Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Health & Healthcare => Topic started by: DonM on February 16, 2014, 16:17:44 PM
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I was chatting to a Turkish friend and we were discussing health cover and we got talking about SGK.
From what I can gather if a Turk is in employment his employer pays the contribution of approx TL390/400 per month. This covers the worker and his family.
If a person is not employed they apply to the government for a "Green Card" which covers the family for free health cover.
The employee receives a small family allowance if the worker has children; it is paid by the government to the employer who passes it on to the employee.
Any comments please?
DonM
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Lots of problems in the past as employers have not paid the SSK contributions, and sometimes not even salaries. I think green card covers for treatment in Devlet, government hospitals, only, though could be wrong. It would not take the place of the SSK payment to the hospital if a Turkish person wants to be treated by a private hospital, such as Esnaf or Letoon.