Extended Family Support Payments, Will they be paid again in February? Has the 2025 Family Support Program Ended?

The Family Support payments aimed at supporting needy households, paid by the Ministry of Family and Social Services in 2022, were last deposited into accounts in December of last year. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance made a statement regarding the support payment program. Families who have previously benefited from the aid are wondering whether the payments will continue. The assistance provided to families varies between 850 TL and 1,250 TL depending on the income, and the payments were transferred to accounts in the middle of the month. So, have the Family Support payments been extended or ended? Here are the details of the statement made on this matter…The family support payments, designed to assist low-income households, were deposited into accounts last year in 2024. Thousands of households benefited from the family support payments temporarily implemented in 2022, and the last payments were made in December of last year. Those who did not receive their payments in January scrutinized whether there was a new decision on the matter. The expected announcement regarding social assistance payments has arrived. Therefore, has the Family Support Payment program been extended, will the February payment be made? Here are the details about Family Support payments…Family support payments were temporarily implemented in 2022. Payments were made to needy households based on the income for approximately 24 months. While the final payments were transferred to accounts in December 2024, the Family Support program came to an end. The official statement from the Ministry of Treasury and Finance indicated that the program initiated by the Ministry of Family and Social Services and started temporarily had concluded.Thus, in February, family support payments will not be deposited into accounts. In the statement made by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance regarding this matter, it was stated, “The Turkey Family Support Program, carried out by the Ministry of Family and Social Services, was a program that started temporarily in June 2022 and naturally ended within the envisaged period.”The Ministry of Family and Social Services continues to provide assistance to individuals and households in need. Assistance such as childbirth support, multiple birth support, regular cash assistance for women whose spouses have passed away, orphan and orphan support, regular assistance program for military families, military child support, assistance for relatives of martyrs and veterans, and assistance for those affected by terrorism is being provided.