor's consent.
According to the 27998389-010.06.02-4870801 numbered Circular published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance with the subject ‘Financial and Social Rights’, the coefficients used to calculate the wage of a public officers have been revised effective July 1, 2026.