SGK Turkish workers contributions

[DonM]

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

[lissa]

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.