Thats quite good for the state pension not getting taxed here and paid in gross. I can confirm however i have a "forces" pension and can confirm the following, 1. The only way to have it tax free is to have lived in Turkey for over 5 years and you have to have the Turkish Kimlik card which you can only get after having 5 years worth of residency permits, and you cant back claim any tax paid. 2. The UK Forces pension payments system is run by Citibank and will not pay any pensions into a Turkish Bank account, they will pay into an American, Canadian and any European Bank Account.